Tom Clancy

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (born April 12, 1947), better known as Tom Clancy, is a US author of bestselling political thrillers, best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines set during the Cold War. His name is also a brand for similar books written by ghost writers and a series of non-Fiction books on military subjects and merged biographies of key leaders.
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was born in Baltimore County, Maryland.

He attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, graduating with the class of 1965. He went on to study English Literature at Loyola College in Baltimore, graduating with the class of 1969. He's said he studied English because he was not smart enough to do physics. Before making his literary debut, he spent some time running an independent insurance business.
Clancy married his first wife, Wanda, in the 1970s. After having four children together, they divorced in 1998.

That year, Tom Clancy attempted to purchase the Minnesota Vikings and had a purchase agreement in place, but the deal fell through after his divorce settlement decreased his net worth significantly.
In 1999, Clancy, at age 52, married 32-year-old fellow writer Alexandra Marie Llewellyn, on June 26.
Clancy was an early and, to many, surprising defender of Islam after the September 11, 2001 attacks. He was interviewed on CNN later that day. Clancy has also associated himself with General Anthony Zinni, a critic of the Iraq War. The two have worked together on two books.