Caleb Carr
| Caleb Carr | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 2, 1955 Manhattan, New York, US |
| Occupation | Historian and Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA, Military and Diplomatic History |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Genre | Historical Thrillers, Military and Diplomatic History, Terrorism |
| Notable works | The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians |
| Notable awards | The Anthony Award for The Alienist |
Caleb Carr is a military historian and author born August 2, 1955 in New York, New York. Carr is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. He is the critically acclaimed author of The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, The Lessons of Terror, Killing Time, The Devil Soldier, The Italian Secretary, and The Legend of Broken. He has taught military history at Bard College, and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater. His military and political writings have appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in upstate New York.
"I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid"—Caleb Carr
Born August 2, 1955 in Manhattan, Carr grew up between Greenwich Village and the Lower East Side. He is the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz. Lucien's close circle of friends included William Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and Allen Ginsberg, whom Lucien had known since his college days. Their frequent presence in the Carr household affected Carr’s future career, but not in the way one might expect: "They were noisy drunks that were a disruption", he said in a 2005 interview. "They made me determined never to be a fiction writer."
Carr received his primary education from St. Luke’s School in Greenwich Village and his secondary education from Friends Seminary, also in downtown New York City. Carr’s interests in military history didn’t help him fit in at Friends Seminary, a Quaker school. He was an excellent student, but was guilty of pranks like setting off cherry bombs in the school lavatories. When he discovered that his school transcript was marked "Socially Undesirable", he was "stunned. We had guys in our school who dealt opium and cocaine out of their lockers, and the teacher would take them aside and have conversations…" The designation was enough to keep him out of Harvard. He attended Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio, from 1973-1975 and returned to New York City in 1975 to complete his education at New York University, where in 1977, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Military and Diplomatic History.
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