tom clancy turns 58 today

tom clancy, my favorite author [because of his jack ryan series books] is turning 58 today. his full name is thomas l. clancy, Jr. he was born on 12 april 1947. he majored in English at Baltimore's loyola college, and worked as an insurance broker in maryland.

in college he dreamed of writing a novel. in 1984 his dream came through and he got his first novel published, the hunt for red october. inspired about a story of soviet frigate's failed attempt to defect to sweden and a deep interest in naval history. consequently the hunt for red october became the first book with the main character jack ryan, former stockbroker and cia employee. ryan has until now appeared in ten books, with the latest titled teeth of the tiger. although he is not the main character, he is the father of the main character, jack ryan jr.

for a complete list of jack ryan novels [story list order]:

1. without remorse (1993)
   
2. patriot games (1987)
3. the red rabbit (2003)
4. the hunt for red october (1984)
5. the cardinal of the kremlin (1988)
6. clear and present danger (1989)
7. the sum of all fears (1991)
8. debt of honor (1994)
9. executive orders (1996)
10. rainbow six (1998)
    
11. the bear and the dragon (2000)
12. the teeth of the tiger (2003)

the twelve books is considered as jack ryan verse which three of the above list are not directly involve jack ryan. take note of the following year published, the above list is not in order when the books are published. they are in a storyline order.
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to read more on tom clancy's biography click here.