caption death_date death_place children birth_place influenced nationality name birth_date period genre image article_title birth_name occupation
clancy 1989 at boston college 's burns library in november 1 october 2013 baltimore , maryland , u.s. 5 baltimore , maryland , u.s. james wesley rawles american tom clancy 12 april 1947 1984 -- 2013 techno-thriller spy fiction non-fiction crime fiction military history tom clancy at burns library cropped.jpg tom clancy
 thomas leo clancy , jr. novelist
tom clancy

thomas leo `` tom '' clancy , jr. -lrb- april 12 , 1947 -- october 1 , 2013 -rrb- was an american novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military science storylines set during and after the cold war .
seventeen of his novels were bestsellers , and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print .
his name was also used on movie scripts written by ghost writers , non-fiction books on military subjects , and video games .
he was a part-owner of the baltimore orioles and vice chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees .
clancy 's literary career began in 1984 when he sold `` the hunt for red october '' for $ 5,000 .
his works , `` the hunt for red october '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` patriot games '' -lrb- 1987 -rrb- , `` clear and present danger '' -lrb- 1989 -rrb- , and `` the sum of all fears '' -lrb- 1991 -rrb- , have been turned into commercially successful films with actors alec baldwin , harrison ford , ben affleck , and chris pine all playing clancy 's most famous fictional character jack ryan , while his second most famous character , john clark , has been played by actors willem dafoe and liev schreiber .
clancy died on october 1 , 2013 , of an undisclosed illness .
