Caleb Carr is an American novelist and military historian. The son of Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure, he was born in Manhattan and lived for much of his life on the Lower East Side. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a B.A. in military and diplomatic history. He is a contributing editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History and writes frequently on military and political affairs.
Books in order of publication:
Books
Kreizler series
The Alienist (1994) (won 1995 Anthony Award for Best First Novel)
The Angel of Darkness (1997) ISBN 0-7515-2275-9
Surrender, New York (2016)
Other novels
Casing the Promised Land (1980)
Killing Time (2000)
The Italian Secretary (2005); an authorized Sherlock Holmes mystery
The Legend of Broken (2012)
Nonfiction
America Invulnerable: The Quest for Absolute Security from 1912 to Star Wars (co-written with James Chace) (1989)
The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China (1992)
The Lessons of Terror: A History of Warfare Against Civilians: Why It Has Always Failed and Why It Will Fail Again (2002)
Memoir
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me (2024)
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