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{{Short description|American military historian and author (1955β2024)|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{other people}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox writer | name = Caleb Carr | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1955|8|2}} | birth_place = [[Manhattan, New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|23|1955|8|2}} | death_place = [[Cherry Plain, New York]], U.S. | occupation = {{flatlist| * Historian * author }} | education = {{flatlist| * [[St. Luke's School (Manhattan)|St. Luke's School]] * [[Friends Seminary]] * [[Kenyon College]] }} | alma_mater = [[New York University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | genre = {{flatlist| * Historical thrillers * military and diplomatic history * terrorism }} | notableworks = {{flatlist| * ''[[The Alienist]]'' * ''[[The Angel of Darkness]]'' * ''[[Casing the Promised Land]]'' * ''[[Killing Time (Caleb Carr novel)|Killing Time]]'' * ''[[The Italian Secretary]]'' }} | relations = [[Lucien Carr]] (father)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.beatbookcovers.com/kercomp/|title = Character Key to the Duluoz Legend}}</ref> | spouse = | awards = [[Anthony Awards|The Anthony Award]] for ''The Alienist'' }} '''Caleb Carr''' (August 2, 1955 β May 23, 2024) was an American military historian and author.<ref name="NYT">{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 12, 1997|title=Gaslight|first=Ben|last=Macintyre|author-link=Ben Macintyre|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/12/reviews/971012.12macintt.html|access-date=February 6, 2017|archive-date=February 2, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202071943/http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/10/12/reviews/971012.12macintt.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 29, 1997|title='The Angel of Darkness': Pursuing a Mysterious Kidnapper in Old New York|first=Christopher|last=Lehmann-Haupt|author-link=Christopher Lehmann-Haupt|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/97/09/28/daily/angel-book-review.html}}</ref> Carr was the second of three sons born to [[Lucien Carr]] and Francesca Von Hartz.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine |first=Stephen J. |last=Dubner |author-link=Stephen J. Dubner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA58 |title=Serial Killing for Fun and Profit |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=April 4, 1994}}</ref> Carr authored ''[[The Alienist]]'', ''[[The Angel of Darkness]]'', ''[[Casing the Promised Land]]'', ''The Lessons of Terror'', ''[[Killing Time (Caleb Carr novel)|Killing Time]]'', ''The Devil Soldier'', ''[[The Italian Secretary]]'', and ''The Legend of Broken'', as well as 'My Beloved Monster', a memoir about his relationship with Masha, his half-wild Siberian Forest Cat. He previously taught [[military history]] at [[Bard College]], and worked extensively in film, television, and the theater. His military and political writings appeared in numerous magazines and periodicals, among them ''The Washington Post'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Wall Street Journal''. He lived in [[upstate New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/4337/caleb-carr|title=Caleb Carr|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-date=June 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601184147/http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/4337/caleb-carr|url-status=live}}</ref>
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