Caleb Carr
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Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American novelist and military historian. The son of Lucien Carr, he was born in New York City, and earned a B. A. in history from NYU. Author of several novels including The Alienist, The Angel of Darkness, Casing the Promised Land, Killing Time, The Italian Secretary, and the nonfiction books The Devil Soldier and The Lessons of Terror. Many of his novels are set in Victorian times; The Italian Secretary was an authorized Sherlock Holmes mystery.
Carr also lends his hand to the PBS program "American Experience" as a guest commentator/narrator, such as on the episode of the NYC subway system, "New York Underground".
He currently resides in upstate New York on a farm estate called "Misery Mountain" in the town of Berlin in Rensselaer County. He taught three semesters of military history at Bard College as a Visiting Professor. He was also a close friend and confidant of historian James Chace. They collaborated on America Invulnerable: The Quest for Absolute Security from 1812 to Star Wars.
He was one of the contributing screenwriters for the film prequel to The Exorcist, released as Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, for which he received a shared story credit. He also received a shared screenplay credit on Exorcist: The Beginning.
Carr ran as a Democrat for the Rensselaer County Legislature in 2005 but came in 4th of 4 candidates. His father was Lucien Carr, a former UPI editor and a key Beat generation figure.
