Caleb Carr Nonfiction

Caleb Carr is an American author that writes fiction and nonfiction works in a variety of genres ranging from diplomatic and military history, historical thrillers, and terrorism. He was born on August 2 1955 in Manhattan New York in the Lower East side. He always had an interest in military history right from the time he attended St Luke’s School and Friends Seminary for his primary and secondary education respectively. He would later attend Kenyon College in Ohio from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Military and Diplomatic History. Much of his fiction has the theme of violence by persons that were once victims of child abuse. Carr is best placed to write on the subject having had a father who inflicted emotional and physical

Unlike many authors who credit a few author in a narrow field for influencing their works, Carr is very different. For his fiction works Michael Crichton, William Gibson, Rudyard Kipling, Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Willkie Collins, and Edgar Allan Poe have influenced his works. As for his nonfiction works, he has asserted that the influences are just too numerous and eclectic to list. Of his nonfiction works the Kriezler series is his most popular and contains his most accomplished work yet, The Alienist published in 1994. The main character in the series is Dr. Laszlo Kreizler who works with John Schuyler Moore a reporter and Sara Howard a police officer and Stevie Taggart. Laszlo is a child psychologist and a criminal profiler who is very good at finding clues that lead to the arrest or capture of serial killers. The Angle of Darkness and the Alienist are set in late 19th century America while the prequel Surrender happens in 1915 New York. However, this novel features Dr. Trajan Jones a leading expert on the work and life of Kreizler and criminal psychologist as the chief protagonist. Translated into over 24 languages, the Alienist was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. TNT has also announced that a film adaptation of the popular novel is in the

The narrative of Dr. Kreizler and New York City is told from the perspectives of Stevie Taggert a former street urchin whose life on the streets has made him wise beyond his years. The novel is set in 1897 just a year after Dr. Laszlo Kreizler the foremost authority in the new field of forensic psychiatry with the help of his companions tracked down John Beecham the man responsible for a series of murders in the city. Kreizler still has his former associates from book one help him solve crimes in Angel of Darkness. However, Carr makes it even more interesting by incorporating some minor characters from The Alienist into this