As many of you have now heard, our author Caleb Carr has passed away. We are heartbroken.
His last book MY BELOVED MONSTER, Caleb was just licensed in China. Caleb lived long enough to see his book becomes a New York Times bestseller. This brought much-needed light and joy to his last days.
Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68 - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68
By Penelope Green
May 24, 2024
His own dark history prompted him to write about and investigate the roots of violence, notably in his best-selling novel “The Alienist.”
A photo of a man in a blazer, sweater vest, shirt and tie. He has a gray beard, shoulder-length hair and rimless glasses, and sits on a deck in a chair draped in a fur. He holds a sword on his shoulder and looks off camera.
He wrote 11 books, but “The Alienist” remained his greatest success.Credit...Patty Clayton
Caleb Carr, a military historian and author whose experience of childhood abuse drove him to explore the roots of violence — most famously in his 1994 best seller, “The Alienist,” a period thriller about the hunt for a serial killer in 19th-century Manhattan — died on Thursday at his home in Cherry Plain, N.Y. He was 68.
The cause was cancer, his brother Ethan Carr said.
A close-up shot of Mr. Carr with his head resting on the head of an orange cat. His eyes are partly closed. The cat looks happy.