John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John Clark (Tom Clancy character) John T. Clark (real name John Terrence Kelly) is a fictional character created by Tom Clancy. Clark is Clancy’s second most famous character after Jack Ryan, and has been featured in many of his Ryanverse novels. Although he first appeared in "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (1987), his origin story was detailed in "Without Remorse" (1993). Clark has been described by his creator as "Ryan’s dark side" and "more inclined to take physical action than Jack is." A former Navy SEAL, he became an operations officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, and at one point
Patrick Ryan (author) a dysfunctional family. Celebrated author Edmund White compared Ryan's writing to that of John Cheever. The "Bay Area Reporter" called "Send Me" "a masterfully eventful novel..." while a reviewer at the "Seattle Times" said it was "a meticulously crafted, immensely satisfying piece of work." Ryan followed up in 2008 with the young adult novel "Saints of Augustine". Two best teenage friends, one gay and one not, struggle with family issues, drug abuse, divorce, dating, and a rupture in their friendship. In 2009, he published a second young adult novel, "In Mike We Trust", which examines a young man's relationship with