Tom Cain (author)
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David Thomas better known by the pen name
Tom Cain, is an English
journalist and author of a series of thriller novels based around the fictional character Samuel Carver.
and has also lived in Washington DC and Havana, Cuba. Cain spent 25 years as a journalist, working for publications such as Punch
, The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
.
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
Tom Cain, is an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
journalist and author of a series of thriller novels based around the fictional character Samuel Carver.
Biography
For the first few years of his life he lived in MoscowMoscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and has also lived in Washington DC and Havana, Cuba. Cain spent 25 years as a journalist, working for publications such as Punch
Punch (magazine)
Punch, or the London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 50s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration...
, The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday is a British conservative newspaper, currently published in a tabloid format. First published in 1982 by Lord Rothermere, it became Britain's biggest-selling Sunday newspaper following the closing of The News of the World in July 2011...
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Samuel Carver series
- 2007 The Accident ManThe Accident ManThe Accident Man is the first novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 2nd July 2007 through Bantam Press.-Plot:...
- 2008 The SurvivorThe Survivor (Cain novel)The Survivor is the second novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 7th July 2008 through Bantam Press...
(US title: No Survivors) - 2009 AssassinAssassin (Cain novel)Assassin is the third novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 2nd July 2009 through Bantam Press.-Plot:...
- 2010 DictatorDictator (novel)Dictator is the fourth novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 5th August 2010 through Bantam Press.-Plot:...
- 2011 CarverCarver (novel)Carver is the fifth novel of the Samuel Carver series by English thriller writer, Tom Cain, released on 18th August 2011 through Bantam Press.-Plot:...