White, which Klavan co-wrote under the pseudonym Margaret Tracy with his brother, playwright Laurence Klavan. Donald Cammell's 1987 White of the Eye was based on the novel Mrs. Don’t Say a Word was filmed starring Michael Douglas in 2001. True Crime was filmed by Clint Eastwood in 1999. Smith, and been nominated for Anthony Awards and the International Thriller Writers award. He has won two Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America, the Thumping Good Read Award from W.H. His novels have been translated around the world. Under his own name, Klavan has written crime novels, and the Homelanders series for young adults. Under that name, he wrote the four John Wells mysteries, about a crime-solving newspaper reporter, and also The Scarred Man, his first novel of psychological suspense. Klavan began his crime-writing career using the pseudonym Keith Peterson. Initially he attended the Episcopal Church, but has since left for the Anglican Church in North America. Klavan converted to Christianity at the age of 49 and was baptized privately. He became a conservative during the Reagan administration.

Reversal in political views Īfter graduating from Berkeley, Klavan began his writing career as a liberal. Spencer Klavan is an Oxford-trained classicist who is married to Joshua Herr, general counsel for the Daily Wire. They have two children, Spencer Klavan and Faith Moore and live in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1980, he married Ellen Flanagan, daughter of Thomas Flanagan and sister of Caitlin Flanagan. He worked as a radio and newspaper reporter and a radio news writer before becoming a full-time writer. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English Literature. Klavan was born to a secular Jewish family in New York City and grew up in Great Neck, Long Island, one of four sons born to father Gene Klavan, a New York disc jockey, and mother Phyllis, a homemaker. He is also known for being a conservative commentator and hosts The Andrew Klavan Show podcast on the conservative site The Daily Wire, a media company associated with political commentator Ben Shapiro.

Klavan has also worked in film and as an essayist and video satirist. Klavan has been nominated for the Edgar Award five times and has won twice. Andrew Klavan ( / ˈ k l eɪ v ən/ born July 13, 1954) is an American writer of crime and suspense novels and a conservative commentator.

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