Charles McCarry was an American writer, primarily of spy fiction, and a former undercover operative for the Central Intelligence Agency.
10 Facts About Charles McCarry
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Charles McCarry was born in Pittsfield, and lived in Virginia.
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Charles McCarry began his writing career in the United States Army as a correspondent for Stars and Stripes.
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Charles McCarry served from 1948 to 1951 and achieved the rank of sergeant.
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Charles McCarry received initial training at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was stationed in Germany for almost two years and at Camp Pickett, Virginia for about a year.
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Charles McCarry took a leave of absence to work for the 1960 Nixon campaign, writing for vice-presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge.
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Charles McCarry left the CIA for the last time in 1967, becoming a writer of spy novels.
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Charles McCarry was an editor-at-large for National Geographic and contributed pieces to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, the Saturday Evening Post, and other national publications.
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Charles McCarry was an admirer of Richard Condon, author of The Manchurian Candidate.
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Ten of Charles McCarry's novels involve the life story of a fictional character named Paul Christopher, who grew up in pre-Nazi Germany, and later served in the Marines and became an operative for a US government entity known as "the Outfit", meant to represent the Central Intelligence Agency.