Pen name Tom Cain Genre Thriller Occupation Author Name Tom Cain | Language English Role Journalist Nationality British | |
Education University of Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge Nominations Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, Barry Award for Best Thriller Books The Accident Man, Carver, The Survivor, Dictator, Assassin | ||
Notable awards British Press Awards | ||
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David Thomas (born 17 January 1959 in Moscow), better known by the pen name Tom Cain, is an English journalist and author of a series of thriller novels about protagonist Samuel Carver.
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Biography
For the first few years of his life he lived in Moscow and has also lived in Washington DC and Havana, Cuba. Cain spent 25 years as a journalist, working for publications such as The Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday. He was mocked in Private Eye for his frequent contribution to these newspapers, being satirised as "Daily Thomas of the David Mail". In 1989, he became the youngest ever editor of Punch magazine, a role he stayed in for three years.
Samuel Carver series
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