Andrew Klavan (/ˈkleɪvən/; born July 13, 1954) is an American novelist and conservative political commentator. He has also worked in film and as an essayist and video satirist. He is also known for being a political commentator and hosts The Andrew Klavan Showpodcast on the conservative site The Daily Wire.
Biography
Early life
Klavan was born to a secular Jewish family in New York City and grew up in Great Neck, Long Island as one of four sons born to father Gene Klavan, a New York disc jockey, and mother Phyllis, a homemaker.[2] He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in English Literature.[3] He worked as a radio and newspaper reporter and a radio news writer before becoming a full-time writer.
Klavan began his crime-writing career using the pseudonym Keith Peterson. Under that name he wrote The John Wells book series, a mystery series about a crime-solving newspaper reporter, and The Scarred Man, his first novel of psychological suspense.[citation needed]
Klavan has produced several satirical online video series including Klavan on the Culture for PJ Media, The Revolting Truth for TruthRevolt, and A Very Serious Commentary for Glenn Beck's Blaze Media. He currently does a weekly podcast for the Daily Wire called the Andrew Klavan Show.[9]
The Great Good Thing: A Secular Jew Comes to Faith in Christ, Klavan's first non-fiction book, was published in 2016. It is a memoir of his spiritual journey from secular Judaism and agnosticism to Christianity.[3]
Klavan's 36th novel, was published in 2021 and features themes of Christmas, tradition, and murder. It is a thriller novel situated in an idyllic town.[10]
Klavan's book Mrs. White, which he wrote under the pen-name Margaret Tracy, won the 1984 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original.[15] In 1989, his novel Trapdoor was nominated in the Best Paperback Original category.[15] In 1990, he won the Edgar Award in the Best Paperback Original category for The Rain, as well as a nomination at the 1990 Anthony Awards for Rough Justice in the paperback category.[15][16] Klavan was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Novel in 1992 for his first novel, Don't Say a Word.[17] He received an Anthony Awards nomination at the 1996 ceremony for True Crime in the Best Novel category.[16]
Books
Standalone books
Face of the Earth (1977)
Agnes Mallory (1985)
Mrs. White (1987) (as Margaret Tracy, with Laurence Klavan)
^Robinson, Peter (August 2, 2008). "That Despicable Winston Churchill". National Review. ....reminded me of an exchange I had with my father-in-law, Thomas Flanagan, brilliant guy, old school academic lefty. Flanagan, the author of a marvelous trilogy of novels about Ireland, the first of which is "The Year of the French," taught at Berkeley
^Klavan, Andrew (November 16, 2021). When Christmas Comes (A Yuletide Mystery): Klavan, Andrew: 9781613162408: Amazon.com: Books. National Geographic Books. ISBN978-1613162408.
