Jack Carr - In Person

Jack Carr is a former Navy SEAL who led special operations teams as a Team Leader, Platoon Commander, Troop Commander, and Task Unit Commander. During his twenty years in Naval Special Warfare he transitioned from an enlisted SEAL sniper to a junior officer leading assault and sniper teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, to a platoon commander practicing counterinsurgency in the southern Philippines, to commanding a Special Operations Task Unit in the most Iranian influenced section of southern Iraq throughout the tumultuous drawdown of U.S. Forces.

He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Terminal List, True Believer, Savage Son, The Devil’s Hand, In the Blood, Only the Dead, Red Sky Mourning, and Targeted: Beirut – The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror. His next Terminal List series thriller, Cry Havoc, hits shelves October 7, 2025. His debut novel, The Terminal List, was adapted into the #1 Amazon Prime Video series starring Chris Pratt and is currently filming a second season based on Jack’s novel True Believer. A prequel origin story series based on Navy SEAL turned CIA operative Ben Edwards titled The Terminal List: Dark Wolf starring Taylor Kitsch is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video.

He is also the host of the top-rated podcast Danger Close. Visit him at OfficialJackCarr.com and follow along on Instagram, X, and Facebook @JackCarrUSA.

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