James Carroll is the author of twelve novels, most recently The Cloister, which the New York Times called "Incandescent" and nine works of non-fiction, including The Truth at the Heart of the Lie, which was named a Best Book of 2021 by Publishers Weekly. Other books include the National Book Award winning An American Requiem; the New York Times bestselling Constantine's Sword, winner of the National Jewish Book Award and now an acclaimed documentary; House of War, which won the first PEN-John Kenneth Galbraith Award. His million-copy bestselling novel Mortal Friends will soon be re-issued by Blackstone Press. His oped column appeared weekly in The Boston Globe for twenty-three years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Art & Sciences, and a Founding Member of Writers for Democratic Action. He lives in Boston with his wife, the writer Alexandra Marshall.
Recent Articles published by James Carroll:
June, 2019 (Cover Story of The Atlantic) - "To Save the Church, Dismantle the Priesthood."The long story of Christian anti-Semitism. “A triumph, a tragic tale beautifully told…a welcome throwback to an age when history was a branch of literature.”
- Charles R. Morris, Atlantic Monthly
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and the Melcher Award.
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A man, his father, and his faith. “A flawlessly executed memoir…the tragedies and triumphs of the Civil Rights era and Vietnam War protests.”
- National Book Award citation
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What the Holocaust has done to the meaning of Jesus. “Carroll’s own reading of Jesus, at once stunningly original and strangely familiar, is a testament to the power of a critical, creative faith.”
- The Boston Globe
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Jerusalem in the history of religious violence - and in the American imagination. “I dare you to read this book and see Jerusalem, or yourself, the same way.”
- Bernard Avishai, author of The Hebrew Republic
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A Personal history of the Pentagon. “There is only one writer in America with the historical depth, elegance of style, and moral complexity to have taken the full measure of this most central of American institutions.”
- Bill McKibben, author of The End Of Nature
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Part memoir, part theology…a prophetic call for the reform of the Roman Catholic Church. “Brilliantly written, passionate and vivid.”
- Hans Küng, author of On Being a Christian
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“A novel with the breathtaking pace of a thriller and the gravitas of a genuine moral center - as if John LeCarré and Graham Greene had collaborated to produce Warburg in Rome.”
- Mary Gordon, author of There Lies Your Heart
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“James Carroll is at his brilliant best in this thoughtful, eloquent, passionate, and provocative collection.” - Senator Edward M. Kennedy
“A journalistic page of glory. Carroll has shown that it is possible to see and understand the true nature of awful events - not only afterward, with hindsight, but even as they unfold, when it counts most.” - Jonathan Schell
“Crusade is the most compelling report and analysis that we’ve had yet of the Middle East conflict, specifically Iraq, and all in wonderfully readable style.” - John Kenneth Galbraith
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