He has said that in the end "only the judicial role really fit." Buckley, Anna Quindlen, and former President Bill Clinton.Ĭarter's first novel, The Emperor of Ocean Park, draws heavily on the author's familiarity with the law and the world of highly placed judges, but he didn't begin by attempting to write a "judicial" thriller- Carter earlier tried the character of Judge Garland out as a White House aide, and also as a professor like himself.
His critically acclaimed nonfiction books on subjects including affirmative action, the judicial confirmation process, and the place of religion in our legal and political cultures have earned Carter fans among luminaries as diverse as William F. In 1982 he joined the faculty at Yale, where he is now William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and later for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Carter studied law at Yale University and went on to serve as a law clerk, first on the U.S. The New York Times has called him one of the nation's leading public intellectuals.īorn in Washington, D.C., Stephen L. Carter has helped shape the national debate on issues ranging from the role of religion in American political culture to the impact of integrity and civility on our daily lives. Stanford University J.D., Yale Law School As Eddie and Aurelia uncover layer upon layer of intrigue, their odyssey takes them from the wealthy drawing rooms of New York through the shady corners of radical politics all the way to the Oval Office and President Nixon himself. The disappearance of Eddie's sister June makes their investigation even more troubling. He's the last person you'd expect to fall prey to a murderer, but then his body is found on the grounds of a Harlem mansion by the young writer Eddie Wesley, who along with the woman he loves, Aurelia Treene, is pulled into a twenty-year search for the truth. Philmont Castle is a man who has it all: wealth, respect, and connections. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of Watergate, Vietnam, and the Nixon White House.
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