In 1976 he received his bachelors degree with honors from stanford university, where he majored in history, and in 1979. Among his titles are the emperor of ocean park, the impeachment of abraham lincoln, back channel, the culture of disbelief, jerichos fall, and new england white. Carters reimagining of lincolns presidency and joshua henkins tale of a familys fragmented mourning arrive in paperback. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught for almost thirty years. By weaving together insights from philosophy, theology, history and law, along with examples drawn from current events and a dose of personal experience, carter offers a vision of integrity that has implications for everything from. Carter born october 26, 1954 is an american law professor, legal and socialpolicy writer, columnist, and bestselling novelist. A complex, smart mystery filled with intrigue, drama, and more than a little danger awaits in stephen l. Carters most popular book is the emperor of ocean park. Few will dispute carters the culture of disbelief, 1993, etc.
Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale where he has taught since 1982. Carter, including the emperor of ocean park, and invisible. See all 9 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Carters new historical thriller, back channel, recalls the borges quip that history is little more than the scripture produced by a subordinate god in order to communicate with a.
Stephen lisle carter born october 26, 1954 is an american law professor at yale university. Carter has 22 books on goodreads with 43295 ratings. Carter s most popular book is the emperor of ocean park. Carter delivers a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of watergate, vietnam, and the nixon white house. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale university, where he has taught since 1982. As william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale law school, carter grapples with the nations thorniest political, social and business challenges in a manner that speaks to americans of every race, class and ideology. Carter, the author of the new alternativehistory fiction the impeachment of abraham lincoln, picks his favorite presidential thrillers. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Among his recent courses are contracts, evidence, law and religion, the ethics of war, slavery and the law, and libertarian legal theory. Carter is a yale university law professor, author, and christianity today columnist.
He is the author of fifteen books, including, among others, the violence of. He is the author of the bestselling novelthe emperor of ocean park, and seven acclaimed nonfiction books, includingthe culture of disbelief. The book was carters first work of fiction, and spent 11 weeks on the new york times bestseller list following its publication. Carter was born on october 26, 1954 and raised in ithaca, new york, graduating from ithaca high school in 1972. He was a cold, distant person of enormously strong political views, carter says during a call to his office at yale university law school, the patriarch of his family, pretty conservative in the sense that a lot of old, traditional black families are conservative. Sources i call us black professionals of my generation the affirmative action babies. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale law. Stephen carter examines why the virtue of integrity holds such sway over the american political imagination. Carter is a well established nonfiction writer, having written books. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Carter has been carrying a powerful character around in his imagination. The forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took.
Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught since 1982. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale, where he has taught for more than 30 years. Carter, a yale law school professor and the author of, among many other works, the novels the emperor of ocean park and new. He is the author of the bestselling novel the emperor of ocean park, and seven acclaimed nonfiction books, including the culture of disbelief. His first novel, the emperor of ocean park 2002, was an immediate national best seller.
In his triumphant fictional debut, stephen carter combines a largescale, riveting novel of suspense with the saga of a unique. Booknotes interview with carter on reflections of an affirmative action baby. I know that this term is sometimes used pejoratively, but it is my intention to invert that meaning, to embrace the term, not reject it, stated stephen l. Formerly a law clerk for supreme court justice thurgood marshall, he is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale university, where he has taught for more than thirty years. His novels include the emperor of ocean park and back channel, and his nonfiction includes civility and integrity. He has published seven critically acclaimed nonfiction books on topics ranging from affirmative action to religion and politics. Carters gripping new novel, back channel, is a brilliant amalgam of fact and fictiona suspenseful retelling of the cuban missile crisis, in which the fate of the world rests unexpectedly on the shoulders of a young college student. The emperor of ocean park is a 2002 novel by american author and law professor stephen l. Carters third novel, palace council, is a novelist who, by the end of the story, has won at least two national book awards and is one of the most famous writers in. Collection of columns for christianity today by stephen l. Carter is the bestselling author of several novelsincluding the emperor of ocean park and new england whiteand over half a dozen works of nonfiction. The forgotten story of the black woman lawyer who took down americas most powerful mobster, and more on.
The fact that so few know her name has far more to do with bias than her ability or her determination. He is a professor of law at yale university and was a clerk to u. Carter has 22 books on goodreads with 43336 ratings. He is a leading public intellectual who appears regularly on national television and radio, and his writings have appeared in major national magazines and newspapers. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale law school, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1982. Author stephen l carters complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. He is also the author of seven acclaimed works of nonfiction, and three bestselling novels. Carters grandmother, was brilliant, ambitious and courageous. Carter in the footsteps of fellow virtuecrats such as william bennett and michael lewis, another ringing defense of the obvious. Formerly a law clerk for supreme court justice thurgood marshall, he is now the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale university, where he has taught for more than thirty years. His seven nonfiction books include gods name in vain. Carters nonfiction books have received praise from voices across the political spectrum, from marion wright edelman to john joseph oconnor. Described as a murder mystery, the novel tells the. Carter is the william nelson cromwell professor of law at yale university.
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