James Carroll is an American author and Roman Catholic priest. That latter career has influenced his writing in a lot of ways and he’s often drawn on his experiences in that career. He has written many fiction books as well as the non-fiction book, The Truth at the Heart of the Lie: How the Catholic Church Lost Its Soul.
Carroll was born as the son of an Air Force general and he spend his childhood between Germany and Washington, DC. He would go on to attend Georgetown University where he earned his Bachelor’s degree and then moved on to St. Paul’s College where he earned his Master’s degree. He would also attend Paulist Father’s Seminary where he got his priest training. Carroll may be best known for writing An American Requiem which won him the National Book Award.
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