James Carroll

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<P><B>James Carroll</B> was raised in Washington, D.C., and ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1969. He served as a chaplain at Boston University from 1969 to 1974, then left the priesthood to become a writer. A distinguished scholar- <BR>in-residence at Suffolk University, he is a columnist for the <I>Boston Globe</I> and a <BR>regular contributor to the Daily Beast. </P><P>His critically admired books include <I>Practicing Catholic</I>, the National Book Award–winning <I>An American Requiem</I>, <I>House of War</I>, which won the first PEN/Galbraith Award, and the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>Constantine’s Sword</I>, now an acclaimed documentary. <BR>