Caleb Carr, military historian and author of The Alienist, dies at 68

The son of Beat poet Lucien Carr and author of the best-selling 1994 crime novel, later adapted into a TV series, has died of cancer

Caleb Carr, the son of the Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatizing childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his cat, Masha, has died at 68.

Carr died of cancer on Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown and Company.