Cormac McCarthy

Author Cormac McCarthy, a great American novelist known for his portrayals of an often bleak, dystopian America often set in the West, died at the age 89 on June 13. Born in Providence, Rhode Island, McCarthy is best known for his novels All the Pretty Horses (1992), No Country for Old Men (2005) and The Road (2006). His 12 novels earned many awards, including the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Road, while the film based on his novel No Country for Old Men won an Oscar for best picture, best director, best supporting actor and best screenplay in 2009. His first commercially successful novel, All the Pretty Horses, won the National Book Award in 1992, and was later adapted to film. McCarthy’s son, Jon McCarthy, confirmed his death by natural causes through Penguin Random House, McCarthy’s publisher.