Cormac McCarthy was born on July 20, 1933 in Providence, RI. A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, he is best known for All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Road (2006), and No Country for Old Men (2007). His works span the Southern Gothic, Western, and Post-apocalyptic genres.
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About

A Pulitzer Prize-winning Novelist, he is best known for All the Pretty Horses (1992), The Road (2006), and No Country for Old Men (2007). His works span the Southern Gothic, Western, and Post-apocalyptic genres.

Before Fame

He hosted a radio show in Alaska while stationed there during his Service with the U.S. Air Force. He later attended the University of Tennessee and published two short stories in the student literary magazine.

Trivia

His dark novel, The Road, won the Pulitzer Prize, and No Country for Old Men was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film.

Family Life

He was born Charles McCarthy in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the son of an attorney and the third of six children. He was married to Lee Holleman from 1961 to 1962, Annie DeLisle from 1967 to 1981 and Jennifer Winkley from 1997 to 2006. He has two sons named Cullen and John.