Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy is a highly acclaimed American author and playwright, best known for his works in the genres of gothic, western, and post-apocalyptic fiction. His novel "The Road" won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2007, and his novel "No Country for Old Men" was adapted into a film of the same name, which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Born in Rhode Island, McCarthy later moved to Chicago where he worked as an auto mechanic while writing his first novel, "The Orchard Keeper". He received a traveling fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and used it to travel to Ireland. He then settled on the island of Ibiza, where he completed revisions of his next novel, "Outer Dark". McCarthy's writing career continued to flourish, with his novels "All the Pretty Horses," "The Crossing," and "Cities of the Plain" forming the Border Trilogy.

McCarthy's works have been recognized with numerous awards and accolades. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, he has received the PEN/Saul Bellow Award, a lifetime achievement award given by the PEN American Center. His novel "Blood Meridian" was included in Time Magazine's poll of the 100 best English-language books published between 1925 and 2005. He has also been named one of the four major American novelists of his time by literary critic Harold Bloom. Despite his numerous accomplishments, McCarthy remains a private figure, granting few interviews and maintaining a low public profile.