Today's author is Cormac McCarthy.Quick Facts:
1. He was born July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island.
2. He attended the University of Tennessee and was a liberal arts major, but he never finished his degree.
3. He was in the United States Airforce for 4 years.
4. His first novel, The Orchard Keeper, was published by Random House in 1965.
5. In 1979 his 4th novel, Suttree, was finally published after he'd worked on it for twenty years.
6. He won the MacArthur Fellowship in 1981.
7. He finally earned widespread recognition in 1992 with his National Book Award Winner, All the Pretty Horses.
8. His 2005 book, No Country for Old Men, was adapted for film by the Coen Brothers; it won 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
9. His latest book, The Road (2006), won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature.
10. He had never done a television interview until 2007 when he appeared on Oprah; she had selected The Road for her book club.
Have you read any of his books?
I haven't yet, but a couple of them are on my 100 prize winners challenge list. I did see No Country for Old Men and was not a fan (Brad liked it, though.)
