About+the+Author

Cormac McCarthy is an American novelist and playwright. He was born on July 20, 1933 in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to Knoxville Tennessee in 1937. He has five other siblings, three sisters and two brothers. After going through high school, Cormac went to the University of Tennessee. In 1953, he joined the U.S. Air Force for four years. After he graduated college, he began to write novels. His first novel, //Orchard Keeper//, was published in 1965. His next book was called //Outer Dark//, which was published in 1968. Before this book, Cormac McCarthy had won a travelers award. He used it to go to Ireland on a ship. There, he met his second wife, Anne DeLisle, who was a singer on the ship. After //Outer Dark// was published, Cormac and Anne moved to Louisville, Tennessee. It was there that he wrote his next book, //Child of God//, which was based on actual events. It was published in 1973. In 1979, he published //Suttree//, his fourth novel. He divorced his wife and moved to El Paso, Texas after this book. It was there that he wrote his next novel, //Blood// // Meridian ////, or the Evening Redness in the West //. It was published in 1985. His next five books are called //All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain, No Country for Old Men,// and finally //The Road//. Cormac is currently working on his next book, which is about a young man dealing with the suicide of his sister. Cormac now lives in Mexico with his wife Jennifer Winkley and his son John. In my personal opinion, I find it interesting that Cormac wrote certain books in certain places that he lived. While he lived in Tennessee, he wrote //Child of God//, which is set in Tennessee. While he was in Texas, he wrote his Western book trilogy. It seems as though where he lives contributes to his novels. Below is a list of all the novels and websites where you can research them. //Orchard Keeper//: [] // Outer Dark: // [] // Child of God: // //http://childofgod.wikispaces.com/// // Suttree: // //[]// //Blood// //Meridian////, or the Evening Redness in the West:// //[]// // All the Pretty Horses: // //  [] ) // // The Crossing: // //[] ) // // Cities of the Plain: // //[]// // No Country for Old Men: // //[]// // The Road: // //http://theroadbycormacmccarthy.wikispaces.com///