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Also Known As	Charles McCarthy, Jr.
Born	July 20, 1933 • Providence • Rhode Island
Died	June 13, 2023 (aged 89) • Santa Fe • New Mexico
Awards And Honors	National Book Award • Pulitzer Prize (2007)
Notable Works	“All the Pretty Horses” • “Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West” • “Child of God” • “Cities of the Plain” • “No Country for Old Men” • “Outer Dark” • “Stella Maris” • “Suttree” • “The Border Trilogy” • “The Crossing” • “The Orchard Keeper” • “The Passenger” • “The Road” • “The Stonemason” • “The Sunset Limited”
Movement / Style	Southern Gothic

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