Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. He attended the University of Tennessee, but interrupted his studies for four years to join the U.S. Air Force. Although he has been publishing novels and receiving fellowships since 1965, his first best selling novel, "All the Pretty Horses" (winner of the National Book Award) came out in 1992. The book was the first part of the Border Trilogy, which also includes "The Crossing" and "Cities of the Plains." Cormac's earlier works include a play and a screenplay written for PBS.