Cormac McCarthy has died at the age of 89, his publisher, Knopf, has confirmed.
The author, who is best known for his book No Country for Old Men, died on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe. It's said he died of natural causes.
The statement read: "Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy died today of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was eighty-nine years old. His death was confirmed by his son, John McCarthy."
