Cormac McCarthy began a relationship with a 16-year-old girl when he was 42, according to an account given by the woman who says she became his “secret muse.” “I was in and out of foster care at the ...

Great American novelist Cormac McCarthy was defensively private and didn’t share much about the inspiration behind his books — or about himself. However, the author, who died in 2023, apparently lived ...

Great American novelist Cormac McCarthy was defensively private and didn't share much about the inspiration behind his books ...

Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not scholars of his work. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.

On Wednesday, Vanity Fair published a blockbuster literary revelation about Cormac McCarthy: The writer had a sexual relationship with a teenager when he was in his early 40s, and for decades ...