Author Cormac McCarthy, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his superb writing and whose works include “Blood Meridian,” “No Country for Old Men,” and “The Road,” passed away on Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

He was 89.

McCarthy’s publisher, Penguin Random House, made the announcement of his passing in a statement. According to the business and the author’s son, John McCarthy, he passed away naturally.

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The author, who was born in Providence, Rhode Island, was well known for his vivid and distinct writing style, sparingly employing punctuation and attribution, in tales that were often set in the American Southwest, and he wrote all of them on an Olivetti Underwood Lettera 32 typewriter.

In 1965, he released his debut book, “The Orchard Keeper,” then in 1968, “Outer Dark.”

In the years that followed, “Child of God,” “Suttree,” and “Blood Meridian” were all released.

His bond with his son John, whom he had with his third wife, Jennifer Winkley, served as the basis for his 2006 book “The Road.”

He received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the book.

A 2009 film adaptation of “The Road” starred Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and son team navigating a post-apocalyptic wilderness.

He also wrote the critically acclaimed books “Child of God,” “All the Pretty Horses,” and “No Country for Old Men,” the latter of which won four 2008 Oscars, including Best Picture, and featured an all-star cast that included Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson.

His final novels, “The Passenger” and “Stella Maris” — interconnected books questioning the notions of God, truth and existence — were released late last year.