Cormac McCarthy was born in Rhode Island on July 20, 1933. Cormac was raised Roman Catholic. He attended Catholic High School in Knoxville, then went to the University of Tennessee in 1951-52. His major: liberal arts. McCarthy joined the U.S. Air Force in 1953; he served four years, spending two of them stationed in Alaska, where he hosted a radio show.After several jobs and much traveling he settled down to write several prize winning novels including The Road, The Orchard Keeper, Child of God, Blood Meridian, and No Country for Old Men