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Which of these authors did Stephen King call “maybe the greatest American novelist of my time”?

Cormac McCarthy was a celebrated US novelist who wrote acclaimed books such as The Road, No Country for Old Men, and Blood Meridian. He died of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 13, 2023, at 89. Stephen King tweeted his tribute to McCarthy, calling him “maybe the greatest American novelist of my time.” McCarthy was known for his bleak and violent visions of the American South and West and his sparse prose that influenced many other writers.