Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men,” has passed away.

He was 89.

Knopf Doubleday publishing company confirmed McCarthy died of natural causes Tuesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, McCarthy was raised in Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee before joining the United States Air Force.

His first novel “The Orchard Keeper” was published in 1965. Other early novels include “Outer Dark” and “Suttree.” He published one of his most celebrated books, “Blood Meridian,” in 1985. While it received mixed reviews upon release, the book is widely celebrated as a masterpiece now.

McCarthy’s other notable works include “All the Pretty Horses” (adapted into a film starring Matt Damon in 2000), “The Crossing” and “Cities of the Plain.”

His 2005 novel “No Country for Old Men” was adapted into a feature film by Joel and Ethan Coen, who won Academy Awards for best picture, directing and adapted screenplay. The film is considered one of the best of the 21st century.

McCarthy’s 2006 novel “The Road,” a post-apocalyptic story about a father and son on a grueling journey, won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Memorial Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a feature film starring Viggo Mortensen in 2009.

Author Stephen King tweeted a tribute to McCarthy after learning the news. “Cormac McCarthy, maybe the greatest American novelist of my time, has passed away at 89,” King wrote. “He was full of years and created a fine body of work, but I still mourn his passing.”

Alabama-born musician Jason Isbell tweeted McCarthy’s influence was “immeasurable.”

“I could go onstage and say ‘this next one was influenced by Cormac McCarthy’ and literally sing any song I’ve ever written,” Isbell tweeted.