Larry McMurtry
Larry Jeff McMurtry is an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. His novels include Horseman, Pass By , The Last Picture Show and Terms of Endearment , which were adapted into films earningAcademy Award nominations . His 1985 Pulitzer Prizewinning novel Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries that earnedEmmy Award nominations , with the other three novels in his Lonesome Dove series adapted into three more miniseries earning eight more Emmy nominations. McMurtry and cowriter Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain , which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay.
McMurtry was born in Archer City, Texas,miles from Wichita Falls, Texas, the son of Hazel Ruth and William Jefferson McMurtry, who was a rancher. He grew up on a ranch outside Archer City, which is the model for the town of Thalia that appears in much of his fiction. He earned degrees from the University of North Texas and Rice University .
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