His son, James McMurtry, is a singer/songwriter and guitarist. Journey to the dusty little Texas town of Lonesome Dove and meet an unforgettable assortment of heroes and outlaws, whores and ladies, Indians and settlers. In 1988 he opened a second Booked Up in Archer City, establishing the town as an American 'Book City'. The Lonesome Dove series began in 1985 with the title novel. In 1964 he was awarded a Guggenheim grant.Ī book collector, he purchased a rare book store in Washington, D.C.'s Georgetown neighborhood in 1970 and named it Booked Up. He published his first novels while an English instructor, and he won the 1962 Texas Institute of Letters Jesse M. He earned degrees from North Texas State University (B.A. He grew up on a ranch outside of Archer City, Texas. In 2006, he was co-winner of the Best Screenplay Golden Globe and Academy Award for Brokeback Mountain. His novels also included Horseman, Pass By, The Last Picture Show, and Terms Of Endearment, which were adapted into films. McMurtry and co-writer Diana Ossana adapted the screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned eight Academy Award nominations with three wins, including McMurtry and Ossana for Best Adapted Screenplay. Desiree, the fidgety twin, and Stella, a smart, careful girl, make their break from stultifying rural Mallard, Louisiana, becoming 16-year-old runaways in 1954 New Orleans. The subsequent three novels in his Lonesome Dove series were adapted as three more miniseries, earning eight more Emmy nominations. Much of his fiction is set in the 'old west' or contemporary Texas.īorn on June 3, 1936, in Wichita Falls, Texas, McMurtry is probably best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, which was adapted into a hit television miniseries that earned him seven Emmy Awards.

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