Great American novelist Cormac McCarthy was defensively private and didn’t share much about the inspiration behind his books — or about himself. However, the author, who died in 2023,

American author Cormac McCarthy was 42 when he met 16-year-old Augusta Britt, who she says inspired characters in some of his famous novels.

Augusta Britt, who says she met the then-married author at a motel pool, is believed to have inspired several novels

Cormac McCarthy reportedly had a 16-year-old muse who inspired several of his novels. The late author, regarded as one of the greatest American novelists, began a relationship with the teenager in the 1970s when he was 42, Vanity Fair reported.