Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work is predominantly set in either the old West or in contemporary Texas. He is known for his 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Lonesome Dove, a historical saga that follows ex-Texas Rangers as they drive their cattle from the Rio Grande to a new home in the frontier of Montana, and for co-writing the adapted screenplay for Brokeback Mountain. Lonesome Dove was adapted into a television miniseries, his novels Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975) were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins).

拉里·杰夫·麦克默特里 （1936-2021） 是一位美国小说家、散文家、书商和编剧，其作品主要以旧西部或当代德克萨斯州为背景。他以 1985 年获得普利策奖的小说《孤独的鸽子》而闻名，这是一部历史传奇，讲述了前德克萨斯游骑兵队将牛群从格兰德河赶到蒙大拿州边境的新家，并共同编写了《断背山》的改编剧本。《寂寞的鸽子》被改编成电视迷你剧，他的小说《骑士，路过》（1962）、《最后的图片秀》（1966）和《爱的条款》（1975）被改编成电影。改编自麦克默特里作品的电影获得了 34 项奥斯卡提名（13 项获奖）。