Novelist Norman Mailer discusses his new book 'The Castle In The Forest' with Los Angeles Times Book Review editor David Ulin at the Writer's Guild Theater on February 6, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. According to media reports the two-time Pullitzer Price winner Mailer died of renal failure on Saturday at the age of 84 in New York. Getty Images logo Getty Images 24 months ago

Novelist Norman Mailer discusses his new book 'The Castle In The Forest' with Los Angeles Times Book Review editor David Ulin at the Writer's Guild Theater on February 6, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. According to media reports the two-time Pullitzer Price winner Mailer died of renal failure on Saturday at the age of 84 in New York.

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