'Ragtime' author E.L. Doctorow dies at 84

E.L. Doctorow was the author of "Ragtime," "World's Fair" and "The Book of Daniel," among other works. (Francesca Magnani / Random House)E.L. Doctorow, the renowned author of "Ragtime" and many other works of historical fiction and nonfiction, has died, his agent Ron Bernstein confirmed.

He was 84.

Bernstein could not provide additional information.

Doctrow's books included "Ragtime," which was adapted into a Broadway musical, and "World's Fair," which won the National Book Award.

A January 2014 Los Angeles Times book review of his most recent novel, “Andrew’s Brain,” described him as operating in the shadow of the Transcendentalists, "a romantic, a true believer — in the myth of America as a…