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Bookmark or Share- Walter Tevis - WikipediaWalter Stone Tevis Jr. (February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
- Walter Tevis - The Carnegie Center for Literacy and LearningInducted 2018. Born: February 28, 1928, San Francisco, California. Died: August 9, 1984, New York, New York. Crime writer and literary critic James Sallis wrote in the Boston Globe that Walter Tevis’ The Man Who Fell to Earth was “among the finest science fiction novels.”
- The Queen's Gambit (novel) - WikipediaThe Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism. The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name .
- Books — Walter TevisWalter Tevis wrote The Queen’s Gambit, The Hustler, The Color of Money, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, and The Steps of the Sun.
- Walter Tevis - Book Series In OrderWalter Tevis is a bestselling literary fiction and science fiction author from San Francisco. Born in 1928, he was seven years old when he learned how to play chess. As a nine-year-old, he had a Sydenham’s chorea and rheumatic heart diagnosis and for a year he lived in a convalescent home.
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