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Walter 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 was born in San Francisco in 1928 and lived in the Sunset District, close to Golden Gate Park and the sea, for the first ten years of his life. He remained immensely proud of being born in that city.
Dec 23, 2020 · Yet little attention has been paid to Walter Tevis, the author whose creation has stirred all the commotion. Tevis once pegged himself as “a good American writer of the second rank.”
The 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 .
Walter Stone Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. The Queen's Gambit has also been adapted in 2020 into a 7-episode mini-series.
Walter 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.
Jul 13, 2021 · The documentary explores the complex life and brilliant career of Kentucky writer Walter Tevis. His novels The Hustler, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Color of Money were all adapted into...
