Walter Tevis (1928–1984)
Author of The Queen's Gambit
About the Author
Walter Tevis was an English literature professor at the University of Ohio.
Series
Works by Walter Tevis
Walter Tevis Sci-Fi Novels: The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun (2020) 7 copies
The Hustler [short fiction] 2 copies
Far from Home {short story} 2 copies
Rent Control 1 copy
The Queen's Gambit 1 copy
L'Arnaqueur 1 copy
I fuorilegge della natura 1 copy
Tevis Walter 1 copy
Associated Works
The Workshop: Seven Decades of the Iowa Writers Workshop - 43 Stories, Recollections, & Essays on Iowa's Place in… (1999) — Contributor — 187 copies
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributor — 70 copies
Stella a cinque mondi — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Tevis, Walter
- Legal name
- Tevis, Walter Stone
- Birthdate
- 1928-02-28
- Date of death
- 1984-08-08
- Burial location
- Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kentucky, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- lung cancer
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
Kentucky, USA
New York, New York, USA - Education
- University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (MFA|1960)
University of Kentucky (BA|1949| MA|1954 ∙ English)
Model Laboratory School - Occupations
- novelist
short story writer
screenwriter
professor - Organizations
- Ohio University
Authors Guild
United States Navy (WWII) - Awards and honors
- Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame (1991)
- Agent
- Susan Schulman Literary Agency
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Reviews
One of the best novels I've ever read. I have only a rudimentary understanding of chess, but that was no impediment, due to Tevis's masterly prose.
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Statistics
- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 14
- Members
- 5,692
- Popularity
- #4,340
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
- 204
- ISBNs
- 233
- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 6
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