Walter Tevis (1928-1984)
American novelist and short story writer.
Author of The Queen’s Gambit.
photo credit: Charlie Gray/Netflix from The Queen's Gambit
The Queen's Gambit Netflix Series Wins 11 Emmy® Awards
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Walter Tevis: A Writer’s Gambit
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 major motion pictures, and The Queen's Gambit has become one of the most popular and critically acclaimed television series of the past decade.
Books
The Hustler - 1959
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 1963
Mockingbird - 1980
The Steps of the Sun - 1983
The Queen's Gambit - 1983
The Color of Money - 1984
Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and short story writer.
He wrote The Queen’s Gambit, The Hustler, The Color of Money, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Mockingbird, The Steps of the Sun, and a collection of short stories, Far From Home.
Three of his six novels were adapted into major films and one, The Queen's Gambit, was adapted to a Netflix mini-series.
Movies and Series
Short Stories
Far From Home
A collection of short stories.
Far From Home was first published by Doubleday & Company, Inc. Copyright 1981 by Walter Tevis.
“The poetic imprints of a fine writer’s trail.”
— The Times
“SF writing of a rare quality”
— Time Out
Articles and Interviews
The New York Times
“Walter Tevis Was a Novelist. You Might Know His Books (Much) Better as Movies.”
December 23, 2020
The Six Fifty
“Inside The Queen’s Gambit: Exploring the unknown Bay Area origins of the Netflix hit”
December 17, 2020