• Walter Stone Tevis Jr. (/ˈtɛvɪs/; February 28, 1928 – August 9, 1984) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted...
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  • The Queen's Gambit (novel) (category Novels by Walter Tevis)
    1983, Tevis stated the story is "a tribute to brainy women." There has been speculation as to the inspiration for the Beth Harmon character, but Tevis emphatically...
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    fictional pool hustler created by American novelist Walter Tevis. The character appears in Tevis' novels The Hustler (1959) and The Color of Money (1984)...
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  • The Hustler (novel) (category Novels by Walter Tevis)
    The Hustler is a 1959 debut novel by American writer Walter Tevis. It tells the story of a young pool hustler, Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson, who challenges...
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  • Mockingbird is a science fiction novel by American writer Walter Tevis, first published in 1980. It was nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel. The...
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  • the previous film, The Color of Money is based on the 1984 novel by Walter Tevis. The film stars Paul Newman reprising his role as "Fast Eddie" Felson...
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  • drama television miniseries based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. The title refers to the "Queen's Gambit", a chess opening. The series...
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    Fats". The film, which was based on the 1959 book of the same name by Walter Tevis, stars Paul Newman as Fast Eddie, Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats, Piper...
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  • Harmon is a fictional American character and the main protagonist in the Walter Tevis novel The Queen's Gambit and the Netflix drama miniseries of the same...
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  • Lumet and Alex Kurtzman based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis. It is a sequel to the 1976 film starring David Bowie. The series stars...
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  • The Man Who Fell to Earth (novel) (category Science fiction novels by Walter Tevis)
    Who Fell to Earth is a 1963 science fiction novel by American author Walter Tevis, about an extraterrestrial who lands on Earth seeking a way to ferry...
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  • The Color of Money (novel) (category Novels by Walter Tevis)
    Herbert (August 11, 1984). "Walter Tevis, 56, a Screenwriter" – via NYTimes.com. Bailey, Rick (5 August 1984). "Tevis sequel has Lexington flavor"....
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  • Tevis is a surname, and may refer to: James Henry Tevis (1837–1905), Arizona pioneer who founded Teviston Julia A. Tevis (1799–1880), pioneer educator...
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  • film directed by Nicolas Roeg and adapted by Paul Mayersberg. Based on Walter Tevis's 1963 novel of the same name, the film follows an extraterrestrial named...
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  • been the inspiration for the character "Fast Eddie" Felson in the 1959 Walter Tevis novel The Hustler. In both the 1961 film adaptation and the 1986 sequel...
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    fiction series The Man Who Fell to Earth, a television adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. The role of Eadgifu of Kent is played by Sonya Cassidy in the...
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  • directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis, Price received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay...
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  • Queen's Gambit may also refer to: The Queen's Gambit (novel), 1983, by Walter Tevis, later developed into the 2020 Netflix miniseries Queen's Gambit, a 2013...
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  • The Steps of the Sun (category Science fiction novels by Walter Tevis)
    Steps of the Sun is a 1983 science fiction novel by the American author Walter Tevis. It is about a future energy crisis, and a world in which China has become...
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    Walter Tevis novel on which the film is based. The characters of Newton and Bryce discuss the painting near the end of chapter four, part two. Tevis also...
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  • Enda Walsh. Inspired by the 1963 novel The Man Who Fell To Earth by Walter Tevis, Lazarus continues the story of Thomas Newton, a humanoid alien who is...
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    and The Universe Between (both 1951); and The Ifth of Oofth (1957) by Walter Tevis. Another reference is Madeleine L'Engle's novel A Wrinkle In Time (1962)...
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  • him. Tevis denied this for the rest of his life. However, Derek Kirunchyk examined the pages of Tevis' original manuscript and discovered that Tevis had...
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  • Wind" (1962),"The Little Pin: Fragment" (1975) and "Disasters" (1976). Walter Tevis in his novel Mockingbird (1980). Marta Randall in her book Dangerous...
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  • The Man Who Fell to Earth (novel), the 1963 science fiction novel by Walter Tevis The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987 film), the television film adaptation...
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  • novel by John Henry Mackay The Hustler (novel), a 1959 American novel by Walter Tevis about pool hustler Edward "Fast Eddie" Felson "The Hustler" (Porridge)...
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  • Philip K. Dick Man Plus by Frederik Pohl The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold The Man Who Loved Mars by...
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    Allan Scott on an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Queen's Gambit by Walter Tevis, which would have been his first feature film as a director. He also...
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    978-0-575-07978-6 1972 69 Dark Benediction Walter M. Miller Jr. 12 April 2007 978-0-575-07977-9 1951 70 * Mockingbird Walter Tevis 14 June 2007 978-0-575-07915-1...
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    Queen's Gambit starring Anya Taylor-Joy. Based on the 1983 novel by Walter Tevis of the same name, the show explores the life of an orphan chess prodigy...
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