Walter Tevis
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Walter and Jamie Tevis in 1960.
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| Born | February 28, 1928 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | August 8, 1984 (aged 56) New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1955–1984 |
| Genre | Fiction, science fiction |
| Spouse | Eleanora Tevis |
| Children | William Tevis, Julie Tevis |
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Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 – August 8, 1984) 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. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages.
Tevis was born in San Francisco, California and grew up in the Sunset District, near the Pacific Ocean and Golden Gate Park. When he was ten years old, his parents placed him in the Stanford Children's Convalescent home for a year while they returned to Kentucky, where the family had been given a grant of land in Madison County. At the age of 11, Tevis traveled across country alone on a train to rejoin his family.
Near the end of World War II, the 17-year-old Tevis served in the Pacific Theater as a Navy carpenter's mate on board the USS Hamilton. After his discharge, he graduated from Model Laboratory School in 1945 and entered the University of Kentucky, where he received B.A. (1949) and M.A. (1954) degrees in English literature and studied with A.B. Guthrie, Jr., the author of The Big Sky. While a student there, Tevis worked in a pool hall and published a story about pool written for Guthrie's class. He later attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received a M.F.A. in creative writing in 1960.
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