Walter Tevis
Walter Stone Tevis was an American novelist and short story writer. He was a nominee for the Nebula Award for the Best Novel in 1980 for Mockingbird. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
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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. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages. Tevis wrote more than two dozen short stories for a variety of magazines. He was a nominee for the Nebula Award for the Best Novel in 1980 for Mockingbird, set in the 25th century in a decaying and decaying New York City. He died on August 9, 1984, in Lexington, Kentucky. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son and a daughter-in-law, and a son-and-daughter-to-be, both of whom are in their 80s and 90s.
He also leaves behind a daughter, Betty Tevis, who was born in San Francisco, California in 1928 and a brother, Walter Tevis Jr., who died in Kentucky in 2010. He had a son, Walter Jr., with his wife of 20 years, Barbara, who died of lung cancer in 2011. He leaves behind two sons, Walter, III, and Walter Jr. with whom he had two daughters. He has a son with his second wife, Barbara Tevis-Tvis.
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