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Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 - June 29, 1990) was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. He was the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Image File history File links Fan_club. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... This article is about the year. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... David Wallechinsky (born 5 February 1948) is an Olympic historian, who worked as commentator for NBC Olympic coverage and is the author of many Olympic reference books and other reference books. ...

Several of Wallace's books have been made into films. Among his best known books are The Chapman Report (1960), The Prize (1963), The Word (1972) and The Fan Club (1974). He also produced some notable non-fiction works, including several editions of The People's Almanac and The Book of Lists. The Prize is a novel written by Irving Wallace in 1962 concerning the annual prize-giving ceremony of the Nobel Awards. ... The Word is a 1972 mystery/thriller novel which explores into the origin of the Bible, in the same vein as The Da Vinci Code. ... Novel by Irving Wallace published in 1974. ... The Peoples Almanac was a series of books published in the 1970s and 1980s by Irving Wallace, the novelist responsible for co-authoring the The Book of Lists series. ... The Book of Lists actually refers to any one of a series of books compiled by bestselling author Irving Wallace, his son David Wallechinsky, and daughter Amy Wallace. ...

Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he attended Kenosha Central High School. [1] Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Kenosha is a city in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. ...

Wallace died in 1990 and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California. ... Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. ...

Bibliography

Novels

• The Sins of Philip Fleming: A Compelling Novel of One Man's Intimate Problem (1959)
• The Chapman Report (1961)
• The Twenty-Seventh Wife (1962)
• The Prize (1962)
• The Man (1964)
• The Three Sirens (1964)
• The Sunday Gentleman (1966)
• The Plot (1967)
• The Seven Minutes (1969)
• The Word (1972)
• The Fan Club (1974)
• The R Document (1976)
• Pigeon Project (1979)
• The Second Lady (1980)
• The Almighty (1982)
• The Miracle (1984)
• The Seventh Secret (1985)
• The Celestial Bed (1987)
• The Golden Room (1988)
• The Guest of Honor (1989)

Non-fiction [[The Man]] is a 1964 novel by Irving Wallace that relates the story of Douglas Dillman, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, who becomes the first black man to occupy the White House when the President dies in a freak accident. ...

• Fabulous Originals: Lives of Extraordinary People Who Inspired Memorable Characters in Fiction (1955)
• Square Pegs: Some Americans Who Dared to Be Different (1958)
• Fabulous Showman (1960)
• Writing of One Novel (1968)
• The Nympho and Other Maniacs: The Lives, the Loves and the Sexual Adventures of Some Scandalous and Liberated Ladies (1971)
• The People's Almanac (1975) (with David Wallechinsky)
• Stardust to Prairie Dust (1976)
• The Book of Lists (1977) (with David Wallechinsky)
• Two: Biography of The Original Siamese Twins (1978) (with Amy Wallace)
• The People's Almanac No. 2 (1978) (with David Wallechinsky)
• The Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People (1981)
• The Book of Lists 2 (1981) (with David Wallechinsky)
• The Book of Lists 3 (1983) (with Amy Wallace and David Wallechinsky)
• Significa (1983) (with Amy Wallace and David Wallechinsky)
• Secret Sex Lives of Famous People (1993)

The Book of Lists actually refers to any one of a series of books compiled by bestselling author Irving Wallace, his son David Wallechinsky, and daughter Amy Wallace. ... The Book of Lists actually refers to any one of a series of books compiled by bestselling author Irving Wallace, his son David Wallechinsky, and daughter Amy Wallace. ... The Book of Lists actually refers to any one of a series of books compiled by bestselling author Irving Wallace, his son David Wallechinsky, and daughter Amy Wallace. ...

Quote

• "To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity."

External link

• Irving Wallace at the Internet Movie Database
• Japan's Last Hope article in Liberty magazine (May 5, 1945)