Walter Stone Tevis (February 28, 1928 - August 8, 1984) was an American author. He was born in San Francisco. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... This article is about the year 1984. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...

His father, a Madison County, Kentucky native, brought his family back to Kentucky from San Francisco when Walter Tevis was ten years old. After serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II, Tevis graduated from Model High School in 1945 and entered the University of Kentucky. While a student there, Tevis worked in a pool-room and published a story about pool written for A. B. Guthrie's writing class. After being awarded a Masters degree from the University, Tevis wrote for the Kentucky Highway Department and taught school in Science Hill, Hawesville, Irvine, Carlisle, and then at the University of Kentucky. Madison County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area  Ranked 37th  - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²)  - Width 140 miles (225 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 1. ... The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. ... It has been suggested that Black ball be merged into this article or section. ... Alfred Bertram Guthrie, Jr. ...

He was an English literature professor at Ohio University (in Athens, OH) from 1965 to 1978, where he received an MFA. He wrote seven novels, three of which were the basis of major motion pictures of the same names: The Hustler (1959), and The Color of Money (1984)—both about fictional poolhall hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson—and the science fiction novel The Man Who Fell to Earth (1963). He also wrote Mockingbird (1980), Far From Home (1981), The Steps of the Sun (1983), and The Queen's Gambit (1983). The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American as was T.S Eliot, Salman... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... Ohio University is a public university located in Athens, Ohio that is situated on a 1,800 acre (7. ... Athens is a small city and the county seat of Athens County in southeastern USA, on the Hocking River. ... The Novel The Hustler was a 1959 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, which tells the story of a young pool player who challenges the legendary Minnesota Fats but loses, sending his life into a tailspin. ... The Color of Money was a 1984 novel by American writer Walter Tevis, continuing the story of Fast Eddie Felson from The Hustler (1959). ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A French poster for the film The Man Who Fell to Earth is a novel by Walter Tevis about an extraterrestrial who crashlands on Earth seeking a way to ship water to his planet, which is suffering from a severe drought. ...

He was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1980 for Mockingbird. During one of his last televised interviews, Tevis revealed that PBS once planned a production of Mockingbird as a follow-up to its successful adaptation of The Lathe of Heaven (1980). The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years. ... Book cover from Harper Academic The Lathe of Heaven is a 1971 science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. ...

Tevis spent his last years in New York as a full-time writer. He died of lung cancer in 1984 and is buried in Richmond, Kentucky. This article is about the U.S. state. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Lung cancer is a cancer of the lungs characterized by the presence of malignant tumours. ... Richmond is the 6th largest city in Kentucky and the county seat of Madison County. ...

Listen to

• 1983 and 1984 audio interviews of Walter Tevis by Don Swaim

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External link

• KYLIT: Lisa English on Walter Tevis