# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-tevis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:38:19.482Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-tevis"
name: "Walter Tevis"
slug: "walter-tevis"
description: "Walter Stone Tevis Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages."
tagline: "American writer (1928–1984)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-02-28"
deathDate: "1984-08-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.waltertevis.org/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump