Irving Wallace

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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.

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.

Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he attended Kenosha Central High School. [1]

Wallace died in 1990 and was interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

[edit] 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

• 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)

[edit] Quote

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

[edit] External link

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