Will Tevis News Today

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Whenever a colleague or friendly acquaintance asks Julie Tevis McGory if she’s seen the Netflix miniseries “The Queen’s Gambit,” she can’t help but chuckle a bit.   The Clintonville resident doesn’t have the heart to tell them that as a young adult her father, Walter Tevis, sent her pieces of his manuscript for “The Queen’s Gambit” as he finished each chapter, making her one of the first people to read the 1983 novel that serves as the basis for the popular show...

Walter Tevis Was a Novelist. You Might Know His Books (Much) Better as Movies. In addition to “The Queen’s Gambit,” adapted into the current Netflix hit, Walter Tevis wrote the novels “The Hustler,” “The Color of Money” and “The Man Who Fell to Earth.” Walter Tevis in 1982. His novel “The Queen’s Gambit” is the source material for the popular Netflix series of the same name.Credit...E. Martin Jessee/Lexington Herald-Leader Published Dec. 23, 2020Updated Dec. 27, 2020 The...