Irving Wallace
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Irving Wallace (March 19, 1916 – June 29, 1990) was an American best-selling author and screenwriter.
He was known for his heavily researched books, many with a sexual theme.
Early life
Wallace was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bessie Liss and Alexander Wallace (an Americanized version of the original family name of Wallechinsky). The family was Jewish and came from Russia. Wallace was named after his maternal grandfather, a bookkeeper, and Talmudic scholar of Narewka, Poland. Wallace grew up on Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he attended Kenosha Central High School. He was the grandfather of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace.
Career
When he was a boy, Wallace began selling stories to magazines. Wallace, along with Theodor Seuss Geisel – better known as Dr. Seuss – and other writers, wrote for magazines during the Second World War. He served in the Army Air Force's First Motion Picture Unit. Wallace, on the other hand, moved to a more lucrative career as a Hollywood screenwriter. He appeared in films including The West Point Story (1950), Split Second (1953), Meet Me at the Fair (1953), and The Big Circus (1959). He has written three scripts for the western television series Have Gun – Will Travel.
After an uncomfortable stint in Hollywood, he committed himself entirely to writing books. In 1955, he published The Fabulous Originals, his first non-fiction book, and The Sins of Philip Fleming, his first fiction collection. The former was dismissed by commentators and was followed by the highly acclaimed The Chapman Report. During his lifetime, Wallace wrote 33 books, some of which were translated into 31 languages.
Irving Wallace was married to Sylvia (née Kahn) Wallace, a former magazine writer and editor. The Fountains, her first book, was an American best-seller and appeared in twelve foreign editions. Empress, her second book, was published in 1980. She and their two children, The Book of Lists#2 and Intimate Sex Lives of Famous People, also helped him produce. Amy Wallace's autobiography said that her mother's contributions were not always helpful, and that the household was not always harmonious. Sylvia Wallace died on October 20, 2006 at the age of 89.
Many of Wallace's books have been turned into films, including The Chapman Report, The Man, The Seven Minutes, and New Delhi. The Prize (1962), The Word (1972), and The Fan Club (1974) were among his best-known books.
Wallace's editors, Michael Korda and Peter Schwed, were editors. Wallace's book Another Life Korda argues that he created a style of novel that is both a good story and encyclopedia, with "some sex added in to keep the reader's pulse kicking."
He produced three editions of The People's Almanac (with son David) and The Book of Lists (with David and Amy for the second volume). Wallace wrote several of the strange facts he found in his books.
Wallace died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 74 on June 29, 1990. He was laid to rest at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.