16 Facts About Irving Wallace

Irving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter.

Irving Wallace was named after his maternal grandfather, a bookkeeper and Talmudic scholar of Narewka, Poland.

Irving Wallace grew up at 6103 Eighteenth Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he attended Kenosha Central High School.

Irving Wallace was the father of Olympic historian David Wallechinsky and author Amy Wallace.

Irving Wallace began selling stories to magazines when he was a teenager.

Irving Wallace served in the First Motion Picture Unit of the Army Air Force.

Soon Irving Wallace turned to a more lucrative job as a Hollywood screenwriter.

Irving Wallace collaborated on such films as The West Point Story, Split Second, Meet Me at the Fair, and The Big Circus.

Irving Wallace published his first non-fiction work in 1955, The Fabulous Originals, and his first fiction offering, The Sins of Philip Fleming, in 1959.

Irving Wallace published 33 books during his lifetime, translated into 31 languages.

Irving Wallace was married to Sylvia Wallace, a former magazine writer and editor.

Irving Wallace's first novel, The Fountains, was an American best-seller and published in twelve foreign editions.

Several of Irving Wallace's books have been made into films, including The Chapman Report, The Man, The Seven Minutes and New Delhi.

Irving Wallace used many of the odd facts he uncovered in his novels.

Irving Wallace died of pancreatic cancer on June 29,1990, at age 74.

Irving Wallace was interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.