Irving Wallace

American bestselling author and screenwriter, penned best-selling books that were extensively researched, including such page-turners as The Chapman Report, 1960, about human sexuality; The Prize, 1962, a fictional behind-the-scenes account of the Nobel Prizes; The Man, about a black man becoming president of the U.S. in the 1960s; and The Word, 1972, about the discovery of a new gospel.