Fred Waitzkin (born 1943 in Massachusetts) is an American novelist and writer for The New York Times Sunday Magazine, New York, and Esquire. He graduated Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio in 1965, and lives in New York City and Martha's Vineyard. Waitzkin is the father of chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin and wrote a book about his son called Searching for Bobby Fischer; he felt that Joshua could be a successor to Bobby Fischer. The book was praised by Grandmaster Nigel Short, as well as chess journalist Edward Winter, who called it "a delightful book" in which "the topics [are] treated with an acuity and grace that offer the reviewer something quotable on almost every page." Screenwriter and playwright Tom Stoppard called the book "well written" and "captivating". The book was made into the Academy Award-nominated namesake film (but released in the U.K. as Innocent Moves), with Joe Mantegna playing Waitzkin. Major works 1988: Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess The Dream Merchant See also List of books and documentaries by or about Bobby Fischer References External links 20th-century American novelists American male novelists American chess writers Jewish American novelists Kenyon College alumni Living people 1943 births 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers 21st-century American Jews