Fred Waitzkin

Fred Waitzkin is an American novelist and writer for The New York Times Magazine, New York, and Esquire. Educated at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, and lives in New York City and Martha's Vineyard.

He is the father of chess prodigy Joshua Waitzkin.

Major works:

• Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess
• The Last Marlin: The Story of a Family at Sea
• Mortal Games the Turbulent Garry Kasparov