The Queen's Gambit (novel)

The Queen's Gambit

First edition, featuring cover art by Will Barnet
Author	Walter Tevis
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Random House
Publication date	1983
Publication place	United States
Pages	243
ISBN	1-4000-3060-9

The Queen's Gambit is a 1983 American novel by Walter Tevis, exploring the life of fictional female chess prodigy Beth Harmon. A bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, it covers themes of adoption, feminism, chess, drug addiction and alcoholism. The book was adapted for the 2020 Netflix miniseries of the same name.