- He has been a wrestling coach for years.
- Never knew his father and was raised by his stepfather.
- Was on the cover of Time Magazine in August of 1982.
- Not owning a personal computer, writes all his novels the long-handed way.
- He is the only Oscar winning screenwriter to win for adapting his own novel.
- Won an American Book award for "The World According to Garp."
- Wrestled for the University of Pittsburgh.
- Wrote the adaptation of "The Cider House Rules" over a period of 13 years.
- "The Cider House Rules" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1998 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Play (Large Theatre).
- Born in New Hampshire, Irving is married and has three sons. He lives in Vermont and Toronto.
- In the late 1960s, he studied with Kurt Vonnegut at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
- John has two children, Colin (33) and Brendan (28) from his first marriage. He has a third son, Everett (age 6 as of May, 1998), from his current marriage.
- Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1992.
- "The Cider House Rules" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1998 Back Stage Garland Award for Production.
- Always prides himself on having a "good imagination."
- Biography/bibliography in: "Contemporary Authors." New Revision Series, Vol. 133, pp. 269-276. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
- A film titled Tug of War was written for him to direct and star Martin Sheen and Brian Kennedy.
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