Irving Stone was born Irvin Tenenbaum on July 14, 1903, in San Francisco, California. He earned a Bachelor's Degree from U.C. Berkeley in 1923 and a Master's Degree in 1924 from the University of Southern California. Stone first came to prominence with the publication of Lust for Life, a vivid fictionalized biography of the painter Vincent Van Gogh. He is known for his historically accurate fictionalized biographies. Stone won a Western Spur Award for Men to Match My Mountains and was a member of the Western Writers of America in 1959.

Novels:

  Lust for Life (1934)

  Adversary in the House (1947) in PDF

  Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949) in PDF

  Immortal Wife (1950) in PDF

  The Passionate Journey (1950)

  The President's Lady (1952)

  Love Is Eternal (1955)

  The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961)

  Those Who Love (1966)

  The Greek Treasure (1975)

  The Origin (1980)

  Depths of Glory (1985)

Collections:

  The Irving Stone Reader (1992)