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Copyright Notice

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Daniel Wallace Papers #5327, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Gift of Daniel Wallace of Chapel Hill, N.C., April 2007 (Acc. 100637).

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• Americans--Japan--History--20th century.
• Authors, American--North Carolina--20th century.
• Big fish (Motion picture)
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
• Family--Alabama--Social life and customs.
• Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
• Japan--Photographs.
• Japanese language--Study and teaching.
• Nagoya-shi (Japan)--Social life and customs.
• Nealy, William, 1953-
• Novelists, American--20th century.
• Wallace, Daniel, 1959-
• Wallace, Daniel, 1959- --Adaptations.
• Wallace, Daniel, 1959- . Big fish : a novel of mythic proportions.

Daniel Wallace, author and illustrator, was born in 1959 in Birmingham, Ala., to E. D. Wallace and Joan Wallace, who had three other children: Rangeley, Barrie, and Holland (known as "Holly"). He attended college first at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., and then at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1982, Wallace took a job at a trading company in Nagoya, Japan. He returned to Chapel Hill, N.C., two years later. His first novel, Big Fish, was published in 1998. In 2003, Tim Burton directed a film version of the book, also titled Big Fish, based on a screenplay by John August. Wallace has published three other novels: Ray in Reverse (2000); The Watermelon King (2003); and Mr. Sebastian and the Negro Magician (2007). O Great Rosenfeld, an illustrated "children's book for adults," was released in France in 2006. His illustrations and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, such as the L.A. Times and Italian Vanity Fair. In addition to working as an author and illustrator, Wallace has taught writing at UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Wilmington, UNC-Greensboro, and the Breadloaf Writers' Conference.

The collection of author and illustrator Daniel Wallace consists of correspondence and related materials; drafts, production and promotion materials, and reviews relating to his published novels; and manuscripts, short stories, and other miscellaneous unpublished writings.

Series 1, Correspondence, consists chiefly of personal correspondence relating to Wallace's life and work. The bulk of the letters span from 1977-1988, and are from family, friends, and former girlfriends. Correspondents include Wallace's mother Joan Wallace; his father E. D. Wallace; his sisters Rangeley Wallace, Barrie Wallace, and Holland Wallace ("Holly"); and his brother-in-law author, cartographer, and kayaking enthusiast William Nealy with whom Wallace collaborated. Also included are materials from 1982-1984 when Wallace lived and worked for a trading company in Nagoya, Japan; instructional materials from Japanese language classes he taught upon his return to Chapel Hill, N.C.; newspaper clippings and articles; and photographs of identified and unidentified people and places. Series 2, Books, consists of drafts, galleys, correspondence, and other production and promotion materials relating to Wallace's published books. Subseries 2.1 also contains three audiocassettes of radio interviews with Wallace and materials relating to the film version of the novel Big Fish, including a betacam press kit. Series 3, Other Writings and Related Materials, includes manuscripts of unpublished novels and stories, as well as miscellaneous writings. Folder 119 includes Wallace's first published story, from the UNC-Chapel Hill literary magazine Cellar Door.

• Oversize papers (OP-5327/1)
• Audiocassettes (C-5327/1-3)
• Videotape (VT-5327/1)
• Photographs (P-5327/Folders 1-4)