Fred Mustard Stewart

Fred Mustard Stewart was an American novelist. His most popular books were The Mephisto Waltz, adapted for the 1971 film of the same name starring Alan Alda; Six Weeks, made into a 1982 film starring Mary Tyler Moore; Century, a New York Times best-seller in 1981; and Ellis Island, which became a CBS mini-series in 1984.

Biography

Stewart attended the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, class of 1950. He graduated from Princeton University in 1954, where he was a member of the Colonial Club. He originally planned to be a concert pianist, and studied with Eduard Steuermann at the Juilliard School.
In 1978, Stewart published his historical novel A Rage Against Heaven through Viking Press. The story spans the American Civil War, starting with South Carolina's secession from the Union in the first chapter.
Stewart's next book, Ellis Island, was published in 1983. A year after its publication a miniseries was filmed in the United Kingdom, based on this book.