Earl Derr Biggers
Earl Derr Biggers
(
1884
-
1933
) was an
American
novelist
and
playwright
best known today as the creator of the
Chinese
detective
Charlie Chan
. The son of Robert J. and Emma E. (Derr) Biggers, he was born in
Warren, Ohio
, and graduated from
Harvard University
in
1907
. Many of his
plays
and
novels
were made into
movies
. He died of
heart disease
in
Pasadena, California
.
The
Charlie Chan
series
The House Without a Key
(
1925
)
The Chinese Parrot
(
1926
)
Behind That Curtain
(
1928
)
The Black Camel
(
1929
)
Charlie Chan Carries On
(
1930
)
Keeper of the Keys
(
1932
)
Other works
Seven Keys to Baldpate
(1913)
Love Insurance
(1914)
Inside the Lines
(1915) (with
Robert Welles Ritchie
)
The Agony Column
(1916) (also published as
Second Floor Mystery
)
Fifty Candles
(1926)
Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories
(
short stories
) (1933)
External link
Texts of works by Earl Derr Biggers
Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers, Earl Derr Biggers, Earl Derr
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