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Earl Derr Biggers


USA flag (1884 - 1933)

Earl Derr Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio on August 24, 1884. Years later, while attending Harvard University, Biggers showed little passion for the classics, preferring instead writers such as Rudyard Kipling and Richard Harding Davis. Following his graduation from Harvard in 1907, he worked briefly for the Cleveland Plain Dealer and at Bobbs-Merrill publishers. By 1908, Biggers was hired at the Boston Traveler to write a daily humor column. Soon, however, he became that paper's drama critic. It was at this time that he met Elanor Ladd, who would later become his wife and who would have a marked influence in his writing.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Charlie Chan
   1. The House Without a Key (1925)
   2. The Chinese Parrot (1926)
   3. Behind That Curtain (1928)
   4. The Black Camel (1929)
   5. Charlie Chan Carries On (1930)
   6. The Keeper of the Keys (1932)
   Celebrated Cases of Charlie Chan (1985)
continued in the series: Charlie Chan
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Novels
   Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913)
   Love Insurance (1914)
   Inside the Lines (1915) (with Robert Welles Ritchie)
   The Agony Column (1916)
     aka Second Floor Mystery
   Fifty Candles (1926)
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Collections
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Series contributed to
Black Cat Weekly
   72. Black Cat Weekly #72 (2023) (with others)
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Short stories
The Dollar Chasers




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