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EDGAR WALLACE

1875 - 1932

Writing as: Edgar Wallace


According to Wikipedia: "Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English writer.

Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at age 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.

After an unsuccessful bid to stand as Liberal MP for Blackpool (as one of David Lloyd George's Independent Liberals) in the 1931 general election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO studios. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933).

Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. As well as journalism, Wallace wrote screen plays, poetry, historical non-fiction, 18 stage plays, 957 short stories, and over 170 novels, 12 in 1929 alone. More than 160 films have been made of Wallace's work. He is remembered for the creation of King Kong, as a writer of 'the colonial imagination', for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, and for The Green Archer serial. He sold over 50 million copies of his combined works in various editions, and The Economist describes him as "one of the most prolific thriller writers of [the 20th] century", although few of his books are still in print in the UK."



Series Books
 
Heine The Adventures of Heine (1919)
  Alexander and the Lady (ss) (1918)
  The Man Who Dwelt on a Hill (ss) (1918)
  The Lovely Miss Harrymore (ss) (1918)
  The Affair of Mister Haynes (ss) (1918)
  The Man from the Stars (ss) (1918)
  The Affair of the Allied Conference (ss) (1918)
  The Word of a Prince (ss) (1918)
  The Murderers (ss) (1918)
  The Grey Envelope (ss) (1918)
  Mr. Collingrey, M.P., Pacifist (ss) (1918)
  The Jermyn Credit Bank (ss) (1918)
  The Passing of Heine (ss) (1918)
  The U-Boat Adventure (ss) (1918)
  Brethren of the Order (ss) (1918)
  The World Dictator (ss) (1918)
  The Syren (ss) (1918)
  The Coming of the Bolsheviks (ss) (1918)
  The Going of Heine (ss) (1918)
 
Major Haynes The Adventures of Heine (1919)
  Major Haynes of the Secret Service (1919)
  The Secret Service Submarine (1919)
  The Affair of Mister Haynes (ss) (1918)
  The Affair of the Allied Conference (ss) (1918)
  The Murderers (ss) (1918)
  The Grey Envelope (ss) (1918)
  The Jermyn Credit Bank (ss) (1918)
  The Passing of Heine (ss) (1918)
  The World Dictator (ss) (1918)
  The Syren (ss) (1918)
  The Coming of the Bolsheviks (ss) (1918)
  The Going of Heine (ss) (1918)
  Major Haynes And The Princess (Deporting A Princess) (ss) (1918)
  The Missing Hohenzollern (ss) (1918)
  Sunk Without Trace (ss) (1918)
  The Berman Iron Book (A Beautiful Spy's Amazing Revenge) (ss) (1918)
  Unmasking A Peace Plot (The Great Peace Plot) (ss) (1918)
  The Treasure House Of The Prussian King (The Search For The Kaiser' Secret Treasure House) (ss) (1918)
  The Question Of Hora Da Silva (The Mysterious Mrs Da Silva) (ss) (1918)
  The Elusive Sweizer (Face To Face With The Master-Spy) (ss) (1918)
  The Disappearance Of Lady Mary Bretley (Getting Even With A Hun) (ss) (1918)
  Ten Divisions And A Red-Haired Girl (ss) (1918)
  The Invasion That Failed (ss) (1918)
  The Last Trip To Germany. The End of the Z1. (ss) (1918)
 
John Dudley Frazer The Secret Service Submarine (2015)
  The Rescue of Elsie Brice From Germany (ss) (1918)
  The German Navy Changes Its Code (ss) (1918)
  The Invasion That Failed (ss) (1918)
  An Air Raid On Cologne (ss) (1918)
  A Prisoner In Germany (ss) (1918)
  The Poison Gang (ss) (1918)
  The War Lord (ss) (1918)
  The Man From Dresden (ss) (1918)
  The Conversion of Minna Schumacher (ss) (1918)
  The Last Trip To Germany. The End of the Z1. (ss) (1918)
  The Last Trip To Germany. The Armistice (ss) (1918)
 
Other The Admirable Carfew [T. B. Smith] (1914)
  The Adventures of Heine (1919)
  Again Sanders [Commissioner Sanders] (1928)
  Again The Ringer [Ringer] (1929)
  Angel Esquire (1908)
  The Angel of Terror (1922)
  Barbara on Her Own (1926)
  Big Foot [Supt. Minter] (1927)
  The Black Abbot (1926)
  Blue-Hand (1927)
  Bones [Commissioner Sanders] (1915)
  Bones in London [Commissioner Sanders] (1921)
  Bones of the River [Commissioner Sanders] (1923)
  The Book of All Power (1923)
  Bosambo of the River [Commissioner Sanders] (1914)
  The Brigand (1928)
  The Calendar (1930)
  Captains of Souls (1923)
  The Cheaters (1910)
  Circumstantial Evidence (1934)
  The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
  The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
  The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917)
  The Coat of Arms (1931)
  The Council of Justice [Four Just Men] (1908)
  The Crimson Circle (1922)
  The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
  The Dark Eyes of London (1929)
  The Daughters of the Night (1925)
  The Day of Uniting (1930)
  Death Packs a Suitcase (1961)
  The Death Room (1986)
  A Debt Discharged (1926)
  The Devil Man (1931)
  The Door with Seven Locks (1926)
  Double Dan (1924)
  The Double (1928)
  Down Under Donovan (1930)
  The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
  Eve's Island (1909)
  The Face in the Night (1924)
  The Feathered Serpent (1930)
  The Fellowship of the Frog [Elk] (1925)
  Fighting Snub Reilly (1934)
  Flat 2 (1927)
  Flying Fifty-five (1922)
  The Flying Squad (1929)
  For Information Received (1929)
  The Forger (1927)
  The Four Just Men [Four Just Men] (1905)
  Four Square Jane (1929)
  The Fourth Plague (1913)
  The Frightened Lady (1932)
  The Ghost of Down Hill (1929)
  The Golden Hades (1929)
  Good Evans [Educated Evans] (1926)
  The Governor of Chi-Foo (1933)
  Great Stories of Real Life [NF] (1930)
  The Green Archer (1926)
  The Green Ribbon (1929)
  The Green Rust (1919)
  The Gunner (1928)
  The Guv'nor [J. G. Reeder] (1932)
  The Hairy Arm (1925)
  The Hand of Power (1930)
  Heroes All (1914)
  The India Rubber Men (1929)
  The Iron Grip (1929)
  Jack o'Judgment (1920)
  John Flack (1930)
  The Joker [Elk] (1926)
  The Just Men of Cordova [Four Just Men] (1917)
  Kate Plus 10 (1917)
  The Keepers of the King's Peace [Commissioner Sanders] (1917)
  A King By Night (1928)
  King Kong (1933)
  Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces [NF] (1915)
  The Lady of Ascot (1930)
  The Law of the Four Just Men [Four Just Men] (1921)
  Lieutenant Bones [Commissioner Sanders] (1918)
  The Lone House Mystery [Supt. Minter] (1929)
  The Man at the Carlton (1931)
  The Man from Morocco (1926)
  The Man Who Bought London (1915)
  The Man Who Knew (1919)
  The Man Who Was Nobody (1927)
  The Mind of Mr J G Reeder [J. G. Reeder] (1925)
  The Missing Million (1923)
  The Mission The Failed (1898)
  The Mixer (1927)
  More Educated Evans [Educated Evans] (1926)
  Mr J. G. Reeder Returns [J. G. Reeder] (1932)
  Mr Justice Maxwell (1927)
  Nig-nog (1934)
  The Nine Bears [T. B. Smith] (1910)
  The Northing Tramp (1926)
  On the Spot (1931)
  The Orator (1928)
  People [NF] (1929)
  The People of the River [Commissioner Sanders] (1912)
  Planetoid 127 (1929)
  The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929)
  Red Aces [J. G. Reeder] (1932)
  The Ringer [Ringer] (1928)
  The Ringer Returns [Ringer] (1931)
  The River of Stars [Commissioner Sanders] (1913)
  The Road to London (1986)
  Room 13 [J. G. Reeder] (1924)
  Sanders [Commissioner Sanders] (1926)
  Sanders of the River [Commissioner Sanders] (1911)
  Sandi The Kingmaker [Commissioner Sanders] (1922)
  The Secret House (1917)
  Sergeant Sir Peter (1932)
  Silinski - Master Criminal (1930)
  The Sinister Man (1924)
  The Sooper (1984)
  The Square Emerald (1926)
  The Squeaker (1927)
  The Standard History of the War [NF] (1914)
  The Strange Countess (1925)
  The Terrible People (1928)
  Terror Keep [J. G. Reeder] (1927)
  The Thief in the Night (1930)
  This England [NF] (1927)
  The Three Just Men [Four Just Men] (1929)
  The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
  The Traitor's Gate (1927)
  The Trial of the Seddons (1900)
  The Twister [Elk] (1928)
  Unofficial Despatches (1901)
  The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
  The War of the Nations [NF] (1914)
  When the Gangs Came to London (1932)
  White Face [Elk] (1931)
  Writ in Barracks (poems) (1900)
  The Yellow Snake (1926)