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ARTHUR WARD

1883 - 1959

Writing as: Sax Rohmer


According to Wikipedia: "

Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward, better known as Sax Rohmer, was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.

Born in Birmingham to a working-class family, Arthur Ward initially pursued a career as a civil servant before concentrating on writing full-time. He worked as a poet, songwriter and comedy sketch writer for music hall performers before creating the Sax Rohmer persona and pursuing a career writing fiction.

Like his contemporaries Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen, Rohmer claimed membership to one of the factions of the qabbalistic Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rohmer also claimed ties to the Rosicrucians, but the validity of his claims has been questioned. His doctor and family friend Dr R. Watson Councell may have been his only legitimate connection to such organisations.

His first published work came in 1903, when the short story "The Mysterious Mummy" was sold to Pearson's Weekly. Rohmer's main literary influences seem to have been Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Conan Doyle and M. P. Shiel.

He gradually transitioned from writing for music hall performers to concentrating on short stories and serials for magazine publication. In 1909 he married Rose Elizabeth Knox.

He published his first book Pause! anonymously in 1910."



Series Books
 
Fu Manchu The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu (1913)
  The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1916)
  The Hand of Fu Manchu (1917)
  Daughter of Fu Manchu (1931)
  The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)
  The Bride of Fu Manchu (1933)
  The Trail of Fu Manchu (1934)
  President Fu Manchu (1936)
  The Drums of Fu Manchu (1939)
  The Island of Fu Manchu (1941)
  The Shadow of Fu Manchu (1948)
  Re-Enter Fu Manchu (1957)
  Emperor Fu Manchu (1959)
  The Wrath of Fu Manchu (1973)
  The Zayat Kiss (ss) (1912)
  The Clue of the Pigtail (ss) (1912)
  Redmoat (ss) (1912)
  The Green Mist (ss) (1913)
  The Call of Siva (ss) (1913)
  Karamaneh (ss) (1913)
  Andaman - Second (ss) (1913)
  The Golden Flask (ss) (1913)
  The Spores of Death (ss) (1913)
  The Knocking on the Door (ss) (1913)
  The Wire Jacket (ss) (1914)
  The Cry Of The Nighthawk (ss) (1914)
  The Avenue Mystery (ss) (1915)
  The White Peacock (ss) (1915)
  The Coughing Horror (ss) (1915)
  The Silver Buddha (ss) (1915)
  Cragmire Tower (ss) (1915)
  The Fiery Hand (ss) (1915)
  The Six Gates (ss) (1915)
  The Mummy (ss) (1915)
  The Flower of Silence (ss) (1916)
  Zarmi of the Joy Shop (ss) (1916)
  The Golden Pomegranates (ss) (1916)
  Queen Of Hearts (ss) (1916)
  The Zagazig Cryptogram (ss) (1917)
  The House of Hashish (ss) (1917)
  Ki-Ming (ss) (1917)
  Shrine of the Seven Lamps (ss) (1917)
  The Black Chapel (ss) (1917)
  The Blue Monkey (ss) (1920)
  The Mark of the Monkey (ss) (1931)
  The Turkish Yataghan (ss) (1932)
  The Wrath of Fu Manchu (ss) (1952)
  The Eyes of Fu Manchu (ss) (1957)
  The Word of Fu Manchu (ss) (1958)
  The Mind of Fu Manchu (ss) (1959)
 
Other The Bat Flies Low (1935)
  Bat-Wing [Paul Harley] (1921)
  Bimbashi Baruk of Egypt aka Egyptian Nights (1944)
  Brood of the Witch-Queen (1918)
  The Day the World Ended [Gaston Max] (1930)
  Dope [Daniel 'Red' Kerry] (1919)
  The Dream-Detective [Moris Klaw] (1920)
  The Emperor of America (1929)
  The Exploits of Captain O’Hagan (1916)
  The Fire Goddess aka Virgin in Flames (1952)
  Fire-Tongue [Paul Harley] (1922)
  The Golden Scorpion (1919)
  The Green Eyes of Bast (1920)
  Grey Face (1924)
  Hangover House (1950)
  The Haunting of Low Fennel (1920)
  The Moon Is Red (1954)
  Moon of Madness (1927)
  The Orchard of Tears (1918)
  The Quest of the Sacred Slipper (1919)
  Return of Sumuru aka Sand and Satin (1954)
  Return of Sumuru aka Sand and Satin [Sumuru] (1955)
  Salute to Bazarada and other stories [Paul Harley] (1939)
  The Secret of Holm Peel (1970)
  Seven Sins [Gaston Max] (1944)
  She Who Sleeps (1929)
  Sinister Madonna [Sumuru] (1956)
  The Sins of Severac Bablon (1914)
  Sins of Sumuru aka Nude in Mink [Sumuru] (1950)
  Sumuru aka Slaves of Sumuru [Sumuru] (1952)
  Tales of Chinatown [Paul Harley] (1922)
  Tales of East and West (1932)
  Tales of Secret Egypt (1918)
  Virgin in Flames aka The Fire Goddess [Sumuru] (1953)
  White Velvet (1936)
  Wulfheim (1972)
  The Yellow Claw [Gaston Max] (1915)
  Yellow Shadows (1925)
  Yu’an Hee See Laughs (1932)