Earl
Derr
Biggers
(1884-1933),
born
in
Warren,
Ohio,
was
the
creator
of the
famous
Charlie
Chan
character.
Charlie
was
loosely
based
on the
real
life
exploits
of two
Chinese
detectives
from
Honolulu
--
Chang
Apana
and
Lee
Fook.
Charlie
Chan
would
be
immortalized
in 44
films
on
Hollywood's
silver
screen,
most
notably
by
Sidney
Toler
(1874-1947),
Warner
Oland
(1880-1938)
&
Roland
Winters
(1904-89).
Chandler,
Raymond
Raymond
Chandler
(1875-1932)
Drake,
Drexel
Drexel
Drake
(1875-1932)
Fletcher,
J. S.
J.
S.
Fletcher
(1875-1932)
Hammett,
Dashiell
Dashiell
Hammett
(1875-1932)
Hanshew,
Thomas
Thomas
Hanshew
(1875-1932)
Hornung,
E. W.
E.
W.
Hornung
(1875-1932)
Landon,
Herman
Herman
Landon
(1875-1932)
Leroux,
Gaston
Gaston
Leroux
(1875-1932)
Marquand,
John
John
Marquand
(1875-1932)
Mason,
A. E.
W.
A.
E. W.
Mason
(1875-1932)
McNeile,
H. C.
Henry
Cyril
McNeile
(1875-1932)
Morton,
Anthony
Anthony
Morton
(1875-1932)
Oppenheim,
E. P.
E.
Phillips
Oppenheim
(1875-1932)
Packard,
Frank
L.
Frank
L.
Packard
(1875-1932)
Reeve,
Arthur
B.
Arthur
B.
Reeve
(1875-1932)
Rinehart,
Mary
R.
Mary
Roberts
Rinehart
(1875-1932)
Rohmer,
Sax
Arthur
Sarsfield
Ward
(Sax
Rohmer)
(1886-1959),
born
in
Birmingham,
England,
is
best
remembered
for
his
fascinating
literary
character
the
evil
Oriental
mastermind
Dr. Fu
Manchu.
Did
You
Know?:
Boris
Karloff
would
portray
the
sinister
Dr. Fu
Manchu
in the
1932
film
also
starring
Myrna
Loy
(Fah
Lo
Suee)
and Lewis
Stone
(Nayland
Smith).
Fu
Manchu
would
also
be a
popular
radio
show
broadcast
throughout
the
1930s.
Van
Dine,
S. S.
Willard
Huntington
Wright
(1887-1939),
born
in
Charlottesville,
Virginia,
was
the
writer
behind
the
pseudonym
S.S.
Van
Dine.
Beginning
as a
book
reviewer
for
the LA
Times,
by
1911
he was
a
columnist
and
art
critic
in New
York.
Confined
to his
bed
for
two
years,
he
sought
relaxation
in
fiction
and
became
a
master
of the
detective
novel,
which
he
wrote
under
the
pseudonym
S. S.
Van
Dine.
Vance,
Louis
J.
Louis
Joseph
Vance
(1875-1932)
Wallace,
Edgar
Edgar
Wallace
(1875-1932)
was
born
in
Greenwich,
England
to
actress
Polly
Richards.
He was
adopted
at the
age of
nine
days,
by
Billingsgate
Fish
porter
Dick
Freeman.
He
began
his
working
life
on
Fleet
Street
at the
age of
eleven
selling
newspapers
at
Ludgate
Circus,
and
later
working
as a
correspondent
for
Reuters
and
the
London
Daily
Mail.
During
his
life
he
wrote
many
bestsellers.
He
made
millions
and
yet
when
he
died
he
owed
millions.
In
1969
The
Edgar
Wallace
Society
was
formed
by his
youngest
daughter
Penelope
Wallace.
