Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933)
Autor(a) de The House without a Key
About the Author
Earl Derr Biggers was born in 1884 in Warren, Ohio. He graduated from Harvard University in 1907 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. After college, Biggers went to work at The Boston Traveler, where he wrote a humorous column, and then reviews, until 1911. By that time he had finished his first novel, mostrar mais "Seven Keys To Baldpate," migrated to New York with his first novel and also his first comedy, "If You're Only Human" and began writing plays. Biggers wrote magazine articles, stories, novels and plays, including a war play, "Inside The Lines," which ran 500 nights in London in 1915 and 1916. He published two more novels during the 1910s, Love Insurance in 1914 and The Agony Column in 1916, but his main activity was focused on humor writing, particularly in magazines and short stories. In 1919, Biggers decided to quit playwriting and go to California to write for motion pictures. His reputation spread among the public with his most famous creation, Charlie Chan. He developed the character of Charlie Chan for his novel "The House Without A Key" in 1925. He wrote six Charlie Chan novels, all moderately popular. All were adapted to the cinema, except for "Keeper Of The Keys". The Charlie Chan movies were one of the most successful screen series in history, with over 40 movies based on the character. There were also numerous Chan radio adaptations and comic strips, as well as attempts to bring the character to television. Earl Biggers died in Pasadena, California, in April of 1933 at the age of 48, from a heart attack. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras de Earl Derr Biggers
Charlie Chan: Five Complete Novels: The House Without a Key; The Chinese Parrot; Behind That Curtain; The Black Camel;… (1925) 136 cópias
Charlie Chan's Caravan 10 cópias
The Charlie Chan MEGAPACK ®: The Complete 6-Book Series Plus 16 more by Earl Derr Biggers (2013) 6 cópias
MYSTERY CLASSICS Boxed Set - Earl Derr Biggers Edition (Illustrated): Seven Keys to Baldpate, Inside the Lines, The… (2017) 3 cópias
NOVELAS ESCOGIDAS 3 cópias
Delphi Collected Works of Earl Derr Biggers (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Ten Book 8) (2019) 3 cópias
Earl Derr Biggers: The Complete Works: (Illustrated) (Bauer Classics) (All Time Best Writers Book 9) (2020) 2 cópias
The Dollar Chasers 2 cópias
Earl Derr Biggers Ultimate Collection: 20 Mystery Novels, Detective Tales & Short Stories, Including the Charlie Chan… 1 exemplar(es)
Chinese Parrot 1 exemplar(es)
The House Without a Key / Behind That Curtain by 1 exemplar(es)
O LADRÃO DE DIAMANTES 1 exemplar(es)
Strážce klíčů : detektivní román 1 exemplar(es)
Mannen med nøklene 1 exemplar(es)
The Agony Column and Fifty Candles (Illustrated) 1 exemplar(es)
The Cruel Town 1 exemplar(es)
CHARLIE CHAN MYSTERIES - Complete Series: 6 Detective Novels in One Volume: The House Without a Key, The Chinese… 1 exemplar(es)
The Complete Works of Earl Derr Biggers 1 exemplar(es)
Novelas policíacas completas 1 exemplar(es)
Tickling the Palate of Pegasus 1 exemplar(es)
The Bird in the Cage 1 exemplar(es)
Charlie Chan Vol. II 1 exemplar(es)
Charlie Chan 1 exemplar(es)
Inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Charlie Chan Collection: Volume One — Original characters — 22 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1884-08-24
- Data de falecimento
- 1933-04-05
- Local de enterro
- Cremated
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Warren, Ohio, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- San Marino, California, USA
- Educação
- Harvard University (1907)
- Ocupação
- playwright
novelist - Pequena biografia
- Biggers is probably best known for his creation of Charlie Chan who was based on a real Chinese-American police detective he met in Honolulu.
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An entertaining collection of the Charlie Chan stories and other stories by the same author.
Detektivní román, v němž detektiv Charlie Chan, znalec lidských povah a vášní vyřeší případ vraždy slavné zpěvačky. Čtyři bývalí manželé slavné zpěvačky se sejdou na sídle jednoho z nich, ke schůzce je pozván i známý detektiv. Hostitel, Dudley Ward, první z exmanželů má pro všechny otázku, nevědí-li něco o osudu jeho dítěte, které se narodilo po rozvodu. Na schůzku se dostaví i jejich bývalá manželka se svým nynějším milencem. Vzápětí je však zavražděna. Každý z těchto mužů měl pádný důvod k jejímu zavraždění. Na honolulském detektivovi čínského původu je, aby případ vyřešil.… (mais)
Když je ve svém domě nedaleko mořského pobřeží zavražděn jeden z nejbohatších mužů ostrova, vedou stopy k řadě podezřelých, ...
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 51
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 2,052
- Popularidade
- #12,528
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Resenhas
- 111
- ISBNs
- 316
- Idiomas
- 14
- Favorito
- 8
La casa sense clau és el primer llibre de les aventures de Charlie Chan, el detectiu protagonista de diverses adaptacions cinematogràfiques i televisives durant la primera meitat del segle XX. En una època en què la literatura estatunidenca era plena de personatges asiàtics associats a estereotips negatius, Earl Derr Biggers va arriscar i guanyar amb la creació de Chan, un home noble, valent i heroic que no renega dels seus orígens. LÆambientació del misteri a un indret ex.tic per al lector com Hawaii va ser un precedent per a sèries dÆèxit com Hawaii 5.0 o Magnum P.I.&nbs… (mais)