Author:Earl Derr Biggers
WorksEdit
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) (transcription project)
- Love Insurance (1914) Illustrated by Frank Snapp
- Inside the Lines (1915) (play)
- Inside the Lines (novel based on the play, 1915; with Robert Welles Ritchie)
- The Agony Column (1916; alternative title: Second Floor Mystery) (external scan)
- Fifty Candles (1921)
- Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories (1933) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2029 due to (Renewal: R273252 )
Charlie Chan novelsEdit
- The House Without a Key (1925) (transcription project)
- The Chinese Parrot (1926)
- Behind That Curtain (1928) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2024 due to (Renewal: R151394 )
- The Black Camel (1929) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2025 due to (Renewal: R173906 )
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1930) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2026 due to (Renewal: R213428 )
- Keeper of the Keys (1932) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2028 due to (Renewal: R241203 )
Magazine storiesEdit
- "A Transaction in Sewing Machines" (ss), Los Angeles Herald Sunday Supplement, 1907
- "The Bird in the Cage" (1909 Sept, Red Book) (ss)
- "A Patriot" (1912 May, Red Book) (ss)
- "Hats" (1912 Sept, Red Book) (ss)
- "Heels" (1913 Feb, Red Book) (ss)
- "A Lost Quixote" (ss), Harper's Weekly , Aug 2, 1913
- "The Ebony Stick" (ss) Collier's weekly, Sep 4, 1916
- "John Henry and the Restless Sex" (ss), Saturday Evening Post, March 5, 1921
- Fifty Candles (1921) (serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, May 7 & 14, 1921; book 1926) (precursor to the Charlie Chan stories)
- Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories (1933)
- Moonlight at the Crossroads (Saturday Evening Post, ??)
- Selling Miss Minerva (Saturday Evening Post, Feb 5, 1921)
- The Heart of the Loaf (Saturday Evening Post, Aug 5, 1922)
- Possessions (Saturday Evening Post, Feb 3, 1923)
- The Dollar Chasers (Saturday Evening Post, Feb 16 & 23, 1924)
- Idle Hands (Saturday Evening Post, Jun 11, 1921)
- The Girl Who Paid Dividends (Saturday Evening Post, Apr 23, 1921)
- A Letter to Australia (Saturday Evening Post, Feb 11, 1922)
- Nina and the Blemish (Saturday Evening Post, Aug 18, 1928)
- Broadway Broke (Saturday Evening Post, Oct 7, 1922)
External sourcesEdit
- For those not subject to American copyright, more of his works are available at [Project Gutenberg Australia]
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1933, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.