Author:Earl Derr Biggers
| ←Author Index: Bi | Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933) |
| American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for his novels, especially those featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan, from which popular films were made in the United States and China. |
WorksEdit
- Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) (transcription project)
- Love Insurance (1914) Illustrated by Frank Snapp
- Inside the Lines (play, 1915?)
- Inside the Lines (novel based on the play, 1915; with Robert Welles Ritchie)
- The Agony Column (1916; alternative title: Second Floor Mystery) (external scan)
- 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) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2021 due to Renewal R94337
- The Chinese Parrot (1926) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2022 due to Renewal R118342
- Fifty Candles (1926) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2022 due to Renewal R109709
- 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
- "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
- "The Girl Who Paid Dividends" (ss), Saturday Evening Post, April 23, 1921 (also in Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories, 1933)
- Fifty Candles (1921) (serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, May 7-14, 1921; book form 1926) PGA (Earl Derr Biggers)
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, 1924.
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.