Author:Earl Derr Biggers

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Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933)

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American novelist and playwright. 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.

Earl Derr Biggers

Works

• 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)
• Earl Derr Biggers Tells Ten Stories (1933) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2029 due to (Renewal: R273252 )
• Fifty Candles (1926) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2022 due to (Renewal: R109709 )
  • Fifty Candles (1921) (serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, May 7-14, 1921)

Charlie Chan novels

• The House Without a Key (1925)
• The Chinese Parrot (1926) – Copyrighted in the United States until 2022 due to (Renewal: R118342 )
• 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 stories

• "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
• Fifty Candles (1921) (serialised in The Saturday Evening Post, May 7-14, 1921; book 1926) [# Charlie Chan]
• 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 sources

• For those not subject to American copyright, more of his works are available at [Project Gutenberg Australia]