Edgar Wallace

Probably born in London, he was found abandoned at the age of nine days in Billingsgate by a fishmonger, who subsequently brought him up as his own son. His career started as a war correspondent for the Daily Mail in the Boer War, following which he turned his hand to writing crime thrillers at a prolific rate. He is generally credited with inventing the modern thriller novel. He wrote an immense number of novels in the last ten years of his life and his output is often compared to that of other prolific authors, such as Isaac Asimov.

He died in Hollywood on 10th February 1932 of pneumonia while working on King Kong and is buried in Little Marlow, England.

Table of contents

1 Literary Works 2 Plays 3 External links

Literary Works

• The Four Just Men (1905)
• Sanders of the River (1911)
• Bones (1915)
• The Green Archer (1926)

• The Clue Of The Twisted Candle (e-text of one of Edgar Wallace's works)
• Edgar Wallace Bibliography