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Earl Derr Biggers - The Charlie Chan series, Other works

Writer, born in Warren, Ohio, USA. He studied at Harvard, became a journalist in Boston, and achieved widespread popularity with his mystery novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913), later adapted for a successful play. His enduring fame rests on his creation of the Hawaiian detective Charlie Chan, the patient, aphoristic hero of six novels, beginning with The House Without a Key (1925). The character of Chan was popularized through many comics, radio programmes, and films.

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