Edgar Wallace
Biographical note
English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles. In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
He was known during his lifetime for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, The Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character. He is most famous today as the co-creator of King Kong.
Works
The African stories:
- Sanders of the River (1911)
- The People of the River (1912)
- Bosambo of the River (1914)
- Bones: Being Further Adventures in Mr. Commissioner Sanders' Country (1915)
- The Keepers of the King's Peace (1917)
- Lieutenant Bones (1918)
- Bones in London (1921)
- Sandi, the King Maker (1922)
- Bones of the River (1923)
- Sanders (a.k.a. Mr Commissioner Sanders) (1926)
- Again Sanders (1928)
The "Just Men" stories:
- Four Just Men (1905)
- The Council of Justice (1908)
- The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
- The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
- The Three Just Men (1926)
- Again the Three (1928)
The "Mr J G Reeder" stories:
- Room 13 (1924)
- The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (a.k.a. The Murder Book of Mr. J. G. Reeder)
- Terror Keep (1927)
- Red Aces: Being Three Cases of Mr Reeder (1929)
- Mr J G Reeder Returns (includes: The 'Treasure House' and 'The Shadow Man') (1932)
- The Guv'nor (1932)
- The Man who Passed (a.k.a. The Man from Sing Sing) (1932)
The "Detective Sgt. Elk" stories
- The Nine Bears or The Other Man or The Cheaters (1910) (revised as Silinski - Master Criminal (1930))
- The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
- The Joker (The Colossus) (1926)
- The Twister (1928)
- The India-Rubber Men (1929)
- White Face (1930)
Crime novels and short stories
- Angel Esquire (1908)
- The Fourth Plague (1913)
- Grey Timothy (1913)
- The Man who bought London (1915)
- The Melody of Death (1915)
- A Debt Discharged (1916)
- The Tomb of T'Sin (1916)
- The Secret House (1917)
- The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1918)
- Down under Donovan (1918)
- The Man Who Knew (1918)
- The Green Rust (1919)
- Kate Plus 10 (1919)
- The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
- Jack O'Judgment (1920)
- The Angel of Terror (1922)
- The Crimson Circle (1922)
- Mr. Justice Maxell (1922)
- The Valley of Ghosts (1925)
- Captains of Souls (1923)
- The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
- The Green Archer (1923)
- The Missing Million (1923)
- The Dark Eyes Of London (1924)
- Double Dan (1924)
- Educated Evans (1924)
- The Face in the Night (1924)
- The Sinister Man (1924)
- The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
- Blue Hand (1925)
- The Daughters of the Night (1925)
- The Gaunt Stranger (1925) (revised as The Ringer (1926))
- A King by Night (1925)
- The Strange Countess (1925)
- The Avenger (1925)
- The Black Abbot (1926)
- The Day of Uniting (1926)
- The Door with Seven Locks (1926)
- The Man from Morocco (1926)
- The Million Dollar Story (1926)
- More Educated Evans (1926)
- The Northing Tramp (1926)
- Penelope of the Polyantha (1926)
- The Square Emerald (1926)
- The Terrible People (1926)
- We Shall See! (1926)
- The Yellow Snake (1926)
- The Big Foot (1927)
- The Brigand (1927)
- The Feathered Serpent (1927)
- Flat 2 (1927)
- The Forger (1927)
- Good Evans (1927)
- The Hand of Power (1927)
- The Man Who Was Nobody (1927)
- The Mixer (1927)
- Number Six (1927)
- The Squeaker (1927)
- The Traitor's Gate (1927)
- The Double (1928)
- Elegant Edward (1928)
- The Flying Squad (1928)
- The Gunner (1928)
- The Orator (1928)
- The Thief in the Night (1928)
- The Ringer
- Again the Ringer (1929)
- The Big Four (1929)
- The Black (1929)
- The Cat-Burglar (1929)
- Circumstantial Evidence and Other Stories (1929)
- Fighting Snub Reilly (1929)
- For Information Received (1929)
- Forty-Eight Short Stories (1929)
- Four Square Jane (1929)
- The Ghost of Down Hill (1929)
- The Golden Hades (1929)
- The Green Ribbon (1929)
- The Terror (1930)
- The Calendar (1930)
- The Hand of Power (1930)
- The Thief in the Night (1930)
- The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
- The Lady of Ascot (1930)
- The Devil Man (1931)
- The Man at the Carlton (1931)
- The Coat of Arms or The Arranways Mystery (1931)
- On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago (1931)
- The Ringer Returns or Again the Ringer (1931)
- Sergeant Sir Peter or Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D. (1932)
- When the Gangs Came to London (1932)
- The Steward (1932)
- The Frightened Lady (1933)
- The Green Pack (1933)
- The Last Adventure (1934)
- The Woman from fhe East (1934)
- The Mouthpiece (1935)
- Smoky Cell (1935)
- The Table (1936)
- Sanctuary Island (1936)


