About Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (April 1, 1875-February 10, 1932) was a prolific British crime writer, journalist and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and countless articles in newspapers and journals.
Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.
In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
He is most famous today as the co-creator of "King Kong", writing the early screenplay and story for the movie, as well as a short story "King Kong" (1933) credited to him and Draycott Dell. He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, the Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime.
Over 160 films have been made of his novels, more than any other author.
In the 1920s, one of Wallace's publishers claimed that a quarter of all books read in England were written by him.
He is most famous today as the co-creator of "King Kong", writing the early screenplay and story for the movie, as well as a short story "King Kong" (1933) credited to him and Draycott Dell. He was known for the J. G. Reeder detective stories, The Four Just Men, the Ringer, and for creating the Green Archer character during his lifetime.
Series
Four Just Men
The Four Just Men (1905)
The Council of Justice (1908)
The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
aka Again the Three Just Men
The Four Just Men (1905)
The Council of Justice (1908)
The Law of the Four Just Men (1921)
aka Again the Three Just Men
Commissioner Sanders
Sanders of the River (1911)
The People of the River (1912)
The River of Stars (1913)
Bosambo of the River (1914)
Sandi The Kingmaker (1922)
Sanders (1926)
aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders
The Keepers of the King's Peace (1930)
Sanders of the River (1911)
The People of the River (1912)
The River of Stars (1913)
Bosambo of the River (1914)
Sandi The Kingmaker (1922)
Sanders (1926)
aka Mr. Commissioner Sanders
The Keepers of the King's Peace (1930)
Novels
The Mission The Failed (1898)
Writ in Barracks (1900)
Unofficial Despatches (1901)
The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
Eve's Island (1909)
The Nine Bears (1910)
The Cheaters (1910)
The Fourth Plague (1913)
The Admirable Carfew (1914)
The Man Who Bought London (1915)
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917)
Kate Plus 10 (1917)
The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
The Secret House (1917)
The Adventures of Heine (1919)
The Green Rust (1919)
The Man Who Knew (1919)
The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
aka The Daffodil Murder
Jack o'Judgment (1920)
The Angel of Terror (1922)
aka The Destroying Angel
The Crimson Circle (1922)
Flying Fifty-five (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
Captains of Souls (1923)
The Missing Million (1923)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Book of All Power (1923)
Double Dan (1924)
aka Diana of Kara-Kara
The Face in the Night (1924)
Room 13 (1924)
The Sinister Man (1924)
The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
The Daughters of the Night (1925)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1925)
aka The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder
The Hairy Arm (1925)
aka The Avenger
The Strange Countess (1925)
The Black Abbot (1926)
A Debt Discharged (1926)
The Door with Seven Locks (1926)
The Joker (1926)
aka The Colossus
The Man from Morocco (1926)
The Square Emerald (1926)
aka The Girl from Scotland Yard
The Yellow Snake (1926)
Barbara on Her Own (1926)
Good Evans (1926)
aka The Educated Man
More Educated Evans (1926)
The Green Archer (1926)
The Northing Tramp (1926)
The Man Who Was Nobody (1927)
The Mixer (1927)
Mr Justice Maxwell (1927)
Terror Keep (1927)
Big Foot (1927)
Flat 2 (1927)
The Forger (1927)
The Squeaker: London's Underworld of Crime (1927)
aka The Squealer
The Traitor's Gate (1927)
Blue-Hand (1927)
The Twister (1928)
The Clever One (1928)
The Double (1928)
The Gunner (1928)
aka Gunman's Bluff
A King By Night (1928)
The Brigand (1928)
The Ringer: The Gaunt Stranger (1928)
The Terrible People (1928)
The Dark Eyes of London (1929)
For Information Received (1929)
Four Square Jane (1929)
The Ghost of Down Hill (1929)
The Golden Hades (1929)
The India Rubber Men: Inspector John Wade (1929)
The Iron Grip (1929)
The Lone House Mystery (1929)
The Flying Squad (1929)
The Green Ribbon (1929)
Planetoid 127 (1929)
The Three Just Men (1929)
The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929)
The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
aka The Silver Key
The Feathered Serpent (1930)
The Lady of Ascot (1930)
Silinski - Master Criminal: Detective T.B.Smith (1930)
The Thief in the Night (1930)
The Calendar (1930)
The Day of Uniting (1930)
Down Under Donovan (1930)
The Hand of Power (1930)
John Flack (1930)
The Coat of Arms (1931)
aka The Arranways Mystery
The Devil Man (1931)
White Face (1931)
The Man at the Carlton (1931)
On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago (1931)
The Ringer Returns (1931)
The Frightened Lady (1932)
Mr J. G. Reeder Returns (1932)
Red Aces (1932)
Sergeant Sir Peter (1932)
aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.
When the Gangs Came to London (1932)
Death Packs a Suitcase (1961)
King Kong (1965) (with Merian C Cooper, Delos W Lovelace)
The Road to London (1986)
Writ in Barracks (1900)
Unofficial Despatches (1901)
The Duke in the Suburbs (1909)
Eve's Island (1909)
The Nine Bears (1910)
The Cheaters (1910)
The Fourth Plague (1913)
The Admirable Carfew (1914)
The Man Who Bought London (1915)
The Clue of the Twisted Candle (1917)
Kate Plus 10 (1917)
The Just Men of Cordova (1917)
The Secret House (1917)
The Adventures of Heine (1919)
The Green Rust (1919)
The Man Who Knew (1919)
The Daffodil Mystery (1920)
aka The Daffodil Murder
Jack o'Judgment (1920)
The Angel of Terror (1922)
aka The Destroying Angel
The Crimson Circle (1922)
Flying Fifty-five (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
Captains of Souls (1923)
The Missing Million (1923)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Book of All Power (1923)
Double Dan (1924)
aka Diana of Kara-Kara
The Face in the Night (1924)
Room 13 (1924)
The Sinister Man (1924)
The Three Oak Mystery (1924)
The Daughters of the Night (1925)
The Fellowship of the Frog (1925)
The Mind of Mr J G Reeder (1925)
aka The Murder Book of J.G. Reeder
The Hairy Arm (1925)
aka The Avenger
The Strange Countess (1925)
The Black Abbot (1926)
A Debt Discharged (1926)
The Door with Seven Locks (1926)
The Joker (1926)
aka The Colossus
The Man from Morocco (1926)
The Square Emerald (1926)
aka The Girl from Scotland Yard
The Yellow Snake (1926)
Barbara on Her Own (1926)
Good Evans (1926)
aka The Educated Man
More Educated Evans (1926)
The Green Archer (1926)
The Northing Tramp (1926)
The Man Who Was Nobody (1927)
The Mixer (1927)
Mr Justice Maxwell (1927)
Terror Keep (1927)
Big Foot (1927)
Flat 2 (1927)
The Forger (1927)
The Squeaker: London's Underworld of Crime (1927)
aka The Squealer
The Traitor's Gate (1927)
Blue-Hand (1927)
The Twister (1928)
The Clever One (1928)
The Double (1928)
The Gunner (1928)
aka Gunman's Bluff
A King By Night (1928)
The Brigand (1928)
The Ringer: The Gaunt Stranger (1928)
The Terrible People (1928)
The Dark Eyes of London (1929)
For Information Received (1929)
Four Square Jane (1929)
The Ghost of Down Hill (1929)
The Golden Hades (1929)
The India Rubber Men: Inspector John Wade (1929)
The Iron Grip (1929)
The Lone House Mystery (1929)
The Flying Squad (1929)
The Green Ribbon (1929)
Planetoid 127 (1929)
The Three Just Men (1929)
The Queen of Sheba's Belt (1929)
The Clue of the Silver Key (1930)
aka The Silver Key
The Feathered Serpent (1930)
The Lady of Ascot (1930)
Silinski - Master Criminal: Detective T.B.Smith (1930)
The Thief in the Night (1930)
The Calendar (1930)
The Day of Uniting (1930)
Down Under Donovan (1930)
The Hand of Power (1930)
John Flack (1930)
The Coat of Arms (1931)
aka The Arranways Mystery
The Devil Man (1931)
White Face (1931)
The Man at the Carlton (1931)
On the Spot: Violence and Murder in Chicago (1931)
The Ringer Returns (1931)
The Frightened Lady (1932)
Mr J. G. Reeder Returns (1932)
Red Aces (1932)
Sergeant Sir Peter (1932)
aka Sergeant Dunn, C.I.D.
When the Gangs Came to London (1932)
Death Packs a Suitcase (1961)
King Kong (1965) (with Merian C Cooper, Delos W Lovelace)
The Road to London (1986)
Omnibus
Collections
The Trial of the Seddons: And Other Stories
Heroes All: Gallant Deeds of the War (1914)
Again Sanders (1928)
The Governor of Chi-Foo: And Other Detective Stories (1933)
Fighting Snub Reilly: And Other Stories (1934)
Circumstantial Evidence: And Other Stories (1934)
Nig-nog: And Other Humorous Stories (1934)
The Sooper: And Others (1984)
The Death Room (1986)
Classic Crime Stories (1995) (with G K Chesterton, Maurice Le Blanc, Robert Louis Stevenson)
Heroes All: Gallant Deeds of the War (1914)
Again Sanders (1928)
The Governor of Chi-Foo: And Other Detective Stories (1933)
Fighting Snub Reilly: And Other Stories (1934)
Circumstantial Evidence: And Other Stories (1934)
Nig-nog: And Other Humorous Stories (1934)
The Sooper: And Others (1984)
The Death Room (1986)
Classic Crime Stories (1995) (with G K Chesterton, Maurice Le Blanc, Robert Louis Stevenson)
Chapbooks
Non fiction
The Standard History of the War (1914)
The War of the Nations (1914) (with William le Queux)
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: The Full Story of a Great Achievement (1915)
This England (1927)
People: Autobiography (1929)
Great Stories of Real Life (1930) (with William le Queux)
The War of the Nations (1914) (with William le Queux)
Kitchener's Army and the Territorial Forces: The Full Story of a Great Achievement (1915)
This England (1927)
People: Autobiography (1929)
Great Stories of Real Life (1930) (with William le Queux)
Anthologies containing stories by Edgar Wallace
The Big Book of Detective Stories
The Black Cap (1927)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998)
The Black Cap (1927)
A Century of Creepy Stories (1934)
The Mystery Book (1934)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
The Great Book of Thrillers (1935)
The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (1998)
Short stories
| The Ghost of Down Hill (1929) | |||
| Circumstantial Evidence | |||
| Clues | |||
| The Green Mamba | |||
| Man of the Night | |||
| The Mind Readers | |||
| The Poetical Policeman | |||
| Romance in It | |||
| The Shadow Man | |||
| The Sooper Speaking | |||
| A Souvenir |
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