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Earl Derr Biggers

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Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933) was an American author best known for his series of detective novels featuring the character Charlie Chan. Born in Ohio, Biggers published his first novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, in 1913. The book inspired many popular stage and screen adaptations as well as the name of a real resort in Colorado. Biggers’s Charlie Chan was introduced in The House Without a Key (1925) and appeared in a total of six books and more than four dozen films.

Earl Derr Biggers Books

The Chinese Parrot book cover

The Chinese Parrot

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The Agony Column book cover

The Agony Column

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The Chinese Parrot book cover

The Chinese Parrot

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The Chinese Parrot book cover

The Chinese Parrot

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Seven Keys to Baldpate book cover

Seven Keys to Baldpate

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Love Insurance book cover

Love Insurance

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The House Without a Key book cover

The House Without a Key

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The House Without A Key book cover

The House Without A Key

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The House Without a Key book cover

The House Without a Key

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The Mother's Recompense book cover

The Mother's Recompense

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The House Without a Key book cover

The House Without a Key

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The House Without a Key book cover

The House Without a Key

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The House Without a Key book cover

The House Without a Key

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Charlie Chan in The Temple of the Golden Horde book cover

Charlie Chan in The Temple of the Golden Horde

Michael Collins
The Third Mystery MEGAPACK® book cover

The Third Mystery MEGAPACK®

James Holding
Seven Keys to Baldpate book cover

Seven Keys to Baldpate

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Fifty Candles (Expanded Edition) book cover

Fifty Candles (Expanded Edition)

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Charlie Chan Carries On book cover

Charlie Chan Carries On

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