Edgar Wallace - English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace, Wallace
Edgar Wallace
(Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace
Birthday
Birthplace
Greenwich, London
Died
Nationality
British
Occupation
Crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright
Known for
Writer of King Kong
Wallace, Edgar
(Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace), 1875–1932, English novelist and playwright, b. Greenwich. He was the author of more than 150 detective and adventure novels, of which as many as 5 million were sold in a year. The Terror (1930), which is typical of his work, still ranks high as a thriller. He wrote several plays and the scenarios for such films as King Kong (1933).
Edgar Wallace
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Synonyms for Edgar Wallace
noun English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)