Edgar Wallace

Wallace, (Richard) Edgar Horatio

Wallace, (Richard) Edgar Horatio (1875–1932), English journalist, novelist, and playwright. He was the first to make a speciality of detective drama, many of his plays being based on his own books. Among the most successful were The Ringer (1926), The Terror (1927), The Squeaker (1928), The Flying Squad (1929), On the Spot, Smoky Cell (both 1930), and The Case of the Frightened Lady (1931), in all of which Wallace showed extraordinary perfection of detail, narrative skill, and knowledge of police methods and criminal psychology, fruits of his apprenticeship as a crime reporter.

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Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace (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).

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Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar

Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar (1875–1932), a prolific writer of thrillers, which include The Four Just Men (1905), The Crimson Circle (1922), and The Green Archer (1923).

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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