Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer.Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at 12. He joined the army at 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines, later publishing collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). He signed with Hodder and Stoughton in 1921 and became an internationally recognised author.After a disastrous bid to stand as Liberal MP for Blackpool in the 1931 general election, Wallace moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO studios. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933).Edgar Wallace (1875-1932) was a prolific British crime writer. This is the first anthology in Wallace's 'Smithy' series in which the famous character T. B. Smith makes his appearance. These were originally printed as a series in a newspaper but were later printed as an anthology in 1905.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1517477409
ISBN13:9781517477400
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:114 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:9.6" x 0.3" x 6.7"
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