Edgar Wallace
Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals.
Over 160 films have been made of his novels. 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.
Read more about Edgar Wallace: Parents and Birth, Childhood and Early Career, Marriage, Initial Success, Return To UK 1898-1902, The Four Just Men; Career As Thriller Writer, 1903-1920, Second Marriage, Tragedy & Success, 1918-1929, The Unfulfilled Promise of Hollywood, 1929-1935, Science Fiction, The Beast: The Birth of Kong, 1935-present, Quotes
Famous quotes containing the words edgar and/or wallace:
“If there was ever a dissenter from the national optimism ... it was surely Edgar Allan Poe—without question the bravest and most original, if perhaps also the least orderly and judicious, of all the critics that we have produced.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
“Deep in the human heart
The fire of justice burns;
A vision of a world renewed
Through radical concern.”
—William L. Wallace (20th century)