biography
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Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar
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| (1875–1932)
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| biography:
| Writer of crime novels, born in London, UK. He served in the army in South Africa, where he later (1899) became a journalist, and in 1905 published his first success, the adventure story The Four Just Men. He wrote over 170 novels and plays, and is best remembered for his crime novels, such as The Clue of the Twisted Candle. He later became a film scriptwriter. His autobiography, People, appeared in 1926. |
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