Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933) was an American author and playwright best known for creating the fictional character Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective. Biggers was born in Warren, Ohio, and graduated from Harvard University in 1907. After working as a journalist for several years, he turned to fiction writing and published his first novel, Seven Keys to Baldpate, in 1913. However, it was the publication of … Continue reading Book Review: The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers (1926)