{"slug":"earl-derr-biggers","url":"https://localbooks.app/authors/earl-derr-biggers","name":"Earl Derr Biggers","bio":"Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933) was born in Warren, Ohio, went to Harvard, and worked as a humor columnist and drama critic in Boston before Seven Keys to Baldpate (1913) became a bestseller and a Broadway hit. Remembering a Honolulu vacation, and a newspaper story about a real detective there, Chang Apana, he created Charlie Chan, who appeared in six novels and dozens of films.","photo":null,"location":{"path":"us/ohio/warren","name":"Warren, Ohio, United States","url":"https://localbooks.app/places/us/ohio/warren"},"website":null,"links":[],"books":[{"slug":"the-house-without-a-key","url":"https://localbooks.app/books/the-house-without-a-key","title":"The House Without a Key","subtitle":null,"published_on":"1925","content_rating":"general","cover":"https://localbooks.app/img/covers/01M4H9KG6MPPD74K5RFX9W1PTS/front-01m4h9msx7bms4h0cxpt3vw54d.jpg?w=1200","author":{"slug":"earl-derr-biggers","name":"Earl Derr Biggers","url":"https://localbooks.app/authors/earl-derr-biggers"}}]}