Biografía

24 de agosto de 1884 · Warren, Ohio, Estados Unidos

5 de abril de 1933 · Pasadena, California, Estados Unidos (un ataque al corazón)

Biggers was a successful Broadway playwright, but the stress of the job shot his blood pressure to dangerous levels and he was advised by his doctor to take a long rest. He took a bungalow at a hotel on Hawaii's Waikiki Beach, and it was there he heard about the exploits of a legendary Chinese policeman in the Honolulu Police Department named Chang Apana. He used that officer as the basis for detective Charlie Chan in the first Chan book, "The House Without a Key" (the title came from the fact that the bungalows in the hotel he was staying at had no keys).

Novelist and playwright, famous as the creator of detective Charlie Chan. He was a 1907 graduate of Harvard University and worked as a journalist before becoming an author of fiction. His novel "Seven Keys to Baldpate" was several times adapted for the screen.