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PULP TALK, EPISODE 5: Edgar Wallace — Master of Blood & Thunder

In the April 15, 1929 issue of TIME magazine, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was called the ". . . purveyor of mass literature for King, commoner, and shopgirl." He was featured on the cover of the magazine. One of the most widely read authors in the world during the first third of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace wrote over 170 novels, nearly a thousand short stories, 25 stage plays, many film scripts, historical non-fiction, ballads, and poetry. This was on top of his journalism, criticism, newspaper columns, sports reporting, and publishing. At least 160 films -- as well as radio and television presentations -- were adapted from his work. Incredibly prolific, it has been estimated that more than 50 million copies of Wallace’s books sold during his lifetime. During the twenties, his publisher claimed that one of every four books sold in England was by Edgar Wallace. By 1990, the head of the Edgar Wallace Society estimated that sales of the author’s work had exceeded 200 million. We'll be saluting Edgar Wallace -- along with Rafael Sabatini and Edgar Rice Burroughs -- at PulpFest 2025 as we celebrate the sesquicentennial of their births.