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Edgar Franklin
1879–1958
A prolific early 20th-century American storyteller, he wrote lively magazine fiction, comic adventures, and stories that later reached the screen in the silent and early sound eras.
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In and Out
by Edgar Franklin
Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures
by Edgar Franklin
About the author
Writing under the name Edgar Franklin, Edgar Franklin Stearns was an American author and entertainer born in New York City in 1879. Reliable sources identify Edgar Franklin as his working name, and note that he was the son of writer Frank Albert Stearns, who also published under a pen name.
He is especially remembered for popular magazine fiction and humorous adventure stories. Reference sources connect him with Mr. Hawkins' Humorous Adventures (1904), a collection built from stories first published in The Argosy, and with a broader career writing for pulp and general-interest magazines such as Argosy and other Frank A. Munsey publications.
His work also crossed into film. Databases and bibliographic sources link him to screen credits and adaptations including The Working Man and other productions from the 1910s through the 1930s, showing how widely his storytelling circulated beyond print. A suitable verified portrait image could not be confirmed from the sources reviewed, so none is included here.