Draft:Frederick Irving Anderson

Frederick Irving Anderson, born on November 14, 1877, in Aurora, Illinois, United States, and died on December 24, 1947, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, was an American writer and journalist, known for his numerous detective fiction short stories.

Biography
He studied at the University of Pennsylvania, then worked as a reporter from 1898 to 1908 for the New York World, before writing two books on agricultural economics.

In 1910, he began publishing numerous short stories, specifically in The Saturday Evening Post. Most of them are collected in three compilations: Adventure of the Infallible Godahl, The Notorious Sophie Lang, and The Book of Murder. These collections feature several recurring characters: Commissioner Parr of the New York Police Department; his assistant Morel; the criminologist Oliver Armiston; the cunning criminal Godahl; the rural detective Orlo Sage; and the jewel thief Sophie Lang.

Regarding this last character, Sophie Lang's adventures were adapted into three American films from 1934 to 1937: The Notorious Sophie Lang, directed by Ralph Murphy, The Return of Sophie Lang, directed by George Archainbaud, and Sophie Lang Goes West, directed by Charles Reisner. The role of Sophie Lang was played each time by Gertrude Michael.

Books

 * The Unknown Man (1911)
 * Published in French under the title Mort non identifiée (Unidentified Death), Paris, Opta, Mystery Magazine, issue no. 10, October 1948.


 * Blind Man's Buff (1914)
 * Published in French under the title Colin-maillard, in the collection Les Magiciens du crime (The Magicians of Crime), Paris, Minerve, 1990.
 * The Signed Masterpiece (1921)
 * Published in French under the title De main de maître, Paris, Opta, Mystère magazine issue 11, December 1948
 * The Jorgensen Plates (1922)
 * The Halfway House (1922)
 * Published in French under the title The Chamber of Death, Paris, Opta, The Mystery Anthology (Issue No. 3), 1963.
 * The Magician (1925)
 * A Start in Life (1926)
 * The House of Many Mansions (1926?)
 * The Japanese Parasol (1926)
 * Beyond All Conjecture (1928)
 * The Recoil (1929)
 * Gulf Stream Green (1929)
 * The Door Key (1929)
 * Madame the Cat (1930)
 * Murder in Triplicate (1946)
 * Published in French under the title Murder in Three Copies, Paris, Opta, Mystère magazine issue number 12, January 1949.
 * The Man from the Death House (1947)

Collection of stories

 * Adventure of the Infallible Godahl (1914)
 * The Notorious Sophie Lang (1925)
 * The Book of Murder (1930)

Other works

 * The Farmer of Tomorrow
 * Electricity for the Farm

Adaptations

 * 1918: The Golden Fleece, an American film directed by Gilbert P. Hamilton


 * 1934: The Notorious Sophie Lang, an American film directed by Ralph Murphy


 * 1936: The Return of Sophie Lang, an American film directed by George Archainbaud


 * 1937: Sophie Lang Goes West, an American film directed by Charles Reisner