page_title: List of works by Sax Rohmer
section_title: Novels and short story collections
hierarchical_section_title: List of works by Sax Rohmer / Novels and short story collections
caption_attribution_description: English: Cover of "The Mask of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer. Illustration by Ronnie Lesser. Français&#160;: Couverture de "The Mask of Fu Manchu" par Sax Rohmer. Illustration par Ronnie Lesser.
context_page_description: Sax Rohmer was a British writer of songs sketches, plays and stories. Born in Birmingham to Irish immigrant parents, the family moved to London in about 1886, where Rohmer was schooled. His formal education finished in 1901, following the death of his alcoholic mother. After attempting careers in the civil service, as well as the banking, journalism and gas industries, Rohmer began writing comic songs, monologues and sketches for music hall performers, including Little Tich and George Robey. Rohmer's first book was Pause!, a series of sketches conceived by Robey and written by Rohmer, which was published anonymously in 1910; his second book was the ghost-written biography of Little Tich, published with Tich's real name, Harry Relph.
  In 1913 The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu was published, a novel that introduced Dr. Fu Manchu, described by Rohmer as "the yellow peril incarnate in one man". The book brought the author popularity and wealth; in total he wrote 13 Fu Manchu books during his lifetime and, although he killed the character off more than once, public pressure always demanded his return.
caption: Cover of "The Mask of Fu Manchu" by Sax Rohmer. Illustration by Ronnie Lesser, 1962.
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