Frank Heller

His best known works concerned the recurring character Philip Collin, who was simultaneously a detective and a thief.

• Name — Frank Heller • Pen Name — Frank Heller • Birth Name — Martin Gunnar Serner • Born — 20 July 1886 • Died — 14 October 1947 • Place of death — Malmö, Sweden • Death Cause — Bicycle accident • Occupation — Writer • Language — Swedish • Education — PhD in English literature • Alma Mater — University of Lund • Genre — Crime fiction, science fiction, adventure, poetry • Notable Works — The Grand Duke's Finances, The Thousand and Second Night, Philip Collin series • Relatives — Håkan Serner(nephew)

• Illustration — Frank Heller’s grave stone. Heller received a PhD in English literature at the age of 23 from the University of Lund. He accumulated a lot of debt which he attempted to cover with forged checks. He was forced to flee Sweden in 1912 due to this role in bank fraud. Living abroad, he began writing novels to make a living, producing forty-three novels, short stories and travelogues before he died in 1947 in a bicycle accident. Heller was the uncle of the actor Håkan Serner.

• The Spirits and Furustolpe (Swedish title: Andarna och Furustolpe), 1920 • The Emperor's Old Clothes, 1923 New York (also published as The Chinese Coats, London 1924) translated by Robert Emmons Lee • The Marriage of Yussuf Khan, 1923, Crowell New York, Hutchinson & Co London 1924, translated by Robert Emmons Lee. • The Grand Duke's Finances, translated by Robert Emmons Lee (1888-1925); the source of Murnau's film of the same name. • The Perilous Transactions of Mr. Collin, 1924, likely the same as: • The London Adventures of Mr. Collin, 1923, translated by Pauline Chary • Collection of the following short stories: • The story of the absent-minded gentleman • The sorrowful adventures of Mr. Isaacs • The mystery of the lost bullion • Mr. Collin becomes a landlord • Mr. Collin's holiday agency • The Blue-eyed lie • Mr. Collin is Ruined, 1925 • The Strange Adventures of Mr. Collin, Crowell New York 1926 • The Thousand and Second Night, An Arabesque, translated by Robert Emmons Lee (Williams & Norgate, London, 1926) • Lead Me into Temptation, translated by Robert Emmons Lee (Crowell, New York, 1927) • Twilight of the Gladiators, 1944

Frank Heller is recorded as writer and screenwriter. Recorded at birth as Gunnar Serner.