Edgar Rice Burroughs

Pulp fiction author and creator of Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American author best known for creating the Tarzan series. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1875 and grew up in a family of modest means. Burroughs began his writing career as a journalist, but eventually turned to fiction. He is best known for his Tarzan series, which was first published in 1912. Burroughs was also a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy stories, and was a pio...