 Frank Lucius Packard was born in Montreal, Canada. He was educated at McGill University, Montreal and at the University of Liege, Belgium. He worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He is the creator of 'Jimmie Dale', a wealthy playboy by day and a thief by night. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Jimmie Dale' Novels | |
| 1) The Adventures of Jimmie Dale | 1917 |
| 2) The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale | 1919 |
| 3) Jimmie Dale and the Phantom Clue | 1922 |
| 4) Jimmie Dale and the Blue Envelope Murder | 1930 |
| 5) Jimmie Dale and the Missing Hour | 1935 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) The Miracle Man | 1914 |
| 2) The Sin That Was His | 1917 |
| 3) The Wire Devils (short stories) | 1918 |
| 4) From Now On | 1919 |
| 5) The Night Operator (short stories) | 1919 |
| 6) The White Moll | 1920 |
| 7) Pawned | 1921 |
| 8) Doors of the Night | 1922 |
| 9) The Four Stragglers | 1923 |
| 10) The Locked Book | 1924 |
| 11) Broken Waters | 1925 |
| 12) Running Special (short stories) | 1925 |
| 13) The Red Ledger | 1926 |
| 14) The Devil's Mantle | 1927 |
| 15) Two Stolen Idols (Also published as: The Slave Junk [1927]) | 1927 |
| 16) Shanghai Jim (short stories) | 1928 |
| 17) Tiger Claws | 1928 |
| 18) The Big Shot | 1929 |
| 19) The Gold Skull Murders | 1931 |
| 20) The Hidden Door | 1933 |
| 21) The Purple Ball | 1933 |
| 22) The Dragon's Jaws | 1937 |
| 23) More Knaves Than One (short stories) | 1938 |