Edgar Franklin was the working name of American writer Edgar Franklin Stearns (1879–1958). He wrote magazine fiction for Argosy and other Frank A. Munsey publications. His linked stories about inventor Mr. Hawkins appeared in a 1904 collection and continued in magazines through 1915. Stearns also wrote science fiction, including the novel-length “The Burden of the Billions,” published in All-Story in 1907.