The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 7

Chess, Elliot W(illiam) (1898-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/06/elliot-w-chess-fighter-pilot-author.html

Chester, George Randolph (1869-1924) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/chester_george_randolph

Chester, Leland S. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller. Lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

Chesterton, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton

Chidsey, Donald Barr (1902-1981) (items) (chron.)

See historicnavalfiction.com/other-authors/1772-donald-barr-chidsey

Child, Richard Washburn (1881-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts; educated at Harvard Law School; Ambassador to Italy, 1920-1924; contributor of articles on political and social themes to magazines; once married to Maude Parker.

Chisholm, A(rthur) M(urray) (1872-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/10/am-chisholm-author-lawyer-judge-coroner.html

Choate, Pearson (1886?-1960) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/choate_pearson

Choong, K. S.; pseudonym of Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987) (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Choong, Michael; pseudonym of Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987) (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Choong Kok Swee (1920-1987); used pseudonyms K. S. Choong & Michael Choong (items) (chron.)

See spectrelibrary.wordpress.com/2023/10/29/phantom-vol-1-no-1-1957-a-weird-stories-magazine/

Christie, Agatha (Mary Clarissa) (1890-1976) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie

Christopher, John; pseudonym of C. S. Youd (1922-2012) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/christopher_john

Christy, Howard Chandler (1873-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Chandler_Christy

Chubb, Thomas Caldecot (1899-1972) (items) (chron.)

See drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:tchubb&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes

Chunn, Seymour C(unningham) (1889-1927) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Church, Henry F. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

South Carolina writer.

Churchill, Roy P. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Served in the Navy. Perhaps from Ohio, perhaps from Kentucky.

Churchill, [Sir] Winston (Leonard) S(pencer) (1874-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill

Chute, Arthur Hunt (1890-1929) (items) (chron.)

See archives.library.yorku.ca/atom/index.php/chute-arthur-hunt-1890-1929;isaar?sf_culture=fi&limit=10

Chute, Verne (1917-1986) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/verne-chute-1917-1986.html

Clamp, H(elen) M(ary) E(lizabeth) (1892-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Woking, England.

Clark, (Charles) Badger, Jr. (1883-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.historynet.com/requiem-cowboy-poet.htm

Clark, Benton (Henderson) (1895?-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Coshocton, Ohio. Birthdate also given as 1900.

Clark, Ellery H(arding) (1874-1949) (items) (chron.)

Born in West Roxbury, Mass.; educated at Harvard University; lawyer and author.

Clark, James B(lyth) M(acalester, Jr.) (1883-1959) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/06/jbm-clarke-jr-1883-1959-first-british.html

Clark, Philip (1907-1975) (items) (chron.)

Raised in Plainfield, New Jersey; with the counter intelligence corps in WWII; lived in Charleston, West Virginia; died in Swannanoa, North Carolina.

Clark, Valma (1894-1953) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/valma-clark-1894-1953.html

Clarke, C(harles) Langton (1857-1936) (items) (chron.)

Editor, journalist and engineer. Born in England; died in Toronto, Canada.

Clarke, (John) Emery (1911-1990) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Clarke.html

Clarke, James Mitchell (1903-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Miles City, Montana; went west to California.

Clarke, Joseph I(gnatius) C(onstantine) (1846-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ignatius_Constantine_Clarke

Clason, Clyde B(urt) (1903-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denver; an advertising copywriter in Chicago, trade paper editor, and public relations manager.

Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/claudy_carl_h

Clausen, Carl (1885-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denmark; he was a sailor, miner, pearl-fisher, life insurance salesman, window cleaner, lumber jack, copra trader and opera singer before turning to writing; came to the U.S. in 1906 knowing practically no English; died in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

Clay, Robert (Henry Keating) (1884-1965) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.com/2019/09/robert-clay.html

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910); used pseudonym Mark Twain (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Clements, Colin (Campbell) (1894-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in Omaha, Nebraska; educated at Harvard University.

Clifford, Charles L(ewis) (1890-1991) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston in 1890, Clifford rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army becoming Commanding Officer of the 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment in 1942. He wrote several books and stories about the Philippines including The Real Glory (1937) which was made into a film starring Gary Cooper & David Niven in 1939. The film seems also to have been based in part on Jungle Patrol (1938) by Vic Hurley which had led some to suggest that Clifford was actually a pseudonym for Hurley. Clifford died in New Jersey in 1991.

Clifton, Elmer (1890-1949) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Clifton

Cline, Leonard (Lanson, Jr.) (1893-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cline

Cobb, Thomas (1854-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London; left school at age 12 and worked for some 20 years in his father’s tallowing business; then started writing in 1887; died in Hampstead, London, England. Father of Belton Cobb.

Cobb, Ty(rus Raymond) (1886-1961) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ty_Cobb

Cobham, [Sir] Alan J(ohn) (1894-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cobham

Coburn, Walter J(ohn) (1889-1971) (items) (chron.)

Writer of western novels and short stories. Born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory; lived in Arizona.

Cochran, Jacqueline (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Cochran

Cockrell, Frank; [i.e., Francis M. Cockrell, III] (1906-1987) (items) (chron.)

Father of Amanda Cockrell.

Coe, Charles Francis (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.; Joined the Navy at 17, spent 5 years as a professional fighter, then a radio sports announcer (and may have invented ringside commentary), then took up writing, went to Hollywood as a screenwriter, then became a lawyer and general counsel for the motion picture producers; moved to Florida and practiced there; became editor and publisher of the Palm Beach Post; died in Palm Beach, FL. Father of Betty Coe Spicer.

Cohan, George M(ichael) (1878-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Cohan

Cohen, Inez Lopez; [Mrs. Octavus Roy Cohen] (1892-1953) (items) (chron.)

See www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/inez-lopez_14800937

Cohen, Octavus Roy (1891-1959) (items) (chron.)

Noted writer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in Los Angeles, California.

Colby, C(arroll) B(urleigh) (1904-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._B._Colby

Colcord, Lincoln (Ross) (1883-1947) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/colcord_lincoln

Coleman, Gilbert P(ayson) (1866-1918) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1083121

Coleman, Loren L. (1968?- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/coleman_loren_l

Colin, Galen C(yril) (1890-1973) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/galen-c-colin-1890-1973.html

Collings, Kenneth Brown (1888-1941) (items) (chron.)

See www.monongahelabooks.com/advencoll.html

Collins, Dabney Otis (?-c1986) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Alabama; lived in Denver, Colorado.

Collins, Gilbert (Henry) (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/collins_gilbert

Collins, Shad (1915-?) (items) (chron.)

Arizona writer, not to be confused with the musician of the same name.

Collison, (Clyde) Wilson (1893-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; a playwright.

Colter, Eli; pseudonym of May Eliza Frost (1890-1984) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/05/eli-colter-1890-1984.html

Comfort, Will Levington (1878-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan; novelist and short story writer; war correspondent for various newspapers; sportsman; veteran of Spanish-American War; died in Los Angeles, California.

Comtois, Pierre V. (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See bypierrecomtois.webs.com

Condon, Frank (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo, Ohio and a reporter there; advertising man in NYC; then screenwriter and magazine writer in L.A.; died in Beverly Hills, California

Condon, Ralph (Whitney) (1905-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/los-gatos-times-saratoga-observer-obitua/130312365/

Condy, Esmond (1888-1962); used pseudonym Maurice Lincoln (items) (chron.)

Born in Wandsworth, London, England; died in London.