The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 8

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.

Conlon, Ben; [i.e., Bernard Matthew Conlon] (1889-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Hoffman.html

Connell, Richard (Edward, Jr.) (1893-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Connell

Connolly, James B(rendan) (1868-1957) (items) (chron.)

Author of sea stories, 1896 Olympic champion (gold metal in the triple jump). Born in South Boston, Massachusetts; died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Considine, John L(yons) (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

See genealogytrails.com/nev/carson/bios.html

Cook, Albert Jay (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not the banker and surgeon (1849?-1931).

Cook, Berton E(llsworth) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/berton-e-cook-sailor-teacher-author.html

Cook, (Richard Martin) Oscar (1888-1952) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/oscar-cook-1888-1952.html

Cook, W(illiam) Victor (1875-1955) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; a journalist.

Cook, William Wallace (1867-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooke, Virginia Marie (1907-1987) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0177509

Cooksley, (Sidney) Bert (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

California writer and poet.

Coombs, Jack; [i.e., John Wesley Coombs] (1882-1957) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Coombs

Cooper, Courtney Ryley (1886-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, ran away age 16 to become a circus clown; later sign painter and performer, circus general manager, press agent for William “Buffalo Bill” Cody; journalist in Kansas City, New York and Denver; lived in Florida; died in New York City.

Cooper, Edgar L(eake) (1892-1945) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Texas; writer of western pulp fiction.

Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fenimore_Cooper

Coppel, Alfred; [i.e., Alfredo José de Araña-Marini y Coppel] (1921-2004) (items) (chron.)

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

Copple, R. L. (fl. 2000s) (items) (chron.)

See www.rlcopple.com

Corbaley, Kate (1879-1938) (items) (chron.)

See wfpp.cdrs.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-kate-corbaley/

Corbett, Ben (1892-1962) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Corbett

Corbett, James J(ohn) (1866-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_J._Corbett

Corcoran, Austin (1878-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/70070385/austin-corcoran

Corcoran, William (B.) (1901-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania; writer and editor. Editor of Adventure from March 1934 until August 1934.

Corlett, Dudley S. (c1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/dudley-s-corlett-ca-1880-1946.html

Corley, H(arriet) W(orks) (1889-?) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/harriet-works-corley.html

Cornier, Vincent; [working name of William Vincent Corner] (1898-1977) (items) (chron.)

See vintagepopfictions.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-duel-of-shadows.html

Corning, Howard McKinley (1896-1977) (items) (chron.)

See www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2011/09/oregon_historian_howard_mckinl.html

Corrigan, Douglas “Wrong-Way” (1907-1995) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Corrigan

Coryell, John R(ussell) (1851-1924); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Coryell

Costello, Frederick H(ankerson) (1851-1921) (items) (chron.)

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

Costello, P. F. (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by William P. McGivern (1922-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Coughlin, John A(lbert) (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Coughlin.html

Coutts, Ed (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See edcouttsart.com

Cowper, William (1731-1800) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper

Cox, A(nthony) B(erkeley) (1893-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Berkeley_Cox

Cox, William R(obert) (1901-1988); used pseudonyms David Crewe, Lance Kermit, Roy C. Rainey & Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

Writer of westerns and mystery novels. Born in Peapack, New Jersey; died in Los Angeles, California.

Cozzens, James Gould (1903-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Craft, Fred (Page) (1883-1935) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Craft.html

Craigie, (Henry) Hamilton (1880-1956) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/hamilton-craigie-1880-1956.html

Crane, (James) Leo (1881-?) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in Baltimore, Maryland; lived in Boulder City, Nevada.

Cranford, Scott (c1967- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.burbankleader.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-0904-superman,0,7794543.story

Crawford, Alexander; pseudonym of Alexander Lindsay (1869-1915) (items) (chron.)

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

Crawford, F(rancis) Marion (1854-1909) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Marion_Crawford

Crawford, Griff; [i.e., Oliver Griffith Crawford] (1876-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38834524

Creasey, John (1908-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Creasey

Creel, George (1876-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Creel

Crehore, Austen (Ballard) (1893-1962) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austen_Crehore

Crewe, David (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988), William Heuman (1912-1971) & Alden H. Norton (1903-1987) (items) (chron.)

a “house pseudonym” of Popular Publications, used by at least 40 different people in different magazines. Authorship has been identified for some of the stories; the rest of the stories are unattributable but are presumably staff written.

Crossen, Kendell Foster (1910-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Crosswhite, E(lwyn) B(reckenridge) (1897-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born in Missouri, graduated high-school in Riverside, California, lived in Los Angeles.

Croy, Homer (1883-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_Croy

Croy, Ripton (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

possibly a pseudonym.

Cruickshank, Harold (F.) (1893-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.ageofaces.net/authors-artists/harold-f-cruickshank/

Crump, J(ames) Irving (1887-1979) (items) (chron.)

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

Cullen, Clarence L(ouis) (1870-1922) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-obituary-for-cla/138081780

Cumberland, (Sydney Walter) Marten (1892-1972) (items) (chron.)

Born Sydney Walter Marten to Walter Ernest Marten and Ada Frances Marten, and some years later his mother married Alfred Cumberland.

Cuming, E(dward) W(illiam) D(irom) (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=745256

Cummings, Ray(mond King) (1887-1957); used pseudonym Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

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

Cummins, Ralph (Charles) (1880-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wisconsin, lived in Etna, California for a long time.

Cunningham, Bill (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulp2ohpress.com

Cunningham, Eugene (1896-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcu59

Cunningham, Louis Arthur (1900-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. John, New Brunswick; educated at Catholic University of America and Notre Dame; contributor to numerous magazines.