The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 37

Williams, (Charles) Michael (1877-1950) (items) (chron.)

See www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-9657

Williams, Robert Moore (1907-1977); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Williamson, Jack; [i.e., John Stewart Williamson] (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Willis, Harold (Buckley) (1890-1962) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Buckley_Willis

Wilson, Alexander (Joseph Patrick) (1893-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wilson_(writer_and_spy)

Wilson, Cherry; [i.e., Rosemary J. “Cherry Rose” Wilson] [née Burdick] (1893-1976) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/cherry-wilson-western-author.html

Wilson, John Fleming (1877-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming_Wilson

Wilson, Matthew (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See matthewwilsonwrites.wordpress.com

Wilson, Robert McNair (1882-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Glasgow; educated at Glasgow University; physician in general practice, 1905-1913; specialist in heart diseases, 1920-1933.

Wilstach, John (Hudnall) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oakland, California, son of a former executive in the Hays Office (overseers of Hollywood censorship); prolific pulp author.

Winchell, (Nathaniel) Prentice (Jr.) (1895-1976); used pseudonym Grant Stockbridge (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois; died in Tallahassee, Florida; worked for an advertising agency, then newspaper man; editor of trade publications, journalism lecturer; wrote and produced over 500 radio mystery shows, wrote for films and TV; published some 400 magazine detective stories, including 40 about Fire Marshal Ben Pedley, besides those books listed below.

Windas, Cedric W(ilford) (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

Artist, writer, expert on naval customs and vocabulary. Born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia; came to the United States in 1913; died in Hermosa Beach, California.

Winslow, Horatio (Gates) (1882-1972) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1087388

Winter, William West (1881-1940) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana; died in Rutland, Massachusetts.

Winterbotham, R(ussell) R(obert) (1904-1971) (items) (chron.)

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

Wire, H(arold) C(hanning) (1899-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in California, lived there most of life; author of some 300 magazine stories.

Wittmack, Edgar Franklin (1894-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wittmack.html

Witton, Frederick (William, Jr.) (1897-1985) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Witton.html

Witwer, Harry Charles (1880-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._Witwer

Wolfe, Reese (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Naval (merchant marine?) man.

Wolff, William Almon (1885-1933) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn; educated at New York University; contributor of fiction to magazines.

Wollheim, Donald A(llen) (1914-1990); used pseudonym Martin Pearson (items) (chron.)

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

Wolson, Morton (1913-2003) (items) (chron.)

Living in New York. Author of many pulp detective stories in the 1940s as Peter Paige.

Wonderly, W(illiam) Carey (1890-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in Baltimore, MD.

Wood, (Samuel) Andrew (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Wood, Bob; [i.e., Robert Edward Wood] (1959- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wood_(author)

Wood, Edwin Goodenow (1864-1934) (items) (chron.)

Brother of Theodore Snow Wood.

Wood, Kenneth P(rice) (1898-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-kenneth-p-wood/145219213/

Wood, Kerry; [i.e., Edgar Allardyce “Kerry” Wood] (1907-1998) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/1056948.Kerry_Wood

Wood, [General] Leonard (1860-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Wood

Wood, Sabine W(allingford) (1875-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Bangor, Maine.

Wood, Theodore Snow (1877-1940) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2013/12/theodore-snow-wood-1877.html

Woodall, Rich (c1976- ) (items) (chron.)

See johnraygun.deviantart.com

Woodbury, Herbert A(rthur) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)

Harvard graduate. Worked as full time writer for over a decade, rest of life as teacher. Born and mostly lived in Iowa.

Woodford, Jack; pseudonym of Josiah Pitts Woolfolk (1894-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woodhall, Edwin Thomas (1886-1941) (items) (chron.)

Educated at St. Georges Commercial School, Ramsgate; author and journalist.

Wooding, James Bennett (1897-1954) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/05/james-bennett-wooding-1897-1954-first.html

Woodward, Edward (Emberlin) (1882-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kidderminster; living in Berkshire in the 1930s.

Woodworth, Douglas H. (1894?-1940) (items) (chron.)

Telegraph operator, died in Eau Claire, WI.

Wooley, John (Steven) (1949- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooley

Woolfolk, Josiah Pitts (1894-1971); used pseudonym Jack Woodford (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woolrich, Cornell; [i.e., Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich] (1903-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich

Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items) (chron.)

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

Worth, Barbara; [born Verna Dooley] (1906-1955) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Worth

Worts, George F(rank) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo; radio operator turned freelance writer in Hawaii; screenwriter.

Wren, P(ercival) C(hristopher) (1875-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Deptford, London; birth registered as Percy Wren.

Wrenn, Charles L(ewis) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wren.html

Wright, Farnsworth (1888-1940) (items) (chron.)

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

Wright, [Major] (William) Mason (Jr.) (1893-1977) (items) (chron.)

Graduate of University of Pennsylvania; public relations officer to General Stillwell during WWII; later head of Armed Forces Radio Service in Hollywood.

Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897-1970) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, advertising writer, radio operator. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Wylie, I(da) A(lexa) R(oss) (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Melbourne, Australia; a film writer, novelist, magazine writer and poet; lived in England, Germany, Hollywood, and finally New Jersey, where she died (in Princeton).

Wylie, Philip (Gordon) (1902-1971) (items) (chron.)

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

Wyn, A(aron) A(rthur) (1898-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Wyn

Wyndham, [Captain] Horace (Cowley) (1873-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oxford, England; educated in Edinburgh.

Wynn, Ray (1873-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Millville, NJ; resided in Camden, NJ; died in Philadelphia.

Wynne, Stella Frances; [i.e., Estella Frences Wynne] (1885-1966); also known as Stella Wynne Herron (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/08/stella-wynne-1886-1966.html

Yancey, Lewis (Alonzo) (1895-1940) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Yancey

Yarnell, Duane (Alvin) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon-duane-yarnell-writer/135532663/

Yates, Alan Geoffrey (1923-1985) (items) (chron.)

Earliest books were published as by Peter Carter-Brown, then as by Peter Carter Brown, then as by Carter Brown.

Yates, Dornford; pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornford_Yates

Yeats-Brown, [Major] F(rancis Charles Claypon) (1886-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown

Yergen, (Francis) Ralph (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/32318788/francis-ralph-yergen

Yerkow, Charles (1912-1994) (items) (chron.)

Has done books on judo, bicycling and motorcycing. Born in New York City.

Yerxa, Leroy (Arnold) (1915-1946); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Yore, Clem(ent) (1875-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri; educated at Washington University Law School; contributor of fiction to numerous magazines; died in Estes Park, Colorado; variously a Texas Ranger, cowpuncher, stage driver, gold prospector, lawyer, journalist, soldier in Spanish-American War, and poet; author of more than 600 short stories and 20 novels; died in Estes Park, Colorado.

Yost, Fielding H(arris) (1871-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fielding_H._Yost

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

Note: His birth name, given thus, was expanded in many places to Samuel, and he adopted Christopher as his first name when confirmed into the Church of England, but neither change was ever made official.