The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 6

Bayley, Barrington J(ohn) (1937-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Baylor, D(onn) B(yrne) (1927-2004) (items) (chron.)

Born in Indianapolis; died in Elmhurst, Illinois; had a career in radio; wrote many short stories.

Beach, Rex (Ellingwood) (1877-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rex_Beach

Beale, Charles Willing (1845-1932) (items) (chron.)

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

Beall, C(ecil) C(alvert) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._C._Beall

Beam, Maurice (Jerome) (1897-1990) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer, reporter. Born in Canton, IL; died in Long Beach, CA.

Beaman, Ardern (Arthur Hulme) (1886-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in India.

Beames, John (1889-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Mussoorie, Bengal, India; lived in Canada.

Bean, Judge Roy; [i.e., Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.] (c1825-1903) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean

Bear, Elizabeth; [i.e., Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky] (1971- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Beard, Wolcott LeClear (1866-1939) (items) (chron.)

Engineer, adventurer and author. Born and died in New York City.

Beaumont, Charles; [legalized from Charles Leroy Nutt] (1929-1967); previously known as Charles Nutt; used pseudonym S. M. Tenneshaw (items) (chron.)

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

Beaumont, Gerald (c1880-1926) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0064595

Beaumont, Maegan (fl. 2010s) (items)

See www.maeganbeaumont.com

Bechdolt, Frederick R(itchie) (1874-1950) (items) (chron.)

Author of western fiction. Born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania; died in Carmel, California.

Bechdolt, Jack; [i.e., John Ernest Bechdolt] (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Beckett, Simon (1960- ) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and rock musician in England.

Bedford-Jones, H(enry James O’Brien) (1887-1949) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bedford-jones_h

Bedwell-Grime, Stephanie (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanie_Bedwell-Grime

Beecham, Thomas (1926-2000) (items) (chron.)

Born in Colorado.

Beeding, Francis; pseudonym of Hilary St. George Saunders & John Palmer (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

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

Beeler, Charles Richard (1888-1961) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/charles-r-beeler-aka-caddo-cameron.html

Beetner, Eric (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.ericbeetner.blogspot.co.uk

Beffel, John Nicholas (1887-1973) (items) (chron.)

See dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/tamwag/tam_055/

Begbie, Ian Mars (1900-1963) (items) (chron.)

Son of Arundel (Sinclair) Begbie.

Behre, Frank (Einar Olsson) (1896-1981) (items)

See sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Behre

Belanger, Derrick (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-derrick-belanger/format_hardcover

Belarski, Rudolph (1900-1983) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BR.html

Belcamino, Kristi (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.kristibelcamino.com

Bell, Gavin (1979- ); used pseudonyms Mason Cross & Alex Knight (items) (chron.)

See www.bloomingreatbooks.com/author-profiles/gavin-bell

Bell, J(ohn) J(oy) (1871-1934) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joy_Bell

Bell, [Dr.] Joseph (1837-1911) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Bell

Bell, Madison Smartt (1957- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Smartt_Bell

Bell, Ted; [i.e., Theodore Augustus Bell, III] (1946-2023) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bell

Bell, Terena Elizabeth (fl. 2020s) (items) (chron.)

See terenabell.com

Bellair, Berg (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Probably pseudonymous.

Bellem, Robert Leslie (1902-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Leslie_Bellem

Belzer, Richard (Jay) (1944-2023) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Belzer

Benchley, Robert (Charles) (1889-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Benchley

Benda, Władysław T(eodor) (1873-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Władysław_T._Benda

Bendell, Justin (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.justinbendell.com

Benedict, Laura Philpot (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.penguin.co.uk/authors/laura-benedict/1050845/

Benedict, W. Ritchie; [born William Graham Ritchie] (1943-2011) (items) (chron.)

See cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/benedict-obit/

Benefield, (John) Barry (1877-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Benefield

Benét, Stephen Vincent (1898-1943) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Vincent_Benét

Bennardo, Matthew (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.mbennardo.com

Bennett, (Enoch) Arnold (1867-1931) (items) (chron.)

Byline also: E. A. Bennett.

Bennett, Daniel (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See absenceclub.com

Bennett, Dorothy; [i.e., Dorothy Evelyn Bennett Kewley] (1902-1992) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ensenada, Baja California [Mexico]; died in Los Angeles; was in class of 1925 at University of California, Berkeley.

Bennett, Fred(erick Stanley) (1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/fred-bennett.html

Bennett, Gordon (Clowe James Joseph) (1922-2010) (items) (chron.)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/progress-index/obituary.aspx?n=gordon-clowe-james-joseph-bennett&pid=141869387

Bennett, James W(illiam) (1891-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mitchell, Indiana; poet, journalist and writer; worked in legal department of U.S. Food Administration, 1918; vice consul to Shanghai, China, 1918-1919, and to Sydney, Australia, 1919; lecturer on short story writing at university in Shanghai, 1922-23; lived in Redlands, California.

Bennett, Kem(ys Deverell) (1919-1986) (items) (chron.)

SOE agent during WWII.

Bennett, Margot (Mitchell) (1912-1980) (items) (chron.)

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

Bennett, (William) Rolf (1882-1971) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in London, England; lived in Essex, England.

Bensen, Andrew (August) (1902-1976) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/02/andrew-bensen-1902.html

Bensen, D(onald) R(eynold) (1927-1997) (items) (chron.)

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

Bensing, Frank (C.) (1893-1983) (items) (chron.)

See www.americanartarchives.com/bensing.htm

Benson, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (items) (chron.)

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

Benson, Raymond (Morris) (1955- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.raymondbenson.com

Bentham, Josephine (Alena) (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston; died in Volusia, Florida.

Bentley, Don (fl. 2020s) (items)

See donbentleybooks.com

Bentley, Nicolas (Clerihew) (1907-1978) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Bentley

Bentley, Phyllis (Eleanor) (1894-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Bentley

Bercovici, Konrad (1882-1961) (items) (chron.)

Rumanian-born author, resident in U.S. from 1916. Born in Bralia, Rumania; died in New York City.

Berenson, Alex (1973- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Berenson

Beres, Michael (A.) (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

Author of mystery short stories; has taught creative writing at Purdue University; living in Illinois.