The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 62

Pratt, Eleanor Blake Atkinson Cox (1899-1953?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Pratt, (Murray) Fletcher (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Prebble, Stuart (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

British TV journalist, reporter, and producer/director.

Preece, Harold (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer, specialist in Texas history. Born in Austin, Texas.

Prentice, Ralph (Everett) (1901-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/158704589/ralph-everett-prentice

Prescott, John (Brewster) (1919-1999) (items) (chron.)

Author of westerns, novels and short stories. Born in Menominee, Michigan; lived in Phoenix, Arizona.

Presnell, Frank G(ilmore) (1906-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mexico; educated at Antioch College and Ohio State Univ.; designer and engineer; lived in Ohio for 40 years, then in Los Angeles.

Prest, Thomas Peckett (1810?-1859) (items) (chron.)

Began writing career adapting farces and melodramas from the French, but then specialized in gothic thrillers, full of torture, murder, sex and sadism; lived a dissipated life, dying a pauper in Islington.

Preston, Douglas (1956- ) (items)

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

Preston, Mar (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See marpreston.com

Prévost, Marcel (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, (Alan) Anthony (1928-2019) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Price

Price, E(dgar) Hoffmann (“Trooper”) (1898-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hoffmann_Price

Price, Frank J(ohn), Jr. (1890-1939) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis; newspaperman, then in public relations and advertising; short story writer, with over 100 published.

Price, Willard (De Mille) (1887-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer, editor, explorer. Born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; died in Laguna Hills, California (?).

Priest, Christopher (McKenzie) (1943-2024) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)

Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley

Pritchard, John Laurence (1885-1968); used pseudonym John Laurence (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurence_Pritchard

Procter, Maurice (1906-1973) (items) (chron.); Note: The name was sometimes spelled Proctor.

Novelist. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.

Proctor, Candice (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)

See www.csharris.net

Proctor, Thalia (1970-2022) (items) (chron.)

See www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/obituary-thalia-proctor

Pronzini, Bill; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Proulx, E(dna) Annie (1935- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Proulx

Pruitt, Eryk (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See erykpruitt.com

Pruyn, Leonard (1898-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Pudney, John (Sleigh) (1909-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pudney

Pugh, Edwin (William) (1874-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Pugmire, John (?-2024) (items)

See www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7723-john-pugmire-publisher-translator

Punshon, E(rnest) R(obertson) (1872-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Purdom, Thomas E(dward) (1936-2024) (items) (chron.)

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

Purdy, Nina (Sutherland) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

See www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-202810290/less-work-for-mother-rural-readers-farm-papers

Purtill, Richard L(awrence) (1931- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Putnam, David (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See dwputnam.wordpress.com

Puzo, Mario (1920-1999) (items)

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

Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html

Pyne, Daniel (1955- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pyne

Quantrill, Nick (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See nickquantrill.co.uk

Quayle, Eric (Stanley) (1921-2001) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Quayle

Queally, James (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.latimes.com/people/james-queally

Queen, Ellery; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee (fl. 1920s-1990s) (items) (chron.); pseudonym used by Dannay solo after Lee’s death, but also used as a house pseudonym, particularly for EQ novels published after 1961.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen

Quertermous, Bryon (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See bryonquertermous.com

Quick, Dorothy; [i.e., Dorothy Gertrude Quick Mayer] (1896-1962) (items) (chron.); some sources incorrectly list her as a pseudonym of Margaret Rogers Straub, born in 1900.

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96225916

Quick, W(illiam) T(homas) (1946- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Quiller-Couch, [Sir] Arthur T(homas) (1863-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch

Quin, B(asil) G(odfrey) (1891-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; educated at Armstrong College, Durham University and Cambridge; schoolmaster; lived in Northumberland.

Quinn, Colleen (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.colleenquinn.net

Quinn, E(leanor) Baker (1900-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in the U.S.

Quinn, Seabury (Grandin) (1889-1969) (items) (chron.)

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

Quintana, George; [born George L. Quaintance] (1902-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Quintana.html

Quirk, Leslie W. (1882-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Alta, Iowa; educated at University of Wisconsin; editor and publisher.

Quiroule, Pierre; pseudonym of W. W. Sayer (1892-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Rabe, Mary Jo (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See maryjorabe.wordpress.com

Rachels, David (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See noirboiled.blogspot.co.uk

Radcliffe, (Henry) Garnett (1898-1971) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Sandhurst; served in India on the North-West Frontier and with the RAF in South Arabia and Socotra; later a civil servant.

Rader-Day, Lori (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See loriraderday.com

Radin, Edward (David) (1909-1966) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/edward-d-radin.html

Raht, Carlysle Graham (1880-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra13

Raia, Maria (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See mariaraia.daportfolio.com

Raimondo, Lynne (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See lynneraimondo.com

Raine, Norman Reilly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, editor, novelist, screenwriter, creator of “Tugboat Annie.” Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; died in Woodland Hills, California. Note: one source lists his birthdate as 1894.

Raine, William MacLeod (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacLeod_Raine

Raines, Theron (W.) (1925-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Ralston, Gilbert (1928- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Ramone, Marky; [born Marc Steven Bell] (1956- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Ramone

Ramsay, Caro (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See www.caroramsay.co.uk

Ramsden, Mark (1956- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ramsden

Ranck, Edwin Carty (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/8872626/edwin-carty-ranck