The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 93

Pitas, Jeannine Marie (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See allgiving.wordpress.com/authors/jeannine-m-pitas/

Pitt, Chart(ly Artell) (1878-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Portage County, Wisconsin; contributed short stories, novelettes and verse to many newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. and abroad; member of Washington State legislature; died in Mukito, Washington.

Pitt, Stanley (John Joseph) (1925-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Pitt

Pitt, William (?-1840) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pitt_(ship-builder)

Pitter, Ruth; [i.e., Emma Thomas Pitter] (1897-1992) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Pitter

Pitzer, R(obert) C(laiborne) (1879-1962) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38922516

Pladwell, E(dgar) S(pencer) (1884-1964) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and writer. Probably born in Oregon (one source says Brooklyn, New York); lived in Oakland, California.

Plagemann, (William) Bentz (1913-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bentz_Plagemann

Plaisted, (Charles) Max(well) (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html

Plank, Jean Mahan (1859-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/36035877/jean-plank

Plato [c429-347 BC] (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato

Platt, Thomas Collier (1833-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_C._Platt

Plautus, Titus Maccius [254-184 BC] (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plautus

Pleasants, Henry, Jr. (1884-1963) (items) (chron.)

See www.chestercohistorical.org/henry-pleasants-jr-collection

Plimmer, Charlotte (née Fingerhut) (1916-1991) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2022/04/charlotte-straus-plimmer-1916-1991.html

Plimmer, Denis (1914-1981) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/09/denis-plimmer-1914-1981-part-one.html

Plourde, David (fl. 1970s) (items) (chron.)

See davidplourde.com

Pluck, Thomas (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See thomaspluck.com

Plutarch [46-c119] (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutarch

Poate, Ernest M(arsh) (1884-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born on a ship in the Indian Ocean; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina; psychiatrist, attorney and author.

Pocock, (Henry) Roger (Ashwell) (1865-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Podell, Albert N(athaniel) (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

Photographer and motion picture executive; born in New York City.

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Poe, Elisabeth Ellicott (1886-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe_Sisters

Pohl, Frederik (George, Jr.) (1919-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

Po Hsing-chien (776-826) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bai_Xingjian

Poiré, Emmanuel (1858-1909); used pseudonym Caran d’Ache (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caran_d'Ache

Poliakoff, Nicolai (1900-1974) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Poliakoff

Poling, James W. (1907-1976) (items) (chron.)

See www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorid=60

Polko, Elise (Vogel) (1822-1899) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elise_Polko

Pollard, Geoffrey (1926-2006) (items) (chron.)

See raymondsheppard.blogspot.com/2022/05/raymond-sheppard-and-geoffrey-pollard.html

Pollard, Hugh B(ertie) C(ampbell) (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Marylebone, London, England; died in Midhurst, Sussex; author, firearms expert, intelligence agent, linguist.

Pollard, Josephine (1834-1892) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephine_Pollard

Pollen, Samson (1931-2018) (items) (chron.)

See www.riverdalepress.com/stories/chelsea-gallery-orders-lots-of-pulp-from-late-artist,73151

Pollet, Elizabeth (1922-2012) (items)

See lastbohemians.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/elizabeth-pollet-novelist-rest-in-peace.html

Pollet, Louis-Léonard (1870-1937); used pseudonym Michel Corday (items) (chron.)

See fantastic-writers-and-the-great-war.com/the-writers/michel-corday

Pollexfen, Claire D. (1884-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born Dorothy Clair Pollexfen in Ormskirk, England; died as Dorothy Claire Cooper in Eastbourne.

Pollitt, Harry (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Pollitt

Pollock, Channing (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington, D.C.; journalist and playwright; drama critic; contributed stories and articles to leading magazines.

Pollock, Frank Lillie (1876-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Pollock, Walter Herries (1850-1926) (items) (chron.)

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

Polson, Aaron A. (1975- ) (items) (chron.)

See aaronpolson.blogspot.com

Pomeroy, Roy (1892-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Pomeroy

Pompadour, Madame de; [i.e., Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour] (1721-1764) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/?title=Madame_de_Pompadour

Ponsonby, Henrietta (Frances, Countess of Bessborough) (1761-1821) (items) (chron.)

See www.historyhome.co.uk/people/bessboro.htm

Ponsor, Michael Adrian (1946- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ponsor

Pool, Maria (Louise) (1841-1898) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Louise_Pool

Poole, Granville Church (1897-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in South Boston, Massachusetts; died in California.

Poole, Reginald Heber (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.

Poore, Ben(jamin) Perley (1820-1887) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Perley_Poore

Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pope

Pope, Jessie (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Pope

Pope, William H. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller. Born in Tennessee; lived in Bradford, Arkansas.

Popowski, Bert (John) (1904-1982) (items) (chron.)

See www.sdstate.edu/sdsu-archives-and-special-collections/bert-popowski-papers

Popp, Walter (Robert) (1920-2002) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Popp.html

Porges, Arthur (1915-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Porteous, (Leslie) Crichton (1901-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crichton_Porteous

Porteous, Richard S(idney) (1897-1963) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Melbourne, Australia.

Porter, Harold Everett (1887-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hyde Park, Mass.; educated at Harvard University.

Porter, Justin (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See portersnotebook.tumblr.com

Porter, Rebecca N.; [i.e., Rebecca Newman Porter White] (1883-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago; educated at University of California; writer and lecturer; died in Santa Barbara, California.

Porter, Verne Hardin (1888-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0692325

Porter, William Sydney (1862-1910); used pseudonym O. Henry (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

Portis, Charles (McColl) (1933-2020) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Portis

Portor, Laura Spencer (1872-1957) (items) (chron.); Name also given as Laura A. Porter and Laura Spencer Porter.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Spencer_Portor_Pope

Post, Augustus (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Pioneer aviator and automobilist. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in New York City.

Post, Melville Davisson (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post