The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 142

Wood, Viola Ransom (1890-?) (items) (chron.)

California writer.

Wood, Walter (1866-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bradford, England; educated in England and abroad; lived in Sussex.

Wood, Worden (George Leveret) (1880-1943) (items) (chron.)

See artvee.com/artist/worden-wood

Woodberry, George E(dward) (1855-1930) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Edward_Woodberry

Woodbridge, Elisabeth; [Mrs. Charles G. Norris] (1870-1964) (items) (chron.)

Writer and educator. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in Globe, Arizona.

Woodbury, Clarence (Moats) (1898-1977) (items) (chron.)

See nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=obse19770421-01.1.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------

Woodbury, David O(akes) (1896-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

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.

Woodfield, William Read (1928-2001) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Woodfield

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woodforde, James (1740-1803) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Woodforde

Woodhouse, Martin (Charlton) (1932-2011) (items) (chron.)

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

Woodrooffe, Thomas (1899-1978) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Woodrooffe

Woodrow, Nancy Mann (Waddel) [Mrs. Wilson Woodrow] (1867-1935) (items) (chron.)

See oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602726

Woodrum, Lon (Riley) (1901-1995) (items) (chron.)

Born in Fredric, Illinois; novelist, poet, evangelist, minister in Evangelical United Brethren Church; resident of Oklahoma.

Woods, Bertha Gerneaux (née Davis) (1872-1952); previously known as Bertha Gerneaux Davis (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/39208452/bertha-gerneaux-woods

Woods, Christopher (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See christopherwoods.zenfolio.com

Woods, Clee (1893-1990) (items) (chron.)

See https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv671919

Woods, Richard F. (1871-1915) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania on July 18, 1871; worked as a physician; died in Philadelphia on February 15, 1915.

Woods, S(amuel) M(oses) J(ames) (1867-1931) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Woods

Woodville, R(ichard) Caton (Jr.) (1856-1927) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Caton_Woodville,_Jr.

Woodward, Arthur (1898-1986) (items) (chron.)

Western writer, expert on Navajo silversmithing; resident in Los Angeles, California. Died in Los Angeles, California. Not to be confused with the advertising man (1875?-1934); and not to be confused with antiquarian Arthur Frank Woodward (1883-1973) or geologist and “discoverer” of the “Piltdown Man” Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944).

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.

Woolf, (Adeline) Virginia (née Stephen) (1882-1941); previously known as Virginia Stephen (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Woolf

Woolfolk, Josiah Pitts (1894-1971); used pseudonyms Howard Hogue Kennedy, Gordon Sayre & Jack Woodford (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woollam, Wilfred (Beet) (1856-1927) (items) (chron.)

See www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1698

Woollcott, Alexander (Humphreys) (1887-1943) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich

Woolsey, Sarah Chauncey (1835-1905); used pseudonym Susan Coolidge (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Chauncey_Woolsey

Woolston, Florence (née Guy) (1881-1951); later known as Florence Guy Seabury (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Guy_Woolston_Seabury

Wooton, Edwin (Littler) (1855-1933) (items) (chron.)

A journalist.

Worcester, Dean C(onant) (1866-1924) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Conant_Worcester

Wordsworth, Dorothy (Mae Ann) (1771-1855) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Wordsworth

Wordsworth, William (1770-1850) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wordsworth

Wormeley, Katherine Prescott (1830-1908) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Prescott_Wormeley

Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Worsley, T(homas) C(uthbert) (1907-1977) (items) (chron.)

Teacher, writer, and theatre and television critic.

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

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

Wotton, [Sir] Henry (1568-1639) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wotton

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._C._Wren

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

See pulpartists.com/Wren.html

Wright, Betty Ren; [i.e., Betty Ren Wright Frederiksen] (1927-2013) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ren_Wright

Wright, Blanche Fisher (1887-1938) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Fisher_Wright

Wright, Charles L. (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston, Massachusetts. Not to be confused with artist Charles H. Wright (1870-1939).

Wright, David (John Murray) (1920-1994) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wright_(poet)

Wright, F(rederick) A(dam) (1869-1946) (items)

See peoplepill.com/people/frederick-adam-wright/tc/sports

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

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

Wright, George (Hand) (1872-1951) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hand_Wright

Wright, Gilbert (Munger) (1901-1966) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bell_Wright

Wright, Nancy Means (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/280943.Nancy_Means_Wright

Wright, S(ydney) Fowler (1874-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Wright, William (1821-1898); used pseudonym Dan de Quille (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_DeQuille

Wright, Xena (Leslie) (1896-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wright.html

Wu, Sam(uel) (1919-2005) (items) (chron.)

See glamourphotographers.yolasite.com/ten-photographers.php

Wurdemann, Audrey (1911-1960) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Wurdemann

Wu Tingfang (1842-1922) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Tingfang

Wyatt, Edith Franklin (1873-1958) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Franklin_Wyatt

Wyckoff, Joseph (1882-1977) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/joseph_wyckoff/10059913/joseph_wyckoff.aspx

Wycombe, Robert; pseudonym (fl. 1930s) (items) (chron.)

for a Fleet Street reporter.

Wyeth, N(ewell) C(onvers) (1882-1945) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyeth

Wykes, (Douglas) Alan (1914-1993) (items) (chron.)

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

Wyles, Walter (1925-2017) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/walter-wyles-1925-2017.html

Wylie, Denis B(owmaker) (1908-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia; died in Leeds, England.

Wylie, Dick (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Probably a pseudonym.

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).