The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 245

Rittenberg, Max (Mark Lion) (1880-1963) (items) (chron.)

Mail order expert, worked in advertising; fairly prolific writer for Munsey magazines, traveller. Born in Sydney, Australia; educated at Cambridge College, England. Changed surname to Ritson in 1940.

Rittenberg, Sidney (1892-?) (items) (chron.)

Journalist. Born and lived in Charleston, South Carolina.

Ritter, Simpson M(eyer) (1914-1950); used pseudonym Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

Journalist, author. Lived in New York City.

Rivers, Caryl (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Rivers, Pearl; pseudonym of Eliza Poitevent Nicholson (1843-1896) (items) (chron.)

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

Rives, Amélie (Louise, Princess Troubetzkoy) (1863-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Rives, Hallie Erminie; [i.e., Hallie Erminie Rives Wheeler] (1876-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Christian County, Kentucky.

Rivière, Briton (1840-1920) (items) (chron.)

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

Rivière, Jacqueline (1851-1920) (items) (chron.)

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

Rix, Brian (Norman Roger, Baron Rix) (1924-2016) (items)

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

Rizzo, Frank; [i.e., Francis Lazarro Rizzo, Sr.] (1920-1991) (items) (chron.)

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

Roan, Tom; [i.e., Thomas B. Roan] (1894-1958) (items) (chron.)

Born in Snead, Alabama; died in New Jersey; former peace officer who grew up in Alabama; prolific author of western stories for the pulps.

Robards, Karen (1954- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Robbe-Grillet, Alain (1922-2008) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbe-Grillet

Robbins, [Sir] Alfred (Farthing) (1856-1931) (items) (chron.)

See launcestonthen.co.uk/index.php/the-people/richard-robbins/sir-alfred-robbins/

Robbins, Charles H. D. (1904-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1988/12/10/obituaries/charles-h-d-robbins-writer-84.html

Robbins, Grenville (1893-1957) (items) (chron.)

See launcestonthen.co.uk/index.php/the-people/richard-robbins/sir-alfred-robbins/

Robbins, Harold; pseudonym of Harold Rubin (1912-1997) (items) (chron.)

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

Robbins, Jhan (1919-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/jhan-robbins-76-wrote-biographies.html

Robbins, L(eonard) H(arman) (1877-1947) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.org/web/person-view.html?profileId=1086877

Robbins, Ormond (Orlea) (1910-1984); used pseudonym Dane Gregory (items) (chron.)

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

Robbins, Tod; [i.e., Clarence Aaron Robbins] (1888-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Robbins, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Eugene Robbins] (1932-2025) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberson, Ed (1939- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Adam (1965- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Arthur (1852-1933) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Roberts_(comedian)

Roberts, C(arl) E(ric) Bechhofer (1894-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Chalmers (1870?-1949) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/caught-in-act-henry-chalmers-roberts.html

Roberts, [Sir] Charles G(eorge) D(ouglas) (1860-1943) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_G._D._Roberts

Roberts, Dorothy James (1903-1990) (items) (chron.)

Born in Elizabeth, West Virginia.

Roberts, Elizabeth Gostwycke (1864-1922) (items) (chron.)

See w3.stu.ca/stu/sites/nble/m/macdonald_jane_elizabeth.html

Roberts, Elizabeth Madox (1886-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Ellis (William) (1860-1930) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Evan (John) (1878-1951) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Roberts_(minister)

Roberts, F(rederick) J(ohn) (1882-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lieutenant-colonel-frederick-roberts-vwv5rmdz7m9

Roberts, Frederick (Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts) (1832-1914) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts

Roberts, Jack (1916-1979) (items) (chron.)

Born in Harbin, Manchuria in China, as the son of a Russian merchant who emigrated from Bolshevik Russia to China. Spoke fluent Chinese as well as Russian. Had a long and distinguished career as a foreign affairs analyst at the Army Library in the Pentagon, specializing in Sino-Soviet relations.

Roberts, Kate (1891-1985) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Roberts_(author)

Roberts, Katharine (Eggleston) (1895-1968) (items) (chron.)

See www.lib.uiowa.edu/scua/msc/tomsc700/msc683/roberts.htm

Roberts, Kathryn Healy (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

English and speech professor. Born in Des Moines, Iowa; lived in Montana.

Roberts, Keith (John Kingston) (1935-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, (William Harris) Lloyd (1884-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, (Richard John) Lunt (1894-1981) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/11/lunt-roberts.html

Roberts, Michael; [born William Edward Roberts] (1902-1948) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Roberts_(writer)

Roberts, Morley (Charles) (1857-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Nathan Curtis (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.nathancurtisroberts.com/

Roberts, Nora; pseudonym of Eleanor Marie Robertson (1950- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Philip (M.) (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.philipmroberts.com

Roberts, R(ichard) Ellis (1879-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; educated at Oxford; author, journalist and literary editor.

Roberts, Randal H(owland) (1837-1899) (items) (chron.)

See www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=2351

Roberts, S(ydney) C(astle) (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Birkenhead, England; educated at Brighton and Cambridge; lived in Cambridge.

Roberts, (George Edward) Theodore Goodridge (1877-1953) (items) (chron.)

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

Roberts, Victoria (1957- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Roberts_(cartoonist)

Roberts, W(alter) Adolphe (1886-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kingston, Jamaica; newspaper and magazine editor; lived on Staten Island; died in London on a visit to England.

Roberts, Willo (Louise) Davis (1928-2004) (items) (chron.)

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

Robertson, [Sir] Charles Grant (1869-1948) (items) (chron.)

A “well-known Oxford Don”.

Robertson, Colin (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

Note: Born Colin Robertson Cooper in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, but the family name was changed to Robertson before the 1911 census.

Robertson, Constance Pierrepont Noyes (1897-1985) (items) (chron.)

Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario; educated at University of Wisconsin; lived in New York.

Robertson, E. Arnot; [i.e., Eileen Arbuthnot Robertson] (1903-1961) (items) (chron.)

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

Robertson, Edmund (, 1st Baron Lochee) (1845-1911) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Robertson,_1st_Baron_Lochee

Robertson, Eleanor Marie (1950- ); used pseudonym Nora Roberts (items) (chron.)

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

Robertson, Frank C(hester) (1890-1969) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns; brother of Obe Robertson. Born in Moscow, Idaho; died in Springfield, Utah (?).

Robertson, (James) Fyfe (1902-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

Robertson, J(ohn) T(ait) (1877-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

Robertson, James Logie (1846-1922) (items) (chron.)

See www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/j-logie-robertson

Robertson, John (Cattanach) (1905-1992) (items) (chron.)

Born in Aberdeen, Scotland; died in Scotland; worked in advertising, then a journalist.

Robertson, John M(ackinnon) (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Robertson