The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 270

Solomons, Theodore Seixas (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller and writer. Born in San Francisco, California.

Solon, S. L. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Probably pseudonymous.

Solotaroff, Theodore (1928-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Soltesz, Frank (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Derry, Pennsylvania; died in Sherman, Connecticut (?).

Somerfield, Thomas (1876-1937) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/thomas-somerfield.html

Somerlott, Robert (1928-2001) (items) (chron.)

Born in U.S., has lived mostly abroad, more recently in Mexico; lecturer in anthropology turned writer of books, short stories and essays.

Somersalo, M(arie) E. (fl. 1960s) (items)

Wife of Lawrence Hammond.

Somerscales, Thomas (Jacques) (1842-1927) (items) (chron.)

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

Somerset, Edward (, 2nd Marquess of Worcester) (c1602-1667) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Somerset,_2nd_Marquess_of_Worcester

Somerset, Lady Henry [née Lady Isabella Caroline Somers-Cocks] (1851-1921) (items) (chron.)

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

Somervell, Brehon B(urke) (1892-1955) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brehon_B._Somervell

Somerville, Charles (Cecil Lee D’Montral) (1876-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in New Orleans of Creole descent; magazine writer, New York City reporter.

Somerville, E(dith Anna) Œ(none) (1858-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Somerville, Harold E(rnest) (1885-1935) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2025/08/harold-e-somerville-1885-1935.html

Somerville, Howard (1873-1952) (items) (chron.)

See https://artuk.org/discover/artists/somerville-howard-18731952

Somerville, [Sir] James (Fownes) (1882-1949) (items)

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

Somerville, William (1675-1742) (items) (chron.)

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

Sommer, J. G. (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

New York City area artist.

Song In (?-1126) (items) (chron.)

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

Sonin, Ray; [born Zola Sonin] (1907-1991) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, editor of dance band and light music weekly newspaper, song writer, and radio script writer. Born in London; emigrated to Canada in 1957; his Saturday afternoon program Calling All Britons on CFRB radio (Toronto) ran from 1958 until 1991; his musical program Down Memory Lane ran on the same station each week night from 1968 until shortly before his death.

Sonnenschein, Edward (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Collector of Oriental art. Not to be confused with Edward Adolf Sonnenschein (1851-1929).

Sonnichsen, Albert (1878-1931) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, short story writer. Born in San Francisco, California; died in Willimantic, Connecticut.

Son of the Marshes, A; pseudonym of Denham Jordan (1836-1920) (items) (chron.)

See de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denham_Jordan

Sontag, Susan (1933-2004) (items) (chron.)

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

Sontheimer, Morton (1906-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1982/03/24/obituaries/morton-sontheimer.html

Soper, Donald (Oliver, Baron Soper) (1903-1998) (items)

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

Soper, George (1870-1942) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2018/05/george-soper_26.html

Sophia of Sweden and Norway, Queen; [i.e., Sophia Wilhelmine Marianne Henriette] (1836-1913) (items)

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

Sopwith, [Sir] Thomas (Octave Murdoch) (1888-1989) (items)

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

Sorabji, Cornelia (1866-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Sorel, Edward; [born Edward Schwartz] (1929- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Sorenson, Edward S(ylvester) (1869-1939) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dyraaba, New South Wales; began working at age 9 while intermittently in school; apprenticed to a carpenter at age 14; thereafter he was a gold prospector, worked at sheep stations, became a publican, and settled in Sydney to become a writer; as such he was prolific, contributing to periodicals and writing stories and verse; known for expert descriptions of wildlife.

Sorg, Arley (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See arleysorg.com

Sorokin, Pitirim A(lexandrovich) (1889-1968) (items) (chron.)

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

Sorrell, Alan (Ernest) (1904-1974) (items) (chron.)

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

Sorrentino, Christopher (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Soth, Alec (1969- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Sothern, Edward Hugh (1859-1933) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Sothern

Soto, Ada Maria (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See blog.adamariasoto.com

Soueif, Ahdaf (1950- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Soule, Gardner (Bosworth) (1913-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Souster, Raymond (Holmes) (1921-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Soutar, (Edward) Andrew (1879-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born Edward Andrew Stagg in Wiltshire; married Elspeth Soutar Swinton as Stagg in 1911; but then adopted the last name Soutar; death in Cornwall registered as Edward Andrew Soutar.

Soutar, Jethro (fl. 2010s) (items)

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

South, Henry Erskine (1862-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hampshire; died in London; surgeon captain in the Royal Navy.

South, Ira (1893-1918) (items) (chron.)

Texas poet.

South, Marshal (1889-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born Roy Bennett Richards in Gelenelg, near Adelaide, Australia; came to the U.S. in 1908 with his mother and brother, settling in Oceanside, California; began using Marshal South for his writings in 1912 and it apparently became his adopted/legal name, under which his marriages, census records and WWII draft registration are listed. (His second wife Tanya is listed in social security death records as Tanya South and his first son as Marshal L. South Jr.) Author of 8 novels (none published in the U.S.), over 50 poems, short stories and essays and many Desert Magazine articles; lived latterly in a self-constructed house on “Ghost Mountain” in the California desert.

Southcott, Joanna (1750-1814) (items)

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

Southern, Terry (1924-1995) (items) (chron.)

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

Southey, Robert (1774-1843) (items) (chron.)

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

Southgate, (Edward) Frank (1872-1916) (items) (chron.)

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

Southwell, Robert (c1561-1595) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Southwell_(priest)

Southworth, Billy; [i.e., William Harold Southworth] (1893-1969) (items) (chron.)

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

Southworth, [Col.] Richard (fl. 1960s) (items) (chron.)

Probably pseudonymous.

Souvarine, Boris (1895-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Souvestre, Emile (1806-1854) (items) (chron.)

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

Sowden, Lewis (1903-1974) (items) (chron.)

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

Sowerby, (Katherine) Githa (1876-1970) (items) (chron.)

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

Soyinka, Wole; [i.e., Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka] (1934- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Spaar, Lisa Russ (1956- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Spaatz, Carl A(ndrew) (1891-1974) (items) (chron.)

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

Spaeth, Sigmund (Gottfried) (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Spahr, Jürg (1925-2002) (items) (chron.)

See de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jürg_Spahr

Spain, Elsie; [born Elsie Rickets] (1879-1970) (items)

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

Spalding, [Rev.] Samuel C(harles) (1878-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Leavenworth, Kansas; educated at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania; founder of Chicago publishing company in 1921.

Spalding, Susan Marr (1841-1908) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikisource.org/wiki/Woman_of_the_Century/Susan_Marr_Spalding

Spanfeller, Jim; [i.e., James John Spanfeller] (1930-2014) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.joeciardiello.com/?article=15006§ion=news