The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 5

Carnahan, Worth (Blanchard) (1896-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Carnahan.html

Carnegie, Dale (Breckenridge) (1888-1955) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Carnegie

Carr, Harry C. (1877-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carr

Carr, Robert V. (1877-?) (items) (chron.)

Explorer, adventurer, writer. Lived in Arizona.

Carse, Robert (1902-1971) (items) (chron.)

Merchant marine and writer. Born in Riverdale-on-the-Hudson, New York; died in East Hampton, Long Island, New York.

Carter, Robert A. (c1898-?) (items) (chron.)

pulp author who was jailed in 1930 for plagiarising at least 4 stories.

Cary, Phoebe (1824-1871) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Cary

Case, Richard (Hunter) (1913-2003) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Case.html

Case, Robert Ormond (1895-1964) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv45834

Case, Victoria (1892-1972) (items) (chron.)

See nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv67390

Casey, Patrick (1893-1941) (items) (chron.)

California newspaperman and author; brother of Terence Casey. Had an adventurous early life. Died in Sausalito, California.

Casey, Robert J(oseph) (1890-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Beresford, South Dakota. Chicago newspaperman.

Casey, Terence (1895-1945) (items) (chron.)

Little is available on Terence Casey, but he too was from California, and he survived his brother, Patrick Casey.

Cassiday, Bruce (Bingham) (1920-2005) (items) (chron.)

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

Castle, Frank (Pulliam) (1910-1994) (items) (chron.)

Born in New Mexico; graduate of University of Oklahoma; magazine and book writer; died in Linn, Oregon, and buried in Portland; listed as a stenographer with a tile company in the 1940 census; Chief Bosun’s Officer in U.S. Navy during WWII.

Castle, Marian (née Johnson) (1896-1993) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kendall County, Illinois. Attended Carroll College (Wisconsin) and Millikin University (Illinois), received a Ph.B. (Bachelor of Philosophy) from the University of Chicago. Lived in Denver, Colorado, where she received numerous awards from the Colorado Authors’ League. Died in Los Angeles, California.

Catton, George L. (1880-?) (items) (chron.)

Traveller and adventurer. Born in Norwich, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; lived in Canada.

Cave, Hugh B(arnett) (1910-2004) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer for pulp magazines; plantation owner in Haiti. Born in Chester, England; lived in Florida.

Chadwick, Charles (1874-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn; educated at Yale and New York Law School; contributed to magazines; journalist-special writer on football for New York World for ten years, and also on New York Herald and New York American; assistant district attorney and corporate counsel in New York.

Chadwick, Joseph L(ewis) (1909-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in York, Pennsylvania; died in Tampa, Florida. Author of numerous short stories, 130 novels, and nonfiction accounts of oil discoveries in Pennsylvania and of the Texas Rangers.

Chadwick, Paul (Arthur) (1902-1972) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chadwick_(author)

Chalmers, Stephen (1880-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dunoon, Scotland; came to the U.S in 1904; co-founder of the Stevenson Society of America; lecturer, poet and novelist; authority of fly fishing; contributor to magazines; died in Laguna Beach, California.

Chamberlain, George Agnew (1879-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil; educated at Princeton University; served 17 years in the U.S. foreign service, beginning as clerk in Brazilian consulate and ending as U.S. Consul-General, Mexico City; contributor to fiction magazines.

Chamberlain, (Edwin) William (1903-1969?) (items) (chron.)

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

Chambers, Jim; [i.e., Julian Graeff Chambers] (1914-1977) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Chambers.html

Chambers, Robert W(illiam) (1865-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Chambers

Chambers, (Elwyn) Whitman (1896-1968) (items) (chron.)

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

Champion, D(’Arcy) L(yndon) (1902-1968) (items) (chron.)

Writer and creator of the pulp character “The Phantom Detective;” served with the English during World War II. Born in Melbourne, Australia; died in New York City.

Champlin, John Michael (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in North Dakota, living in Tennessee.

Chapel, Charles Edward (1904-1967) (items) (chron.)

See military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Charles_Edward_Chapel

Chapman, Arthur (1873-1935) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Chapman_(poet)

Chapman, George (1559?-1634) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chapman

Chapman, Jim; [i.e., James Keith Chapman] (1919- ) (items) (chron.)

Instructor and writer. Born in Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada. Note: one source gives his birthdate as 1917.

Chase, Adam; pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe (1928-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Cherry, Samuel (Joseph) (1903-1975) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Cherry.html

Cheshire, Giff(ord Paul) (1905-1973) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv75485

Chess, Elliot W(illiam) (1898-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/06/elliot-w-chess-fighter-pilot-author.html

Chidsey, Donald Barr (1902-1981) (items) (chron.)

See historicnavalfiction.com/other-authors/1772-donald-barr-chidsey

Child, Richard Washburn (1881-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in Worcester, Massachusetts; educated at Harvard Law School; Ambassador to Italy, 1920-1924; contributor of articles on political and social themes to magazines; once married to Maude Parker.

Chiriacka, Ernest (Darcy) (1913-2010) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Chiriacka.html

Chirikov, Evgeny (Nikolayevich) (1864-1932) (items) (chron.); name also given as Eugene Chirikov and Evgeniy Chirikov.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny_Chirikov

Chisholm, A(rthur) M(urray) (1872-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/10/am-chisholm-author-lawyer-judge-coroner.html

Chunn, Seymour C(unningham) (1889-1927) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Church, Henry F. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

South Carolina writer.

Churchill, Roy P. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Served in the Navy. Perhaps from Ohio, perhaps from Kentucky.

Chute, Verne (1917-1986) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/verne-chute-1917-1986.html

Clancy, Foghorn; [i.e., Frederick Melton Clancy] (1882-1957) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foghorn_Clancy

Claretie, Jules; [i.e., Arsène Arnaud Claretie] (1840-1913) (items) (chron.)

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

Clark, (Charles) Badger, Jr. (1883-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.historynet.com/requiem-cowboy-poet.htm

Clarke, (John) Emery (1911-1990) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Clarke.html

Clarke, Powhatan (Henry), U.S.A. (1862-1893) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Henry_Clarke

Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Clausen, Carl (1885-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denmark; he was a sailor, miner, pearl-fisher, life insurance salesman, window cleaner, lumber jack, copra trader and opera singer before turning to writing; came to the U.S. in 1906 knowing practically no English; died in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

Claussen, W(illiam) Edmunds (1907-1974) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/w-edmunds-claussen.html

Clay, Charles (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

See www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.030-e.html

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910); used pseudonym Mark Twain (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Clement, Ernest C. (1908-1985) (items) (chron.)

Former lead writer for Modern Romance.

Clifford, Charles L(ewis) (1890-1991) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston in 1890, Clifford rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army becoming Commanding Officer of the 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment in 1942. He wrote several books and stories about the Philippines including The Real Glory (1937) which was made into a film starring Gary Cooper & David Niven in 1939. The film seems also to have been based in part on Jungle Patrol (1938) by Vic Hurley which had led some to suggest that Clifford was actually a pseudonym for Hurley. Clifford died in New Jersey in 1991.

Clifford, [Sir] Hugh (Charles) (1866-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Clifford

Climenson, John G. (1910-1971); used pseudonym Barry Storm (items) (chron.)

See www.desertusa.com/desert-prospecting/barry-storm.html

Cloud, (C.) Carey (1899-1984) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/askart/c/carey_c_carey_cloud/carey_c_carey_cloud.aspx

Clymer, John (Ford) (1907-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Clymer.html

Cobb, Cleo Frisbie (1925-2011) (items) (chron.)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/statesman/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=155413129

Cobb, Irvin S(hrewsbury) (1876-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_S._Cobb

Coburn, Walter J(ohn) (1889-1971) (items) (chron.)

Writer of western novels and short stories. Born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory; lived in Arizona.

Cockroft, W(ilfred) P. (1909-1992) (items) (chron.)

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

Coe, Charles Francis (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.; Joined the Navy at 17, spent 5 years as a professional fighter, then a radio sports announcer (and may have invented ringside commentary), then took up writing, went to Hollywood as a screenwriter, then became a lawyer and general counsel for the motion picture producers; moved to Florida and practiced there; became editor and publisher of the Palm Beach Post; died in Palm Beach, FL. Father of Betty Coe Spicer.