The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 6

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

American mystery writer.

Cohen, Chet; [i.e., Chester Cohen] (c1920- ) (items) (chron.)

See fancyclopedia.org/Chet_Cohen

Cohen, Octavus Roy (1891-1959) (items) (chron.)

Noted writer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in Los Angeles, California.

Coleman, Jane Candia (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items) (chron.)

See www.hanksville.org/voyage/writers/coleman.html

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Colin, Galen C(yril) (1890-1973) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/galen-c-colin-1890-1973.html

Collins, Dabney Otis (?-c1986) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Alabama; lived in Denver, Colorado.

Collins, (Cuthbert Quinlan) Dale (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Shad (1915-?) (items) (chron.)

Arizona writer, not to be confused with the musician of the same name.

Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_Collins

Collison, (Clyde) Wilson (1893-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; a playwright.

Colter, Eli; pseudonym of May Eliza Frost (1890-1984) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/05/eli-colter-1890-1984.html

Combes, Helen (1864-1949) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer and poet. Born in England; died in Los Angeles, California.

Comfort, Will Levington (1878-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan; novelist and short story writer; war correspondent for various newspapers; sportsman; veteran of Spanish-American War; died in Los Angeles, California.

Condon, Frank (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo, Ohio and a reporter there; advertising man in NYC; then screenwriter and magazine writer in L.A.; died in Beverly Hills, California

Condon, Ralph (Whitney) (1905-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/los-gatos-times-saratoga-observer-obitua/130312365/

Conine, R. A. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.raconine.com

Conlon, Ben; [i.e., Bernard Matthew Conlon] (1889-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Hoffman.html

Connolly, James B(rendan) (1868-1957) (items) (chron.)

Author of sea stories, 1896 Olympic champion (gold metal in the triple jump). Born in South Boston, Massachusetts; died in Boston, Massachusetts.

Considine, John L(yons) (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

See genealogytrails.com/nev/carson/bios.html

Cook, Albert Jay (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not the banker and surgeon (1849?-1931).

Cook, Berton E(llsworth) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/berton-e-cook-sailor-teacher-author.html

Cook, Ida (1904-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Burchell

Cook, Will(iam Everett) (1921-1964) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Cook_(writer)

Cook, William Wallace (1867-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooksley, (Sidney) Bert (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

California writer and poet.

Coombs, Charles (Ira) “Chick” (1914-1994) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooper, Caribou Bill; [i.e., William Frank Cooper] (1872-1933) (items) (chron.)

See www.bunksplace.com/caribou%20bill.html

Cooper, Courtney Ryley (1886-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, ran away age 16 to become a circus clown; later sign painter and performer, circus general manager, press agent for William “Buffalo Bill” Cody; journalist in Kansas City, New York and Denver; lived in Florida; died in New York City.

Cooper, Edgar L(eake) (1892-1945) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Texas; writer of western pulp fiction.

Cooper, Gary (1901-1961) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper

Cooper, H. S. (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer. Born in the Isle of Wight, England; lived in Texas.

Corcoran, Austin (1878-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/70070385/austin-corcoran

Corcoran, William (B.) (1901-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania; writer and editor. Editor of Adventure from March 1934 until August 1934.

Costanza, Peter (Anthony) (1913-1984) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Costanza.html

Costello, P. F. (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by William P. McGivern (1922-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Cotton, Will(iam Dudley, Jr.) (1912-1986) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Boston.

Coughlin, John A(lbert) (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Coughlin.html

Cowley, N(ellie) Suydam (1877-1945) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Resident in Glendora, California and Douglas, Arizona.

Cowper, William (1731-1800) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper

Cox, William R(obert) (1901-1988); used pseudonyms David Crewe, Lance Kermit, Roy C. Rainey & Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

Writer of westerns and mystery novels. Born in Peapack, New Jersey; died in Los Angeles, California.

Craft, Fred (Page) (1883-1935) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Craft.html

Craigie, (Henry) Hamilton (1880-1956) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/hamilton-craigie-1880-1956.html

Craik, Mrs. (Dinah Maria Mulock) (1826-1887); previously known as Dinah Maria Mulock (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Craik

Crair, Mel (1923-2007) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Crair.html

Crane, Earl Benham (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

From the Northwest.

Crane, Frank, D.D. (1861-1928) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Crane

Crane, (James) Leo (1881-?) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in Baltimore, Maryland; lived in Boulder City, Nevada.

Cranford, Scott (c1967- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.burbankleader.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-0904-superman,0,7794543.story

Crawford, Griff; [i.e., Oliver Griffith Crawford] (1876-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38834524

Crawford, Vesta P(ierce) (1899-1983) (items) (chron.)

See nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv23171

Creasey, John (1908-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Creasey

Creed, Gene (Krieg) (1909-1993) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/gene-krieg-creed

Crewe, David (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988), William Heuman (1912-1971) & Alden H. Norton (1903-1987) (items) (chron.)

a “house pseudonym” of Popular Publications, used by at least 40 different people in different magazines. Authorship has been identified for some of the stories; the rest of the stories are unattributable but are presumably staff written.

Crisp, Steven (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items) (chron.)

See crispart.co.uk

Crombie, Charles (Exeter Devereux) (1880-1967) (items) (chron.); also known as Chas./Charles J. Crombie.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Exeter_Devereux_Crombie

Crosby, Bob; [i.e., Robert Anderson Crosby] (1897-1947) (items) (chron.)

See plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.sr.011

Crossen, Kendell Foster (1910-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Croy, Ripton (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

possibly a pseudonym.

Cruickshank, Harold (F.) (1893-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.ageofaces.net/authors-artists/harold-f-cruickshank/

Crump, J(ames) Irving (1887-1979) (items) (chron.)

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

Cummings, Ray(mond King) (1887-1957); used pseudonym Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

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

Cumming-Skinner, Dugald Matheson (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland; died in Aberdeen, Scotland; prolific fiction author (8½ million words published 1922-1934); also wrote radio plays.

Cummins, Ralph (Charles) (1880-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wisconsin, lived in Etna, California for a long time.

Cunningham, Eugene (1896-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcu59

Cunningham, Jock (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Montana writer.

Cunningham, John M(arshall) (1915-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Cunningham