The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 19

Murbarger, Nell (Lounsberry) (1909-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_Murbarger

Murphy, C(ornelius) A(nthony) (1898-1984) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/MurphyCA.html

Murphy, H(enry) C(ruse, Jr.) (1886-1931) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/MurphyHC.html

Murray, Thomas J. (fl. 1910s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps educator Thomas Jefferson Murray (1891-1961).

Myers, J(ohn) Jay (1919-2011) (items) (chron.)

Retired Santa Fe teacher.

Nafziger, Ray(mond Earl) (1895-1946) (items) (chron.)

lived in New Mexico and California; died September 12, 1946 in a Denver Hospital.

Nashe, Thomas (1567-1601) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Nashe

Nathan, Robert (Gruntal) (1894-1985) (items) (chron.)

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

Nebel, (Louis) Frederick (1903-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; contributed fiction to magazines.

Neff, Wesley (1895-1976) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Neff.html

Neihardt, John G(neisenau) (1881-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neihardt

Nelson, Bruce (Opie) (1914-1951) (items) (chron.)

Writer, journalist, expert on Dakota Indians. Born in North Dakota; lived in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Nelson, Ralph (1885-1953) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Nelson.html

Newark, Peter (D.) (1933- ) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/peter-newark.html

Newbury, De Witt (1888-1967) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2011/07/de-witt-newbury.html

Newsom, J(ohn) D(immock) (1893?-1954) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/07/john-d-newsom-obituary-in-new-york.html

Newsome, Muriel (Naomi) (1908-2000) (items) (chron.)

Wrote westerns as Muriel Evans and as Ed Newsom.

Newton, (Wilfrid) Douglas; pseudonym of Wilfrid Bernard M. Newton (1884-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Newton, Wilfrid Bernard M(ichael) (1884-1951); used pseudonym Douglas Newton (items) (chron.)

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

Nichols, I. M. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

A woman writer; perhaps philanthropist Isabel McIlhenny Nichols (d. 1941), although this is improbable. From Fenville, Michigan.

Nichols, Joel Martin, Jr. (1895-1991) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/08/joel-martin-nichols-jr.html

Nicholson, Meredith (1866-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana; had degrees from Wabash College, Butler College, and Indiana University; newspaperman; author and essayist.

Nickels, Samuel H(enderson) (1883-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Williamsburg, Kentucky. Owned a ranch in Carrizozo, New Mexico. Wrote pulp-fiction western short stories to contribute to the family’s income. He was also a gifted musician, capable of playing multiple instruments.

Niven, Frederick (John) (1878-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Valparaiso.

Noble, Edward (1857-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bath; educated privately; master mariner and novelist.

Nolan, Frederick (William) (1931-2022) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Nolan

Norman, James; pseudonym of James Norman Schmidt (1912-1983) (items) (chron.)

See www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/norman.html

Norman, Noel Wilson (1901-1981) (items) (chron.)

Born in Tasmania.

Norris, (Benjamin) Frank(lin, Jr.) (1870-1902) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Norris

Norris, Kathleen (Thompson) (1880-1966) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Norris

Norton, Alden H(olmes) (1903-1987); used pseudonyms David Crewe & Lance Kermit (items)

Author and 13th editor of Adventure magazine. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts; died in Brooklyn, New York. Norton contributed prolifically to Adventure, but he did so under a number of pseudonyms.

Norton, Caroline E(lizabeth) S(arah) (1808-1877) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Norton

Norton, Henry A. “Hal” (1906-1975) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv64996

Norton, Roy (E.) (1869-1942) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/roy-norton-man-who-died-twice.html

Nostrand, Howard (1929-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Nostrand

Nye, Nelson C(oral) (1907-1997); used pseudonym Cliff Campbell (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_C._Nye

Oblinger, Michael M. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Although there appears to be an M.D. by this name in Virginia.

Oblinger, Milo Milton (1890-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Arlington, Minnesota; newspaper journalist.

Ogan, George (F.) (1912-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer and teacher. Born in Kirkwood, Missouri; lived in Louisiana.

Ogan, Margaret (E. Nettles) (1923-1979) (items) (chron.)

Teacher and writer, born in Columbia, Louisiana.

Ogden, G(eorge) W(ashington) (1871-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas, died in Santa Monica, California; a newspaperman who became a prolific author of westerns in later life.

O’Hagan, Anne (1869-1933); also known as Anne Shinn (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_O'Hagan_Shinn

Old Scout, An (fl. 1910s-1920s); house pseudonym (items) (chron.)

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

Oliphant, Ronald (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ69-NXT/ronald-oliphant-1884-1968

Olmsted, Harry F(rancis) (1889-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born August 10, 1889 in Los Angeles; worked as a civil engineer before turning to fiction; claimed to have sold 1200 stories; died April 2, 1970 in Riverside, California.

Olson, Ted; [i.e., Theodore B. Olson] (1899-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Oppenheim, E(dward) Phillips (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Orban, Paul (1896-1974) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Orban.html

Orcutt, Eddy (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Almost certainly resident in San Diego, California.

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Rourke, Frank (1916-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Osborne, William Hamilton (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=1137

Oskison, John Milton (1874-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton_Oskison

Ostby, Gertrude Enid (1920-2012) (items) (chron.)

See www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/5133_Gertrude_Enid_Ostby

O’Sullivan, William J. (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-obituary-for-william-j-osul/128770305

Ott, Anthony B. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

possibly a pseudonym.

Otway, Leslie (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/01/leslie-otway.html

Overholser, Stephen (D.) (1944-2017) (items) (chron.)

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

Overholser, Wayne D. (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_D._Overholser

Overman, Beulah Rhodes (1894-1990) (items) (chron.)

See newsok.com/beulah-rhodes-overman/article/2340740

Owen, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

Owens, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

Oyen, (Olaf) Henry (1883-1921) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/01/henry-oyen-reporter-pulp-author.html

Oyler, Leslie Mary (Kathleen) (1884-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldfamilytree.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2380&tree=1

Packard, Frank (Lucius) (1877-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Page, Norvell W(ooten) (1904-1961) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Albert B(igelow) (1861-1937) (items) (chron.)

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