The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 21

Porter, Harold Everett (1887-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hyde Park, Mass.; educated at Harvard University.

Porter, William Sydney (1862-1910); used pseudonym O. Henry (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

Post, Melville Davisson (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post

Potter, David (1874-1962) (items) (chron.)

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

Potter, E(llis) W(ellington) (1920-1981) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Potter.html

Powell, J(ohn) W(esley) (1834-1902) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Powell

Powell, Talmage (1920-2000) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina; lived in Asheville, North Carolina.

Powers, Alfred (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Teacher, writer. Dean of the General Extension Division, Oregon State System of Higher Education. Born in Delania, Arkansas; lived in Oregon.

Prance, Bertram (Stanley) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Prance

Pratt, Harry Noyes (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-noyes-pratt-1879-1944.html

Preble, Zahrah E(thel) (1880-1934) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/09/zahrah-e-preble-1880-1934.html

Preece, Harold (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer, specialist in Texas history. Born in Austin, Texas.

Prentice, Ralph (Everett) (1901-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/158704589/ralph-everett-prentice

Prescott, John (Brewster) (1919-1999) (items) (chron.)

Author of westerns, novels and short stories. Born in Menominee, Michigan; lived in Phoenix, Arizona.

Prévost, Marcel (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, E(dgar) Hoffmann (“Trooper”) (1898-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hoffmann_Price

Pringle, Murray T. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Archaeologist.

Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Prior

Prior, Percy B. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2015/06/percy-b-prior.html

Pritchard, Harmon; [born Herman Prichep] (1890-1938) (items) (chron.)

See rogallery.com/Pritchard_Harmon/pritchard-biography.html

Pritchett, Lulita Crawford (1906-1991) (items) (chron.)

See www.lulitacrawfordpritchett.com

Pronzini, Bill; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeievitch (1799-1837) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html

Quigley, Ray(mond Lyman) (1909-1998) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Quigley.html

Radcliffe, (Henry) Garnett (1898-1971) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Sandhurst; served in India on the North-West Frontier and with the RAF in South Arabia and Socotra; later a civil servant.

Raht, Carlysle Graham (1880-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra13

Raine, William MacLeod (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacLeod_Raine

Raines, Theron (W.) (1925-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Rainey, Roy C. (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988) & William Heuman (1912-1971) (items) (chron.)

used by at least five writers in different magazines; three have been identified, the rest are presumably by staff writers.

Raleigh, [Sir] Walter (1552?-1618) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh

Ramsey, Ray; [i.e., Harry “Ray” Wilson Ramsey] (1877-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Ramsey.html

Ranck, Edwin Carty (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/8872626/edwin-carty-ranck

Randolph, Florence (Hughes) (c1898-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/florence-hughes-randolph

Rathjen, Carl Henry (1909-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Ratigan, William (O.) (1910-1984) (items) (chron.)

See sites.williams.edu/searchablesealit/r/ratigan-william-o

Rauch, Mabel Thompson (1888-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/106935366/mabel-rauch

Reade, Charles (1814-1884) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oxfordshire; educated at Oxford; called to the bar but never practiced law.

Rechnitzer, F(erdinand) E(dsted) (1894-1965) (items) (chron.)

Author of adventures and stories involving animals. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Reed, Edward T(ennyson) (1860-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tennyson_Reed

Reese, John (Henry) (1910-1981) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Reese

Reeve, Arthur B(enjamin) (1880-1936) (items) (chron.)

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

Reeves, Robert; [born Robert Rosenfeld] (1912-1945) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2023/09/the-mysterious-life-of-robert-reeves-storyteller-soldier

Reid, Capt. (Thomas) Mayne (1818-1883) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ireland; spent a decade in the U.S.; lived mostly in London thereafter.

Reitci, John George (1922-1983); used pseudonym Jack Ritchie (items) (chron.)

Prolific mystery writer. Died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Remington, Frederic (Sackrider) (1861-1909) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Remington

Repp, Ed Earl (1900-1979) (items) (chron.)

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

Reusswig, (Henry) William (1902-1978) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Reusswig.html

Reynolds, Edward B. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not college administrator and general Edward Reynolds (1894-1983).

Reynolds, James (R.) (1891-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in Warrentown, Virginia; died in Bellagio, Italy.

Reynolds, John Murray (1900-1993) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/john-murray-reynolds-1900-1993.html

Reynolds, Mack; [i.e., Dallas McCord Reynolds] (1917-1983) (items) (chron.)

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

Rhodes, Charles Dudley (1865-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dudley_Rhodes

Rhodes, Eugene Manlove (1869-1934) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Manlove_Rhodes

Rhodes, S. Clayton (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See sclaytonrhodes.com

Rice, Louise (Guest) (1880-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in New Albany, Indiana; graphologist; contributed to magazines; syndicated features articles to newspapers; lived in New York City.

Richards, Dusty (1937-2018) (items) (chron.)

See 5newsonline.com/2018/01/18/prolific-springdale-author-dusty-richards-author-passes-away/

Richardson, Gladwell (1903-1980) (items) (chron.)

See www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/AHS48.xml;query=;brand=default

Richmond, Roaldus (Frederick) “Roe” (1910-1986) (items) (chron.)

Western writer, editor, proofreader. Born in Barton, Vermont; lived in Concord, New Hampshire.

Rideaux, Charles de Balzac; [born Ernest Charles de Balzac Willett] (1900-1971) (items) (chron.)

Son of E. Noddall Willett; stepfather’s last name was Ridout which somehow became Rideaux for this author.

Riesenberg, Sidney H(arry) (1885-1971) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Riesenberg.html

Riley, David B. (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See sftrails.blogspot.co.uk

Riley, James Whitcomb (1849-1916) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Whitcomb_Riley

Rinehart, Mary Roberts; [Mary Ella Roberts] (1876-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roberts_Rinehart

Ripley, Clements (1892-1954) (items) (chron.)

Fiction writer, screenwriter, playwright, sportsman. Born in Tacoma, Washington; lived in Los Angeles.

Ritchie, Jack; pseudonym of John George Reitci (1922-1983) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ritchie

Ritchie, Robert Welles (1879-1942) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, novelist, adventurer. Born in Quincy, Illinois; died in Carmel, California.