The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 27

Weber, Lenora Mattingly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenora_Mattingly_Weber

Webster, [Captain] F(rederick) A(nnesley) M(ichael) (1886-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Weck, Philip (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, resident in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Wedd, Monty; [i.e., Montague Thomas Archibald Wedd] (1921-2012) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Wedd

Weill, Irwin J(ulius) (1908-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Weill.html

Weir, Hugh C(osgro) (1884-1934) (items) (chron.)

Born in Illinois; reporter in that state and in Ohio; freelance magazine writer, then prolific screenwriter; operated an advertising agency in 1928 and was editorial director of Tower Magazines at the time of his death.

Wellen, Edward (Paul) (1919-2011) (items) (chron.)

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

Wellman, Manly Wade (1903-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Angus (1943-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Basil (Eugene) (1912-2003) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Emmett Mixx Spencer (1869-?) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, adventurer. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Wells, G. A. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/ga-wells-first-story-of-far-north.html

Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

Wells, Hal K.; [i.e., Harold Kerton Wells] (1899-1979) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/12/hal-k-wells-1899.html

Wells, Lee E(dwin) (1907-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Indianapolis; licensed public accountant in California; associated with an occult school in New York City; has been an MWA board member; deeply involved in Freemasonry. Living near Los Angeles; working in advertising and TV production; author of short stories.

Wells, William H. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps advertising agent and sales executive William Henson Wells (1886?-1958). Not to be confused with educationist William Hughes Wells (1859-1919).

Wert, George H(arrison) (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wert.html

Weston, George (Thomas) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Wetjen, Albert Richard (1900-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/04/albert-r-wetjen-sailor-writer.html

Wheeler-Nicholson, [Major] Malcolm (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Wheeler-Nicholson

Whipple, Chandler H(enry) (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

Writer and editor. Born in Jackson County, Michigan; lived in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Whitaker, H(erman) (1867-1919) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Whitaker

Whitby, Pauline (1926-2013); used pseudonym Pauline Ashwell (items) (chron.)

Born in Hatfield, England.

White, Donal L(awrence) (1923-2013) (items) (chron.)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/lajollalight/obituary.aspx?pid=166304643

White, Fred M(errick) (1859-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

White, Leslie T(urner) (1903-1967) (items) (chron.)

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

White, Samuel Alexander (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada; contributed stories, poems to numerous magazines.

White, Stewart Edward (1873-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

White, William Patterson (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)

Western novelist. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota; lived in Tularosa, New Mexico.

Whitehead, Henry S(t. Clair) (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_S._Whitehead

Whitehouse, Arch; [i.e., Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse] (1895-1979) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, screenwriter, cartoonist. He was in the Royal Flying Corps, No. 22 Squadron, and is credited with destroying 16 enemy aircraft and 6 kite balloons. Born in Northampton, England; came to the United States in 1905; died in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.

Whitethorne, Baje, Sr. (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.bajewhitethornesr.com

Whitfield, Raoul F(alconia) (1896-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Whitfield

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier

Wieghorst, O(laf) (1899-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Wieghorst

Wigfull, W(illiam) Edward (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/w-e-wigfull.html

Wiggins, Walt(on Wray) (1924- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer and photographer. Born and lives in Roswell, New Mexico.

Wilbur, Lawrence N(elson) (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)

See oldprintgallery.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/lawrence-nelson-wilbur-1897-1988/

Wilcox, Don; [i.e., Cleo Eldon Wilcox] (1905-2000); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919); previously known as Ella Wheeler (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox

Wilcox, J(ames) M(ilton) (1895-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wilcox.html

Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Wildridge, Oswald (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

a journalist, finishing his career as the editor of the Northern Daily Telegraph (Blackburn).

Wilford, L(oren) F(rederick) (1893-1972) (items) (chron.); Name given as Loren F. Wilford/Loran F. Wilford.

Born in Wamego, Kansas; died in Stamford, Connecticut (?).

Wilkinson, Lupton A(llemong) (1897-?) (items) (chron.)

See mppda.flinders.edu.au/people/662

Williams, Alan (1890-?) (items) (chron.)

An Alan Williams who was a playwright and theater personage died in Los Angeles, California, in 1945. It may not have been this man.

Williams, Ben Ames (1889-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Ames_Williams

Williams, Charles (Walter Stansby) (1886-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Williams, G(eorge) H(oward) (1912-2011) (items) (chron.)

See www.hamilton.edu/magazine/spring11/necrology/faculty-and-friends

Williams, Hank (1923-1953) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams

Williams, (Dorothy) Jeanne (1930- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00252/tsw-00252.html

Williams, (Charles) Michael (1877-1950) (items) (chron.)

See www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-9657

Williams, Robert Moore (1907-1977); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Willinger, László (Josef) (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Willinger

Willkie, Wendell L(ewis) (1892-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Willkie

Willsie, Honoré; [i.e., Honoré McCue Willsie Morrow] (1880-1940); also known as Honoré McCue Willsie Morrow (items) (chron.)

See data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/honore-willsie-morrow

Wilsky, Jim (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See shotgunhoney.net/authors/jim-wilsky

Wilson, Cherry; [i.e., Rosemary J. “Cherry Rose” Wilson] [née Burdick] (1893-1976) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/cherry-wilson-western-author.html

Wilson, (John) Kirk (1912-1971) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wilson.html

Wilson, Steve (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Wilson, Whip; [born Roland Charles Meyers] (1911-1964) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_Wilson

Wilstach, John (Hudnall) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oakland, California, son of a former executive in the Hays Office (overseers of Hollywood censorship); prolific pulp author.

Wiltsey, Norman B. (fl. 1940s-1970s) (items) (chron.)

Expert on Indians of North America.

Winchell, (Nathaniel) Prentice (Jr.) (1895-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois; died in Tallahassee, Florida; worked for an advertising agency, then newspaper man; editor of trade publications, journalism lecturer; wrote and produced over 500 radio mystery shows, wrote for films and TV; published some 400 magazine detective stories, including 40 about Fire Marshal Ben Pedley, besides those books listed below.

Windas, Cedric W(ilford) (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

Artist, writer, expert on naval customs and vocabulary. Born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia; came to the United States in 1913; died in Hermosa Beach, California.

Winslow, Horatio (Gates) (1882-1972) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1087388

Winter, William West (1881-1940) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana; died in Rutland, Massachusetts.