The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 62

Plasatis, Alexandros (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See alexandrosplasatis.wixsite.com/website

Plews, Sara; pseudonym of Larry Orenstein (1949-2021) (items) (chron.)

See www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-idiosyncratic-globe-and-mail-wordsmith-larry-orenstein-was-a-gem

Plimmer, Denis (1914-1981) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/09/denis-plimmer-1914-1981-part-one.html

Pluck, Thomas (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See thomaspluck.com

Plum, Mary (Esther Van Patten) (1892-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Davenport, Iowa; married Ralph Plum in 1917; died in Washington D.C.

Plummer, (Arthur) Christopher (Orme) (1929-2021) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Plummer

Poate, Ernest M(arsh) (1884-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born on a ship in the Indian Ocean; died in Southern Pines, North Carolina; psychiatrist, attorney and author.

Podolsky, [Dr.] Edward (1902-1965) (items) (chron.)

See zagria.blogspot.com/2023/08/edward-podolsky-1902-1965-doctor-and.html

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Pohl, Frederik (George, Jr.) (1919-2013); used pseudonym Scott Mariner (items) (chron.)

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

Pokinko, Tom (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.tompokinko.com

Polaha, Kris(toffer) (1977- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristoffer_Polaha

Poling, James W. (1907-1976) (items) (chron.)

See www.reportingcivilrights.org/authors/bio.jsp?authorid=60

Pollack, Dorothy Belle (1922?-2014) (items) (chron.)

See www.northjersey.com/obituaries/top-obituaries/dorothy-belle-pollack-retired-classics-professor-1.1038122?page=all

Pollexfen, Claire D. (1884-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born Dorothy Clair Pollexfen in Ormskirk, England; died as Dorothy Claire Cooper in Eastbourne.

Pollock, Channing (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington, D.C.; journalist and playwright; drama critic; contributed stories and articles to leading magazines.

Polsky, Thomas (1908-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in Akron, the son of a department store owner; graduate from Harvard; worked on Akron newspapers in the 1930s.

Pompano, Ang(elo J.) (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items)

See angp105.wixsite.com/aj-pompano

Pool, Michael (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See michaelpool.net

Pool, Stephanie (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.stephaniepool.com

Poole, Reginald Heber (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.

Pope, Robert (F., Jr.) (1946- ) (items) (chron.)

Teaches writing and literature at Univ. of Akron.

Po Pin Lin (1970- ) (items) (chron.)

See popinlinartstudio.com

Popova, Olga (fl. 2020s) (items) (chron.)

See artgallery.co.uk/artist/olga-popova

Popp, Walter (Robert) (1920-2002) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Popp.html

Porges, Arthur (1915-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Porges, Irwin (1909-1998) (items) (chron.)

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

Porter, Henry (Christopher Mansel) (1953- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Porter, Justin (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See portersnotebook.tumblr.com

Porter, Verne Hardin (1888-1942) (items)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0692325

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

Potts, Leonard (1902-1978) (items) (chron.)

See ashrarebooks.com/2020/07/09/leonard-potts/

Pötzsch, Oliver (1970- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.oliver-poetzsch.de

Poulson, Christine (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.christinepoulson.co.uk

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

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

Powell, William Dylan (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.darktexas.com

Power, Helen (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See helenpower.ca

Power, Jed (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.darkjettypublishing.com

Power, Norman (Sandiford) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/norman-power.html

Powers, Beth (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See bethpowers.com

Poyer, D(avid) C(harles) (1949- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Pozzessere, Heather Graham (1953- ); previously known as Heather Graham (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Graham_Pozzessere

Prather, Richard S(cott) (1921-2007) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather

Pratt, Eleanor Blake Atkinson Cox (1899-1953?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hinsdale, Illinois.

Pratt, (Murray) Fletcher (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Prebble, Stuart (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

British TV journalist, reporter, and producer/director.

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.

Presnell, Frank G(ilmore) (1906-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mexico; educated at Antioch College and Ohio State Univ.; designer and engineer; lived in Ohio for 40 years, then in Los Angeles.

Prest, Thomas Peckett (1810?-1859) (items) (chron.)

Began writing career adapting farces and melodramas from the French, but then specialized in gothic thrillers, full of torture, murder, sex and sadism; lived a dissipated life, dying a pauper in Islington.

Preston, Douglas (1956- ) (items)

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

Preston, Mar (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See marpreston.com

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, (Alan) Anthony (1928-2019) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Price

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

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

Price, Frank J(ohn), Jr. (1890-1939) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis; newspaperman, then in public relations and advertising; short story writer, with over 100 published.

Price, Willard (De Mille) (1887-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer, editor, explorer. Born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; died in Laguna Hills, California (?).

Priest, Christopher (McKenzie) (1943-2024) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)

Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley

Pritchard, John Laurence (1885-1968); used pseudonym John Laurence (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurence_Pritchard

Procter, Maurice (1906-1973) (items) (chron.); Note: The name was sometimes spelled Proctor.

Novelist. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.

Proctor, Candice (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)

See www.csharris.net

Proctor, Thalia (1970-2022) (items) (chron.)

See www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/obituary-thalia-proctor

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Proulx, E(dna) Annie (1935- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Proulx