The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 88

Odlin, Jessie Reno (1869-1960) (items) (chron.)

See boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.pierce/840/mb.ashx

O’Donnell, Peter (Anthony Theodore) (1920-2010) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O'Donnell

Oemler, Marie Conway (1879-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in Savannah, Georgia; contributed poems and short stories to magazines.

O’Faoláin, Seán (Proinsias) (1900-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seán_Ó_Faoláin

O’Flaherty, Liam (1896-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O'Flaherty

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.

Ogilvie, Elisabeth (May) (1917-2006) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Ogilvie

Ogilvie, Frances; [i.e., Frances Ogilvie Nichols] (1902-1942) (items) (chron.)

Born in Princeton, Kentucky; married Earle M. Nichols in 1937; some sources give her birth as 1903.

O’Grady, John (Patrick) (1907-1981) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Grady_(writer)

Ogrizović, Milan (1877-1923) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm1031734

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

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

O’Hagan, Howard (1902-1982) (items) (chron.)

See www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howard-ohagan

O’Hanlon, James (Francis) (1910-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Coney Island, New York; died in Glendale, California; came to Los Angeles in 1931 and appeared in motion pictures as a dancer; then became a screenwriter for films and television.

O’Hara, Frank Hurburt (1888-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.HURBURTOHARA

O’Hara, John Myers (1870-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Myers_O'Hara

O’Hara, Mary; [i.e., Mary O’Hara Alsop] (1885-1980) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_O'Hara_(author)

O’Hara, Theodore (1820-1867) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_O'Hara

O’Harra, Jack (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Probably a pseudonym.

O’Higgins, Harvey J(errold) (1876-1929) (items) (chron.)

Born in London, Ontario; educated at Toronto University; playwright and author.

Ohrt, Wallace L. (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

O’Keeffe, Neil (1893-1968) (items) (chron.); name also given as Neil O’Keefe.

Born in Creston, Iowa.

O’Keeffe, Patrick (1898-?) (items) (chron.)

See www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/1939829.local-veteran-turned-crime/

O’Laughlin, John Callan (1873-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Callan_O'Laughlin

Older, Fremont (1856-1935) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Older

Older, Mrs. Fremont (1875-1968) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95828581

O’Leary, Frank (1902-?) (items) (chron.)

Ex-convict; served time in Sing Sing for robbery; co-authored a book on prison dialect. Not to be confused with confused with animator and writer Frank O’Leary (1922- ). Born in New York City.

O’Leary, Mike (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with British Army officer Michael O’Leary (1888-1961).

Oliphant, Mrs. (1828-1897) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oliphant

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

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

Oliver, Carolyn (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See carolynoliver.net

Oliver, (Symmes) Chad(wick) (1928-1993) (items) (chron.)

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

Oliver, Harry (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Not the Oscar-winning movie director (1888?-1973) who became a desert hermit.

Oliver, Owen; pseudonym of Joshua Albert Flynn (1863-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Flynn

Olivers, Thomas (1725-1799) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Olivers

Ollendorff, Heinrich Gottfried (1803-1865) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gottfried_Ollendorff

Ollivant, Alfred (1874-1927) (items) (chron.)

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

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.

Olmsted, (Edgar) Stanley (1877-1939) (items) (chron.)

See tinyurl.com/StanleyOlmsted

Olney, Ross R(obert) (1929- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.rossrolney.net/page/page/5811624.htm

Olsen, John M. (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

See johnmolsen.blogspot.com

Olsen, Sondra Spatt (1936-2013); previously known as Sondra Spatt (items) (chron.)

See specialcollections.vassar.edu/collections/manuscripts/findingaids/olsen_sondra.html

Olson, Eugene E. (1936-2018); used pseudonym Brad Steiger (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Steiger

Olson, Maribeth (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See todaysinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-art-of-wow-featuring-maribeth-olson.html

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

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

O’Malley, Power; [born Michael Augustine Power] (1877-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_O'Malley

Omarr, Sydney (1926-2003) (items) (chron.); name also given as Sidney Omarr.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Omarr

Ongley, Byron (1876-1915) (items)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0648688

Onions, (George) Oliver (1873-1961); later known as George Oliver (items) (chron.)

Changed his name legally to George Oliver in 1918, but continued to write as Oliver Onions.

Onslow, John (1906-1985) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/john-onslow.html

Openshaw, George H(arry) (1882-?) (items) (chron.)

Birth in Birmingham, England, registered as George Henry Openshaw; probably died in Kenya, to which he sailed in 1946, apparently intending to live there.

Opie, Peter (1918-1982) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_and_Peter_Opie

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

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

Oppenheim, James (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oppenheim

Opper, Emma A. (1864-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1946/02/19/archives/miss-emma-a-opper-writer-of-short-stories-a-sister-of-new-york.html

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.

Orcutt, William Dana (1870-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire; died in Boston; Harvard graduate, typographer and author.

Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska) (1865-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy

Ordway, (Lucius) Peter (1916-2001) (items)

Born in Minnesota; died in Palm Beach, Florida; scriptwriter and novelist.

O’Reilly, Edward S(innott) “Tex” (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

Writer and journalist.

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

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

Ormant, Arthur (1922- ) (items) (chron.)

Editor and writer. Born in Albany, New York; lives in New York City.

Ormerod, John (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lancashire; served in the Merchant Navy from 1943-47; worked as a newspaper reporter for a year and then abandoned office life to concentrate on writing.

Ormsbee, Helen (1884-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/62896356/helen-ormsbee

Ornitz, Don(ald R.) (1920-1972) (items) (chron.)

See glamourphotographers.yolasite.com/more-photogs-page-2.php