The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 90

Panter-Downes, Mollie; [i.e., Mary Patricia Panter-Downes] (1906-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollie_Panter-Downes

Paolieri, Ferdinando (1878-1928) (items) (chron.)

See it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinando_Paolieri

Papashvily, George (1898-1978) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Papashvily

Papashvily, Helen; [born Helen Waite] (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.lehigh.edu/library/speccoll/papashvily.html

Paradise, Viola (Isabel) (1887-1980) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago; educated at University of Chicago and New York School of Social Work; contributed fiction and verse to numerous magazines.

Parcell, Norman Howe (1885-1955); used pseudonym John Nicholson (items) (chron.)

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

Paribeni, Roberto (1876-1956) (items) (chron.)

See it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Paribeni

Park, Edwards (Albert) (1877-1969) (items) (chron.)

Pediatrician, expert on childhood diseases. Born in Gloversville, New York; died in Margaree Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Parker, Bonnie (Elizabeth) (1910-1934) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde#Bonnie_Parker

Parker, Dorothy (née Rothschild) (1893-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Parker

Parker, Heather (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.heatherparker.co.uk

Parker, Louis N(apoleon) (1852-1944) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_N._Parker

Parker, Mary Moncure (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

See www.iwpa.org/mary-moncure-parker

Parker, Maude; [i.e., Maude Louise Parker Child Pavenstedt] (1892-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Galveston, Texas; attended University of Wisconsin; first married to Richard Washburn Child, and was with Child when he was Ambassador to Italy in the 1920s; then married lawyer Edmund W. Pavenstedt; died in New York City.

Parker, Richard (1915-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Parker, Robert B(rown) (1932-2010) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Parker

Parkhill, Forbes (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in Denver; died in San Diego.

Parkhurst, H(arry) L(emon) V(ictor) (1876-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Parkhurst.html

Parkman, Francis (1823-1893) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston.

Parmenter, Christine Whiting (1877-1953) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/christine_whiting.parmenter/1086841

Parmer, Charles (Brower) (1893-1958) (items) (chron.)

Editor and reporter, born in Nashville, Tennessee; died in Alexandria, Virginia; editor, reporter and radio broadcaster.

Parr, Harriet (1828-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Parr

Parrish, (George) Randall (1858-1923) (items) (chron.)

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

Parrott, (Katherine) Ursula (1902-1981) (items) (chron.)

Born Katherine Ursula Towle in Boston; graduated from Radcliffe College; married Lindesay Marc Parrott in 1924, then Charles Terry Greenwood in 1932, then John J. Wilberg in 1934, then Alfred Coster Schermerhorn in 1939 (divorced 1944); died in poverty in New York City.

Partridge, (Edward) Bellamy (1878-1960) (items) (chron.)

Author, editor, journalist, radio script writer, lawyer. Born in Phelps, New York; died in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Partridge, Eric (Honeywood) (1894-1979) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Partridge

Passalacqua, David (J.) (1936-2004) (items) (chron.)

See www.societyillustrators.org/dave-passalacqua

Passingham, W(illiam) J(ohn) (1897-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Pater, Walter (Horatio) (1839-1894) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Pater

Paterson, J(ames) Phillips (1877-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/j-phillips-paterson.html

Patmore, Coventry (Kersey Dighton) (1823-1896) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Patmore

Patri, Angelo (1876-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Patri

Patten, William George (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)

Author of numerous “Frank Merriwell” novels under the pseudonym “Burt L. Standish.” Born in Corinna, Maine; died in Vista, California. Note: Patten was born William George Patten and is carried that way in some bibliographies.

Patterson, Antoinette de Coursey (1866-1925) (items) (chron.)

See www.christopherhjones.com/the-end-of-a-romance/

Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533

Patterson, Harry; [born Henry Patterson] (1929-2022); used pseudonym Jack Higgins (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Higgins

Patterson, Henry W. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Novelist. Perhaps from Weston, Massachusetts.

Patterson, Joseph Medill (1879-1946) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Medill_Patterson

Patterson, Lucile; [i.e., Lucile Patterson Marsh] (1890-1978) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucile_Patterson_Marsh

Patterson, Norma (c1889-1991) (items) (chron.)

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

Patterson, Russell (H.) (1893-1977) (items) (chron.)

See strippersguide.blogspot.com/2011/11/ink-slinger-profiles-russell-patterson.html

Pattie, James Ohio (c1804-c1850) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ohio_Pattie

Pattinson, James (1915-2009) (items) (chron.)

See www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6762886/James-Pattinson.html

Pattullo, George (Robson, II) (1879-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Pattullo_(writer)

Paul, Cedar; pseudonym of Gertrude Davenport (1880-1972) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Paul

Paul, (Maurice) Eden (1865-1944) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Paul

Paul, Frank R(udolph) (1884-1963) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/PF.html

Paull, H(arry) M(ajor) (1854-1934) (items) (chron.)

Born in Monmouth; educated privately; civil servant and dramatist.

Pauncefote, (Selina) Maud (1862-1919) (items) (chron.)

See lakechapalaartists.com/?p=2527

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988); used pseudonym Russell Hightower (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.

Paustovsky, Konstantin (Georgiyevich) (1892-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Paustovsky

Payn, James (1830-1898) (items) (chron.)

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

Payne, Elizabeth Stancy; [born Elizabeth Magovern] (1868-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York; died in East Orange, New Jersey; novelist and fashion writer.

Payne, John (1842-1916) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(poet)

Payne, John Howard (1791-1852) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Howard_Payne

Payne, (Pierre Stephen) Robert (1911-1983) (items) (chron.)

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

Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).

Payne, Will (1865-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Whiteside County, Illinois; journalist and financial editor of Chicago Daily News, Chicago Chronicle and Economist; contributed fiction to magazines.

Payson, William Farquhar (1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

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

Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.

Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)

Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.

Peake, Elmore E(lliott) (1871-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7943818

Peake, Mervyn (Laurence) (1911-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Peake

Pearce, Dick; [i.e., Richard Elmo Pearce] (1909-1990) (items) (chron.)

. Editor and journalist. Born in Springer, Oklahoma; resident of San Francisco, California.

Pearl, Nancy Linn (1945- ) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/nancy_linn.pearl/532830?profileId=532830

Pearlman, Edith (1936-2023) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Pearlman