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- Bellah, James (1930- ) (stories)
- Son of James Warner Bellah.
- Bellah, James Warner (1899-1976) (stories)
- Father of James Bellah.
- Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bellamy_edward
- Benét, William Rose (1886-1950) (stories)
- Born in Fort Hamilton, New York; brother of poet Stephen Vincent Benét; poet, literary columnist and critic; editor of periodicals including Century Magazine, Literary Review of New York Times and Saturday Review of Literature; died in New York City.
- Benford, Gregory (Albert) (1941- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benford_gregory
- Bennett, Kem(ys Deverell) (1919-1986) (stories)
- SOE agent during WWII.
- Bennett, Margot (Mitchell) (1912-1980) (stories)
- Married to Richard Bennett.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bennett_margot
- Bennett, Richard (Lawrence) (1912-1999?) (stories)
- Born in London; spent first seven years of life in Egypt, then came to England for education; studied law, but became a journalist and for five years was editor of Lilliput magazine.
Married to Margot Bennett.
- Bensen, D(onald) R(eynold) (1927-1997) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bensen_d_r
- Benson, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benson_e_f
- Benson, R(obert) H(ugh) (1871-1914) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benson_robert_hugh
- Beresford, Elisabeth (1926-2010) (stories)
- Daughter of J(ohn) D(avys) Beresford.
- Beresford, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (stories)
- Father of Elisabeth Beresford.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/beresford_j_d
- Berger, Arthur Asa (1933- ) (stories)
- Professor of communication arts at San Francisco State Univ.
- Berger, Thomas (Louis) (1924-2014) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berger_thomas
- Bernstein, Al (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bernstein_al
- Berry, Adrian (Michael) (1937- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berry_adrian
- Berryman, John ({c}1919-1988) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/berryman_john
- Bertram, Noel; pseudonym of Noel Boston (1910-1966) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bertram_noel
- Bester, Alfred (1913-1987) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bester_alfred
- Betancourt, John Gregory (1963- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/betancourt_john_gregory
- Biemiller, Carl L(udwig) (1912-1979) (books) (stories)
- Journalist, editor and writer. Born in Haddonfield, New Jersey; died in Monmouth, New Jersey.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/biemiller_carl_l
- Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) (1842-1914?) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce
- Biggle, Lloyd, Jr. (1923-2002) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/biggle_lloyd_jr
- Bilenkin, Dmitri(i Aleksandrovich) (1933-1987) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bilenkin_dmitri
- Binder, Eando; joint pseudonym of Earl Binder (1904-1965) & Otto O. Binder (1911-1974) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/binder_eando
- Bing, Jon (1944-2014) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bing_jon
- Bischoff, David (Frederick) (1951- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bischoff_david_f
- Bishop, Michael (Lawson) (1945- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bishop_michael
- Bixby, (Drexel) Jerome (Lewis) (1923-1998) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bixby_jerome
- Blackburn, John (Fenwick Anderson) (1923-1993) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blackburn_john
- Blackford, Russell (Kenneth) (1954- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blackford_russell
- Blackwood, Algernon (Henry) (1869-1951) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood
- Blanchard, H(enry) Percy (1862-1939) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blanchard_h_percy
- Bleiler, Everett F(ranklin) (1920-2010) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bleiler_everett_f
- Blish, James (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/blish_james
- Bloch, Robert (Albert) (1917-1994) (books) (stories)
- Author best known for his blackly humorous fantasy and horror fiction and the novel Psycho (1959). Born in Chicago, Illinois; lived in Los Angeles, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bloch_robert
- Block, Lawrence (1938- ) (stories)
- Freelance New York writer; graduate of University of Michigan; author of numerous magazine articles and short stories under various names, ghosted several books, wrote paperback novels.
- Boardman, Tom, Jr. [i.e., Thomas Volney Boardman, Jr.] (1930- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boardman_tom
- Bogdanov, Alexander; pseudonym of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Malinovskii (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bogdanov_alexander
- Bok, Hannes; pseudonym of Wayne Woodard (1914-1964) (books) (stories)
- See pulpartists.com/Bok.html
- Boles, Paul Darcy (1916-1984) (stories)
- Author. Born in Ashley-Hudson, Indiana (one source says he was born in 1919 in Auburn, Indiana); died in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Bond, Nelson S(lade) (1908-2006) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bond_nelson_s
- Bone, J(esse) F(ranklin) (1916-2006) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bone_j_f
- Bonfiglioli, Kyril (1928-1985) (stories)
- Born Cyril Emmanuel George Bonfiglioli in Eastbourne; died in Jersey, Channel Islands.
- Borges, Jorge Luís (1899-1986) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borges
- Borgese, Elizabeth Mann (1918-2002) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/borgese_elisabeth_mann
- Boston, Bruce (David) (1943- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boston_bruce
- Bosworth, Allan R(ucker) (1901-1986) (stories)
- Author and naval officer. Born in San Angelo, Texas; lived in Roanoke, Virginia.
- Boucher, Anthony; pseudonym of William A. P. White (1911-1968) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boucher_anthony
- Boulger, Mrs. Dora Henrietta (née Havers) (1847-1923) (stories)
- First name also given as Dorothy; middle name also given as Harriet. Birth name probably Dora Henrietta Havers.
Born in Norfolk; spent much of childhood in South America and the Falkland Islands; returned to England in 1870.
- Boulle, Pierre (Francois Marie-Louis) (1912-1994) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Boulle
- Bounds, Sydney J(ames) (1920-2006) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bounds_sydney_j
- Boutland, David (William) (1938- ) (stories)
- Born in Gateshead, Durham, England; went to Australia in 1951; paperback novelist, television scriptwriter and writer of comic strips.
See also bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/david-boutland.html
- Bova, Ben(jamin William) (1932- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bova_ben
- Bowker, Richard (John) (1950- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bowker_richard
- Boyce, (Joseph) Chris(topher) (1943-1999) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/boyce_chris
- Boyd, Edward (1916-1989) (books) (stories)
- Scriptwriter for radio, TV and films; living in Glasgow.
- Boyle, T(homas) Coraghessan (1948- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Coraghessan_Boyle
- Brackett, Leigh (Douglas) [Mrs. Edmond Hamilton] (1915-1978) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brackett_leigh
- Bradbury, Ray (Douglas) (1920-2012) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Bradbury
- Bradfield, Scott (Michael) (1955- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bradfield_scott
- Bradley, Marion (Eleanor) Zimmer (1930-1999) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bradley_marion_zimmer
- Bramah, Ernest; pseudonym of Ernest Bramah Smith (1868-1942) (stories)
- See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/07/ernest-bramah-humorist-detective.html; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Bramah
- Brand, Max; pseudonym of Frederick Faust (1892-1944) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Brand
- Brandner, Gary (Phil) (1933-2013) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brandner_gary
- Brandon, Carl; house pseudonym (1937-1987)/(1938-1968)/(1939-2004)/(1935-2014)
- See fancyclopedia.wikidot.com/carl-brandon
- Brautigan, Richard (Gary) (1935-1984) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan
- Brecher, Edward (M.) (1912-1989) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_M._Brecher
- Brennert, Alan (Michael) (1954- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brennert_alan
- Bretnor, Reginald [legalized from Alfred Reginald Kahn] (1911-1992) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bretnor_reginald
- Breuer, Miles J(ohn), M.D. (1889-1947) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/breuer_miles_j
- Britton, David (1945- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/britton_david
- Brizzolara, John (1950- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brizzolara_john
- Broderick, Damien (Francis) (1944- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/broderick_damien
- Brooks, Rick [i.e., Richard Alan Brooks] (1941-2014) (stories)
- See www.weichtfh.com/obits/obituary.php?id=572475
- Brosnan, John (Raymond) (1947-2005) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brosnan_john
- Broster, D(orothy) K(athleen) (1877-1950) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.K._Broster
- Brown, Fredric (William) (1906-1972) (books) (stories)
- Writer remembered for his mysteries and for his “short-short” science fiction and fantasy stories. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio; died in Tucson, Arizona.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brown_fredric
- Brown, George Mackay (1921-1996) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackay_Brown
- Brown, Rosel George (1926-1967) (books) (stories)
- Born in New Orleans, LA.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brown_rosel_george
- Brown, (Donald) Wenzell (1911-1981) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brown_wenzell
- Browne, Howard (1908-1999) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/browne_howard
- Brownjohn, Alan (Charles) (1931- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brownjohn_alan
- Bruce, George (1898-1974) (stories)
- Popular author of World War I stories; the person for whom the pulp magazines George Bruce’s Squadron and George Bruce’s Contact are named. Additional biographical data on him have not been located, but he is known to have written screenplays for Hollywood motion pictures.
Not to be confused with Scottish poet George Bruce (1909- ).
See also bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/george-bruce.html
- Brundage, Margaret (Johnson) (1900-1976)
- See pulpartists.com/Brundage.html
- Brunner, John (Kilian Houston) (1934-1995) (books) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brunner_(novelist)
- Brunt, Samuel; pseudonym (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/brunt_captain_samuel
- Bryant, Edward (Winslow, Jr.) (1945- ) (books) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bryant_edward
- Bryning, Frank B. [i.e., Francis Bertram Bryning] (1907-1999) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/bryning_frank
- Buchan, John, Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940) (stories)
- First Baron Tweedsmuir. Scottish Government official; novelist, essayist, biographer and historian; Governor General of Canada from 1935-1940. Born in Perth, Scotland; died in Montreal, Canada.
Father of William Buchan.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Buchan
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