The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 4

Bisson, Frank; [i.e., William Francis Legros Bisson] (1894-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lancashire, England; died in British Columbia, Canada; served in merchant navy.

Bixby, (Drexel) Jerome (Lewis) (1923-1998) (items) (chron.)

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

Bjorklund, Larry F.; [i.e., Lorence Ferdinand Bjorklund] (1913-1978) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BJorklund.html

Black, Pansy E(llen Beach) (1890-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Black, R(obert) Jere (Jr.) (1892-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; was gassed while serving in France with the American Expeditionary Force in WWI and suffered ill health thereafter; died in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. His wife was E(lizabeth) Best Black.

Blackburn, Tom W.; [i.e., Thomas Wakefield Blackburn, II] (1913-1992) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_W._Blackburn

Blackledge, W(illiam) J(ames) (1886-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/william-james-blackledge.html

Blackmon, Anita; [i.e., Anita Blackmon Smith] (1892-1943); also known as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/mrs-harry-pugh-smith-1892-1943.html

Blackmon, Robert C(harles) (1900-1959) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2024/11/the-thrilling-world-of-robert-c-blackmon-man-of-mystery/

Blackwood, Algernon (Henry) (1869-1951) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algernon_Blackwood

Blade, Alexander (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by Alfred Bester (1913-1987), Howard Browne (1908-1999), Chester S. Geier (1921-1991), Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977), William L. Hamling (1921-2017), John W. Jakes (1932-2023), Berkeley Livingston (1909-1975), Herbert B. Livingston (1916-2016), William P. McGivern (1922-1982), David Wright O’Brien (1918-1944), Louis H. Sampliner (1912-1993), Richard S. Shaver (1907-1975), David Vern (1914-1994), Don Wilcox (1905-2000), Robert Moore Williams (1907-1977) & Leroy Yerxa (1915-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Blaine; pseudonym of Norman Saunders (1907-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/SN.html

Blake, (Francis William) Stacey (1873-1964) (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, William (1757-1827) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

Blakeslee, Frederick M(anley) (1898-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Blakeslee.html

Blalock, H. David (1953- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.thrankeep.com

Bleiler, Everett F(ranklin) (1920-2010) (items) (chron.)

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

Bleiler, Richard (James) (1959- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Blériot, Louis (Charles Joseph) (1872-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Blériot

Blethen, (Alden) Joseph (Jr.) (1870-1937) (items) (chron.)

Publisher and playwright. Born in Farmington, Maine; died in Reno, Nevada.

Bligh, William (1754-1817) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bligh

Blish, James (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (items) (chron.)

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

Bliss, Tip; [i.e., Tyler Howe Bliss] (1890-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Salem, Massachusetts; prize-winning news photographer.

Blissett, Nellie K(atherine) (1876-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wokingham, Berkshire; died on Isle of Wight.

Bloch, Robert (Albert) (1917-1994); used pseudonym E. K. Jarvis (items) (chron.)

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

Blochman, Lawrence G(oldtree) (1900-1975) (items) (chron.)

Author and journalist. Born in San Diego, California; died in New York City.

Bloom, Ursula (Harvey) (1892-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Bloom

Bloomfield, Howard V(an) L(ieu) (1900-1998) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/harold-van-lieu-bloomfield-author.html

Bludis, Jack (W.) (1935- ) (items) (chron.)

See pageturnereditions.com/?p=350

Blummer, Jon L.; [born Jacob Lupu Blumer] (1904-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Blummer.html

Blyth, James (1864-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Boatright, Mody C(oggin) (1896-1977) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fbo01

Boeckman, Charles, Jr. (1920-2015) (items) (chron.)

See www.thepulp.net/yellowedperils/2015/10/27/charles-boeckman-jr-1920-2015/

Bogart, William (Gibson, Jr.) (1903-1977); used pseudonyms Nick Carter & Kenneth Robeson (items) (chron.)

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

Boggs, Russell A. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Railroader; lived in Pennsylvania.

Bolce, (William) Harold (1868-1940) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137932845

Bölle, Carl (1893-1955) (items) (chron.)

See de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Bolle_(Flieger)

Bond, Nelson S(lade) (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Bonestell, Chesley (Knight, Jr.) (1888-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesley_Bonestell

Bong, Richard Ira (1920-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Bong

Bonham, Frank; [i.e., Cecil Francis Bonham] (1914-1988) (items) (chron.)

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

Bonney, Norman J. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Bank clerk. Probably from Boston, Massachusetts.

Boop, David (Wayne) (1968- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.davidboop.com

Booth, Charles G(ordon) (1896-1949) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/charles-g-booth.html

Booth, Christopher B(elvard) (1889-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Centralia, Missouri; newspaper owner; journalist for Chicago Daily News.

Booth, Frederick (1882-1948) (items) (chron.)

Indiana author.

Booth, J(ames) W(illiam) (1905-1957) (items) (chron.)

Newspaper journalist and editor.

Borden, Olive (1906-1947) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Borden

Borg, Jack; pseudonym of Philip Anthony John Borg (1910-1976) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/jack-borg.html

Borg, Philip Anthony John (1910-1976); used pseudonym Jack Borg (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2006/10/jack-borg.html

Borland, Hal; [i.e., Harold Glen Borland] (1900-1978) (items) (chron.)

See drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:borland

Bostwick, Grace G(ertrude) (1875-1944) (items) (chron.)

Wisconsin-born, went to Alaska during the Chisana gold rush.

Boswell, Charles (Meigs, Jr.) (1909-1982) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer; born in Richmond, Virginia, not to be confused with the golfer of the same name.

Bosworth, Allan R(ucker) (1901-1986) (items) (chron.)

Author and naval officer. Born in San Angelo, Texas; lived in Roanoke, Virginia.

Bott, Henry A. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Possibly Henry Anthony Bott (1920-1992). Lived in Chicago.

Bouck, Zeh; pseudonym of John W. Schmidt (1901-1946) (items) (chron.)

See hamgallery.com/Tribute/2PI/2pi2.pdf

Bouma, J(ohannes) L(ambertus) (1914-1978) (items) (chron.)

Born in the Netherlands; died in Long Beach, California.

Bourdillon, Francis William (1852-1921) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_William_Bourdillon

Bouriseau, Bret (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See thewickedlibrary.com/bret-bouriseau

Bourke, Charles Francis (1865-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript/101890221/

Bowen, Robert Sidney (1900-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Bowhill, [Sir] Frederick (William) (1880-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Bowhill

Boxleitner, Bruce (1950- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Boxleitner

Boyce, Burke (1901-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.olympedia.org/athletes/23664

Boyd, (James) Aubrey (Fair) (1890-1945) (items) (chron.)

Probably the author of “A New Angle on the Drood Mystery” (1922).

Boyer, Columbia; pseudonym of Nell Martin (1887-1968) (items) (chron.)

Wife of Weed Dickinson.

Boykin, Carrington (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

Newspaperman. Perhaps from Virginia.