The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 29

Pladwell, E(dgar) S(pencer) (1884-1964) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and writer. Probably born in Oregon (one source says Brooklyn, New York); lived in Oakland, California.

Plaisted, (Charles) Max(well) (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Plaisted.html

Platt, Agnes (Edwards) Rothery (1887-1954); previously known as Agnes Edwards Rothery (items) (chron.)

See www.holisticpage.com.au/the-old-coast-road-from-boston-to-plymouth-illustrated-edition-dodo-press-agnes-edwards/9781409974437

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.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Pogue, L(loyd) Welch (1899-2003) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Welch_Pogue

Pohl, Frederik (George, Jr.) (1919-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

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.

Pollock, Frank Lillie (1876-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

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

Born in Northwich; author, editor, and journalist.

Pope, Christine (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See christinepope.com

Pope, Jessie (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Pope

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, William Sydney (1862-1910); used pseudonym O. Henry (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._Henry

Post, Wiley (1898-1935) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Post

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

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

Powers, George E(vart) (1896-1978) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-press-democrat-george-e-powers/155593940

Powers, Stefanie; [born Stefanie Zofya Paul] (1942- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanie_Powers

Pratt, Ambrose (Goddard Hesketh) (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

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.

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.

Prichard, (Hesketh Vernon) Hesketh (1876-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesketh_Hesketh-Prichard

Prichard, K(atherine O’Brien) (1851-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in India.

Prince, Norman (1887-1916) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Prince

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurence_Pritchard

Pritchett, Lulita Crawford (1906-1991) (items) (chron.)

See www.lulitacrawfordpritchett.com

Proctor, Richard A(nthony) (1837-1888) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_A._Proctor

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Pugh, Edwin (William) (1874-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Punshon, E(rnest) R(obertson) (1872-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeievitch (1799-1837) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html

Quick, Dorothy; [i.e., Dorothy Gertrude Quick Mayer] (1896-1962) (items) (chron.); some sources incorrectly list her as a pseudonym of Margaret Rogers Straub, born in 1900.

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96225916

Quigley, Ray(mond Lyman) (1909-1998) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Quigley.html

Quiller-Couch, [Sir] Arthur T(homas) (1863-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch

Quinn, Seabury (Grandin) (1889-1969) (items) (chron.)

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

Quirk, Leslie W. (1882-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Alta, Iowa; educated at University of Wisconsin; editor and publisher.

Raabe, [Captain] H. E. (1858-?) (items) (chron.)

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

Radcliffe, (Henry) Garnett (1898-1971) (items) (chron.)

Educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Sandhurst; served in India on the North-West Frontier and with the RAF in South Arabia and Socotra; later a civil servant.

Raddall, Thomas H(ead) (1903-1994) (items) (chron.)

Radio officer, writer, historian. Born in Hythe, Kent, England; lived in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Raine, Norman Reilly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, editor, novelist, screenwriter, creator of “Tugboat Annie.” Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; died in Woodland Hills, California. Note: one source lists his birthdate as 1894.

Raine, William MacLeod (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacLeod_Raine

Rainey, Roy C. (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988) & William Heuman (1912-1971) (items) (chron.)

used by at least five writers in different magazines; three have been identified, the rest are presumably by staff writers.

Raleigh, Henry (Patrick) (1880-1944) (items) (chron.)

See illustrationart.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/henry-patrick-raleigh-1880-1944.html

Rambo, Cat; [born Catherine Ann Francis] (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Rambo

Randi, James; [born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge] (1928-2020) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi

Rankin, Robert H(arry) (1909-1990) (items) (chron.)

Military historian and educator. Born in Martins Ferry, Ohio.

Rasmussen, Knud (Johan Victor) (1879-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Rasmussen

Rathjen, Carl Henry (1909-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Rawlinson, Ledward (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer, adventurer. Born in England; lived in Holland and in New York City.

Ray, Allene (1901-1979) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allene_Ray

Rayer, Francis G(eorge) (1921-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Reasoner, James M(orris) (1953- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.jamesreasoner.com

Rechnitzer, F(erdinand) E(dsted) (1894-1965) (items) (chron.)

Author of adventures and stories involving animals. Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

Reed, David V.; pseudonym of David Vern (1914-1994) (items) (chron.)

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

Reese, John (Henry) (1910-1981) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Reese

Reeve, Arthur B(enjamin) (1880-1936) (items) (chron.)

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

Reid, C(laude) Lestock (1888-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Reinagel, Wayne (1961- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Reinagel

Reitci, John George (1922-1983); used pseudonym Jack Ritchie (items) (chron.)

Prolific mystery writer. Died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Renard, Maurice (1875-1939) (items) (chron.)

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

Renaud, Joanne (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.joannerenaud.com