The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 29

O’Brien, Brian; [working name of Albert Hayward Young-O’Brien] (1898-1983) (items) (chron.)

See www.menspulpmags.com/the-mens-adventure-quarterly-9-the-croc-attack-issue

O’Brien, David Wright (1918-1944); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

O’Brien, (Michael) Fitz-James (1828-1862) (items) (chron.)

See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/obrien_fitz-james

O’Brien, George (1899-1985) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_O'Brien_(actor)

O’Brien, Howard Vincent (1888-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in Chicago; graduate of Yale University, literary editor of the Chicago Daily Times; died in Evanston, Illinois.

O’Connor, Frank; [born Michael Francis O’Connor O’Donovan] (1903-1966) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_O'Connor

Odell, Minnie (1864-1940); also known as Aurelia M. Michener; used pseudonym Minna Irving (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2017/04/minna-irving-1857-1940.html

Offutt, Andrew J(efferson, V) (1934-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Ogilvie, Carl Bernard (1896-1979) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-obituary-for-ogilvie-og/146310821

Ogilvie, Will(iam) H(enry) (1869-1963) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Ogilvie

Oglesby, W(illiam) H. Ellis (1966- ) (items) (chron.)

Freelance writer in Atlanta, Georgia.

O’Halloran, Thomas (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/evening-courier-thomas-ohalloran/146309632

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

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

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

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

Oliver, Jennie Harris (1864-1942) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Harris_Oliver

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

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Flynn

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.

Olson, Kevin Noel (1968- ) (items) (chron.)

See kevinnoelolson.com

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’Mahony, Charles Kingston (1884-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland; educated in Dublin; author and journalist.

O’Neail, N(orbert) J(ames) (1898-1972) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/03/nj-oneail-1898-1972.html

O’Neil, Sally; [born Virginia Louise Concepta Noonan] (1908-1968) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_O'Neil

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.

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

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

Orban, Paul (1896-1974) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Orban.html

Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska) [i.e., Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Barstow, Baroness Orczy] (1865-1947) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy

Orde, G(ertrude) C(ederstrom) (1901-1959) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Orde.html

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

Writer and journalist.

Osborne, (Samuel) Duffield (1858-1917) (items) (chron.)

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

Osborne, William Hamilton (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=1137

O’Shea, Danny; [i.e., Daniel Patrick O’Shea] (1901-1979) (items)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0642637

Oskison, John Milton (1874-1947) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton_Oskison

Ostrander, Isabel; [i.e., Isabella Egenton Ostrander Lamb] (1883-1924) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2020/10/isabel-ostrander-author.html

O’Sullivan, William J. (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-obituary-for-william-j-osul/128770305

Otis, James; pseudonym of James Otis Kaler (1848-1912) (items) (chron.)

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

Ouse, David (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See zenithcity.com/author/davo

Overholser, Wayne D. (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_D._Overholser

Overn, Bud (William) (1927-2018) (items) (chron.)

See www.ocregister.com/obituaries/bud-william-overn-tustin-ca

Owen, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

Owen, Frank (1893-1968) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/frank-owen-1893-1968.html

Oxenham, John; pseudonym of William Dunkerley (1852-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

Oyler, Leslie Mary (Kathleen) (1884-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldfamilytree.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2380&tree=1

Pachter, Josh (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

See joshpachter.com

Packard, Frank (Lucius) (1877-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Paddock, Jilly (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/5624332.Jilly_Paddock

Page, Gerald W(ilburn) (1939- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_W._Page

Page, Norvell W(ooten) (1904-1961); used pseudonym Grant Stockbridge (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Lauran (Bosworth) (1916-2001) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Ralph Delahaye (1871-1925) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Delahaye_Paine

Painton, Frederick C(harles) (1895-1945) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_C._Painton

Palmer, Delos, Jr. (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Palmer.html

Palmer, Frederick (1873-1958) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Palmer_(journalist)

Palmer, John F. Joseph (1866?-1928) (items)

Born in Quebec, Canada in 1866 or 1874; died in California.

Palmer, Raymond A(rthur) (1910-1977); used pseudonym A. R. Steber (items) (chron.)

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

Palmer, (Charles) Stuart (Hunter) (1905-1968) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Palmer

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

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

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

Parr, Thelma (1906-2000) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Parr

Patrick, Q.; joint pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb, Hugh Callingham Wheeler, Martha Mott Kelley & Mary Louise Aswell (fl. 1930s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Quentin

Patten, Gilbert; [born William George Patten] (1866-1945); previously known as William George Patten; used pseudonyms Gordon MacLaren, J. G. St. Dare & Burt L. Standish (items) (chron.)

See https://ulib.niu.edu/badndp/patten_william.html

Patterson, Rod(ney Lea) (1899-1983) (items) (chron.)

See https://pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2018/10/issue-review-western-story-annual-1948.html

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

See pulpartists.com/PF.html

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (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.

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

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

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

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