The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 39

Wire, H(arold) C(hanning) (1899-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in California, lived there most of life; author of some 300 magazine stories.

Witten, George (Walter Bond) (1885-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-obituary-for-george-w-b/146143376

Wittmack, Edgar Franklin (1894-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wittmack.html

Witton, Frederick (William, Jr.) (1897-1985) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Witton.html

Witwer, Harry Charles (1880-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._Witwer

Wolfe, Reese (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Naval (merchant marine?) man.

Wolff, William Almon (1885-1933) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn; educated at New York University; contributor of fiction to magazines.

Wollheim, Donald A(llen) (1914-1990); used pseudonym Martin Pearson (items) (chron.)

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

Wolson, Morton (1913-2003) (items) (chron.)

Living in New York. Author of many pulp detective stories in the 1940s as Peter Paige.

Wonderly, W(illiam) Carey (1890-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in Baltimore, MD.

Wood, (Samuel) Andrew (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Wood, Bob; [i.e., Robert Edward Wood] (1959- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wood_(author)

Wood, Edwin Goodenow (1864-1934) (items) (chron.)

Brother of Theodore Snow Wood.

Wood, Kenneth P(rice) (1898-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-kenneth-p-wood/145219213/

Wood, Kerry; [i.e., Edgar Allardyce “Kerry” Wood] (1907-1998) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/1056948.Kerry_Wood

Wood, [General] Leonard (1860-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Wood

Wood, Sabine W(allingford) (1875-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Bangor, Maine.

Wood, Theodore Snow (1877-1940) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2013/12/theodore-snow-wood-1877.html

Wood, Wally; [i.e., Wallace Allan Wood] (1927-1981) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wood.html

Woodall, Rich (c1976- ) (items) (chron.)

See johnraygun.deviantart.com

Woodbury, Clarence (Moats) (1898-1977) (items) (chron.)

See nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=obse19770421-01.1.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------

Woodbury, Herbert A(rthur) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)

Harvard graduate. Worked as full time writer for over a decade, rest of life as teacher. Born and mostly lived in Iowa.

Woodford, Jack; pseudonym of Josiah Pitts Woolfolk (1894-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woodhall, Edwin Thomas (1886-1941) (items) (chron.)

Educated at St. Georges Commercial School, Ramsgate; author and journalist.

Wooding, James Bennett (1897-1954) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/05/james-bennett-wooding-1897-1954-first.html

Woodward, Edward (Emberlin) (1882-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kidderminster; living in Berkshire in the 1930s.

Woodworth, Douglas H. (1894?-1940) (items) (chron.)

Telegraph operator, died in Eau Claire, WI.

Wooley, John (Steven) (1949- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wooley

Woolfolk, Josiah Pitts (1894-1971); used pseudonym Jack Woodford (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woolrich, Cornell; [i.e., Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich] (1903-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich

Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items) (chron.)

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

Worth, Barbara; [born Verna Dooley] (1906-1955) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Worth

Worts, George F(rank) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo; radio operator turned freelance writer in Hawaii; screenwriter.

Wren, P(ercival) C(hristopher) (1875-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Deptford, London; birth registered as Percy Wren.

Wrenn, Charles L(ewis) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wren.html

Wright, Farnsworth (1888-1940) (items) (chron.)

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

Wright, [Major] (William) Mason (Jr.) (1893-1977) (items) (chron.)

Graduate of University of Pennsylvania; public relations officer to General Stillwell during WWII; later head of Armed Forces Radio Service in Hollywood.

Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897-1970) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, advertising writer, radio operator. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Wylie, I(da) A(lexa) R(oss) (1885-1959) (items) (chron.)

Born in Melbourne, Australia; a film writer, novelist, magazine writer and poet; lived in England, Germany, Hollywood, and finally New Jersey, where she died (in Princeton).

Wylie, Philip (Gordon) (1902-1971) (items) (chron.)

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

Wyn, A(aron) A(rthur) (1898-1967) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Wyn

Wyndham, [Captain] Horace (Cowley) (1873-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oxford, England; educated in Edinburgh.

Wynn, Ray (1873-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Millville, NJ; resided in Camden, NJ; died in Philadelphia.

Wynne, Stella Frances; [i.e., Estella Frences Wynne] (1885-1966); also known as Stella Wynne Herron (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/08/stella-wynne-1886-1966.html

Yancey, Lewis (Alonzo) (1895-1940) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Yancey

Yarnell, Duane (Alvin) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon-duane-yarnell-writer/135532663/

Yates, Alan Geoffrey (1923-1985) (items) (chron.)

Earliest books were published as by Peter Carter-Brown, then as by Peter Carter Brown, then as by Carter Brown.

Yates, Dornford; pseudonym of Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornford_Yates

Yeats-Brown, [Major] F(rancis Charles Claypon) (1886-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Yeats-Brown

Yergen, (Francis) Ralph (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/32318788/francis-ralph-yergen

Yerkow, Charles (1912-1994) (items) (chron.)

Has done books on judo, bicycling and motorcycing. Born in New York City.

Yerxa, Frances; [born Frances Ferris] (1917-2019); previously known as Fran Ferris (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Yerxa

Yerxa, Leroy (Arnold) (1915-1946); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Yore, Clem(ent) (1875-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri; educated at Washington University Law School; contributor of fiction to numerous magazines; died in Estes Park, Colorado; variously a Texas Ranger, cowpuncher, stage driver, gold prospector, lawyer, journalist, soldier in Spanish-American War, and poet; author of more than 600 short stories and 20 novels; died in Estes Park, Colorado.

Yost, Fielding H(arris) (1871-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fielding_H._Yost

Youd, C(hristopher) S(amuel) (1922-2012); used pseudonym John Christopher (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christopher

Young, Edgar (1883-1969) (items) (chron.)

Writer, travelled through Central America. Not to be confused with the general solicitor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad (1883?-1941).

Young, Ernest A(von) (1858-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Templeton, Massachusetts; died in Gardner, Massachusetts.

Young, Gordon (Raymond) (1886-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/gordon-ray-young-author-cowboy.html

Yount, Barton K(yle, Jr.) (1919-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.arlingtoncemetery.net/bkyountjr.htm

Zagat, Arthur Leo (1895-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Ziemer, Gregor (Athelwin) (1899-1982) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-altamont-news-gregor-ziemer/155461809

Zinberg, Leonard S(amuel) (1911-1968) (items) (chron.)

Author of mystery novels under the pseudonym of “Ed Lacy.” He died in New York City.

Zirm, Rudolph W(ilhelm) (1894-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Zirm.html

Zumpe, Lee Clark (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.leeclarkzumpe.com