The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 62

Patterson, Harry; [born Henry Patterson] (1929-2022); used pseudonym Jack Higgins (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Higgins

Patterson, James (Brendan) (1947- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Pattinson, James (1915-2009) (items) (chron.)

See www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6762886/James-Pattinson.html

Pattison, (Joseph) Eliot (1951- ) (items)

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

Paul, Barbara (Jeanne) (1931-2022) (items) (chron.)

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

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

See pulpartists.com/PF.html

Paul, Robert S(pencer) (1914-2006) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/PF.html

Paul, Suzanne (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.spaulfiction.com/8.html

Paulsen, Gary (James) (1939-2021) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Paulsen

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.

Pauw, Marion (1973- ) (items) (chron.)

See nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Pauw

Pavone, Chris (1968- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pavone

Payne, Evelyn (Cameron) (1907-1977) (items) (chron.)

Daughter of a physician; attended schools in New York City, Texas and Arizona.

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

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

Payne, Will (1865-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Whiteside County, Illinois; journalist and financial editor of Chicago Daily News, Chicago Chronicle and Economist; contributed fiction to magazines.

Peace, David (1967- ) (items) (chron.)

Born and raised in Yorkshire; living in Japan.

Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)

Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.

Peake, Mervyn (Laurence) (1911-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervyn_Peake

Pearce, Dick; [i.e., Richard Elmo Pearce] (1909-1990) (items) (chron.)

. Editor and journalist. Born in Springer, Oklahoma; resident of San Francisco, California.

Pearce, Gerald (1928-2003?) (items) (chron.)

TV and short story writer living in Los Angeles.

Pearce, Jeffrey Dennis (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See where-we-start-from.blogspot.co.uk

Pearsall, Robert J(ames) (1885-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-obituary-for-robert-jam/153855854

Pearsol, John G(ilmore) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.

Pearsol, Zella (Irene) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)

Wife of John G. Pearsol.

Pearson, Alvin (Theodore) (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Pearson.html

Pearson, Drew; [i.e., Andrew Russell Pearson] (1897-1969) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Russell_Pearson

Pearson, Edmund (Lester) (1880-1937) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Pearson

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

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

Pearson, Scott (Michael) (c1965- ) (items)

See www.yeahsure.net

Pease, Raymond S. (1908-1990) (items) (chron.)

See www.adobegallery.com/artist/Raymond_Pease_1908157229714

Pechey, Archibald Thomas (1876-1961) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Thomas_Pechey

Peel, J(ohn) H(ugh) B(rignal) (1913-1983) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._B._Peel

Peery, James Robert (1900-1954); used pseudonym Carl Buchanan (items) (chron.)

See mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=439

Peikoff, Kira (c1986- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.kirapeikoff.com

Peirce, Earl, Jr. (1917-1983) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2020/07/earl-peirce-jr-1917-1983-part-two.html

Peirce, Hayford (1942-2020) (items) (chron.)

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

Pelavin, Daniel (fl. 1990s) (items) (chron.)

See pelavin.com

Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dudley_Pelley

Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)

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

Pendavingh, Richard (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See riddip.com

Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html

Pendleton, Don(ald Eugene) (1927-1995) (items); later used as a house pseudonym for “The Executioner” series.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton

Penkas, Michael (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See michaelpenkas.blogspot.co.uk

Penn, Chris(topher Shannon) (1965-2006) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Penn

Penzler, Otto (1942- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Penzler

Perilli, Marilena (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See altpick.com/marilenaperilli

Perkins, Kenneth (Taylor) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.); Note: This is the way his name appears in death records, but some references give his middle name as Brett.

Author and playwright. Born in Kodia Kanal, India; educated at University of California; died in Los Angeles, California.

Perl, H. W.; [i.e., Hyman Woolf Perlzweig] (1897-1952) (items) (chron.)

See ashrarebooks.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/h-w-perl-1897-1952/

Perri, Leslie; pseudonym of Doris Marie Claire Baumgardt (1920-1970) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Perri

Perrin, Kristen (fl. 2020s) (items)

See www.kristenperrin.com

Perry, Anne; [born Juliet Marion Hulme] (1938-2023) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Perry

Perry, (William) Armstrong (1877-1938) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/46362255

Perry, Leigh; pseudonym of Toni L. P. Kelner (1961- ) (items) (chron.)

See leighperryauthor.com

Perry, Paul (Eugene) (1929-2011) (items) (chron.)

Born in Nashville, Tennessee; spent 21 years in the Army; studied at San Antonio College; taught English for many years.

Perry, Ralph R. (1895-?) (items) (chron.)

Naval man and traveller; not to be confused with Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957).

Perry, Tyline; [Mrs. Ralph D. Perry] (1897-1978) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brownwood, Texas.

Persky, Anna Stolley (fl. 2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.abajournal.com/authors/64811

Pertwee, Roland (1885-1963) (items) (chron.)

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

Peskett, S(idney) John (1906-1991) (items) (chron.)

Born and educated in London; died in Tunbridge Wells, England.

Petaja, Emil (Theodore) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Peters, Fiona Maud Baines (1919-1961) (items) (chron.)

Stage actress and poet.

Peters, I(della) W. D(onnally) (1870s-1931) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/06/iwd-peters-1870s-1931-second-woman.html

Petersen, Herman (1893-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Utica, N.Y.; writer for the pulps; worked for Utica newspapers; was a postmaster in Poolville, N.Y.

Peterson, Andrew (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.andrewpeterson.com

Peterson, Margaret; [i.e., Margaret Ann Peterson Fisher] (1883-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Peterson, West F.; [i.e., Wesley Frank Peterson] (1907-1981) (items) (chron.)

See geneseo.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011836-12312020&e=wesley f peterson&m=between&ord=e1&fn=geneseo_republic_usa_illinois_geneseo_19810501_english_9&df=1&dt=5

Petrov, Ingoushka (1937-2010) (items)

Born in Poland; married to actor Tony Rudlin.