The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 65

Porter, Justin (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See portersnotebook.tumblr.com

Porter, Verne Hardin (1888-1942) (items)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0692325

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

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

Post, Melville Davisson (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post

Potts, Leonard (1902-1978) (items) (chron.)

See ashrarebooks.com/2020/07/09/leonard-potts/

Pötzsch, Oliver (1970- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.oliver-poetzsch.de

Poulson, Christine (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.christinepoulson.co.uk

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

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

Powell, William Dylan (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.darktexas.com

Power, Helen (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See helenpower.ca

Power, Jed (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.darkjettypublishing.com

Power, Norman (Sandiford) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/norman-power.html

Powers, Beth (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See bethpowers.com

Poyer, D(avid) C(harles) (1949- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Pozzessere, Heather Graham (1953- ); previously known as Heather Graham (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Graham_Pozzessere

Prather, Richard S(cott) (1921-2007) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_S._Prather

Pratt, Eleanor Blake Atkinson Cox (1899-1953?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hinsdale, Illinois.

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

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

Prebble, Stuart (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

British TV journalist, reporter, and producer/director.

Preece, Harold (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer, specialist in Texas history. Born in Austin, Texas.

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.

Presnell, Frank G(ilmore) (1906-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mexico; educated at Antioch College and Ohio State Univ.; designer and engineer; lived in Ohio for 40 years, then in Los Angeles.

Prest, Thomas Peckett (1810?-1859) (items) (chron.)

Began writing career adapting farces and melodramas from the French, but then specialized in gothic thrillers, full of torture, murder, sex and sadism; lived a dissipated life, dying a pauper in Islington.

Preston, Douglas (1956- ) (items)

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

Preston, George Hyde (1857-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star/142475169

Preston, Mar (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See marpreston.com

Prévost, Marcel (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, (Alan) Anthony (1928-2019) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Price

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.

Price, Willard (De Mille) (1887-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer, editor, explorer. Born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; died in Laguna Hills, California (?).

Priest, Christopher (McKenzie) (1943-2024) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Priest_(novelist)

Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurence_Pritchard

Procter, Maurice (1906-1973) (items) (chron.); Note: The name was sometimes spelled Proctor.

Novelist. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.

Proctor, Candice (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items)

See www.csharris.net

Proctor, Thalia (1970-2022) (items) (chron.)

See www.thebookseller.com/obituaries/obituary-thalia-proctor

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Proulx, E(dna) Annie (1935- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Proulx

Pruitt, Eryk (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See erykpruitt.com

Pruyn, Leonard (1898-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Pudney, John (Sleigh) (1909-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pudney

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

Born in London.

Pugmire, John (?-2024) (items)

See www.mysteryscenemag.com/blog-article/7723-john-pugmire-publisher-translator

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

Born in London.

Purdom, Thomas E(dward) (1936-2024) (items) (chron.)

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

Purdy, Nina (Sutherland) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

See www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-202810290/less-work-for-mother-rural-readers-farm-papers

Purtill, Richard L(awrence) (1931- ) (items) (chron.)

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

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

See dwputnam.wordpress.com

Puzo, Mario (1920-1999) (items)

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

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

See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html

Pyne, Daniel (1955- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pyne

Quantrill, Nick (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See nickquantrill.co.uk

Quayle, Eric (Stanley) (1921-2001) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Quayle

Queally, James (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.latimes.com/people/james-queally

Queen, Ellery; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee (fl. 1920s-1990s) (items) (chron.); pseudonym used by Dannay solo after Lee’s death, but also used as a house pseudonym, particularly for EQ novels published after 1961.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen

Quentin, Patrick; joint pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler (fl. 1930s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Quentin

Quertermous, Bryon (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See bryonquertermous.com

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

Quick, W(illiam) T(homas) (1946- ) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Quin, B(asil) G(odfrey) (1891-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne; educated at Armstrong College, Durham University and Cambridge; schoolmaster; lived in Northumberland.

Quinn, Colleen (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.colleenquinn.net

Quinn, E(leanor) Baker (1900-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in the U.S.

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

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

Quintana, George; [born George L. Quaintance] (1902-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Quintana.html