The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 65

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

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

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

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

Quiroule, Pierre; pseudonym of W. W. Sayer (1892-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Rabe, Mary Jo (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See maryjorabe.wordpress.com

Rachels, David (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See noirboiled.blogspot.co.uk

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.

Rader-Day, Lori (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See loriraderday.com

Radin, Edward (David) (1909-1966) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/edward-d-radin.html

Raht, Carlysle Graham (1880-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra13

Raia, Maria (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See mariaraia.daportfolio.com

Raimondo, Lynne (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See lynneraimondo.com

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

Raines, Theron (W.) (1925-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Ralston, Gilbert (1928- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Ramone, Marky; [born Marc Steven Bell] (1956- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Ramone

Ramsay, Caro (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See www.caroramsay.co.uk

Ramsden, Mark (1956- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Ramsden

Ranck, Edwin Carty (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/8872626/edwin-carty-ranck

Rand, Ayn; pseudonym of Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum O’Connor (1905-1982) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayn_Rand

Randall, Anthony A(sheton) (1923-2006) (items) (chron.)

Born in Sussex; educated at King’s School, Canterbury; served in the Indian Army 1942-1947; qualified as a solicitor in 1949; spent 35 years in a solicitor’s practice in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, retiring in 1987; living in Dorset.

Randall, William R. (c1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

Born in Rochester, New York; died in Roselle, New Jersey; motion picture, Broadway and radio actor.

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Randi

Randisi, Robert J(oseph) (1951-2024) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Randisi

Rankin, Ian (James) (1960- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Rankin

Rann, Susan (fl. 2000s) (items) (chron.)

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

Rao, Elahzar (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.theadirondackreview.com/ElahzarRao.html

Rao, Nilima (fl. 2020s) (items)

See sohopress.com/authors/nilima-rao

Rapacz, Mark (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See martianlit.com/author/mark-rapacz

Raphael, John N(athaniel) (1868-1917) (items) (chron.)

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

Raphael, Lev (1954- ) (items) (chron.)

Mystery columnist for Detroit Free Press; book critic on National Public Radio.

Rappart, Hugo (1901-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Vienna, Austria; graduate of the University of Vienna; on the editorial staff of Der Morgen in Vienna and Monde Illustre in Paris; served in the French underground during WWII; came to the U.S in 1948.

Rardin, Jennifer (D.) (1965-2010) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Rardin

Rask, Marie Coolidge; [born Marie Aurilla Coolidge] (1872-1949) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.com/2019/02/marie-coolidge-rask.html

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Rasmussen

Rasmussen-Silverstein, Rhiannon (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items)

See charibdys.cleanfolio.com

Rathbone, Julian (Christopher) (1935-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Rathborne, St. George (Henry) (1854-1938) (items) (chron.)

Born in Covington, Kentucky.

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

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

Rathke, Edward J. (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See edwardjrathke.com

Ravaud, Jacques (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ravenne

Rawson, Keith (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See litreactor.com/team/keith-rawson

Ray, James (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

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

Ray-Saulis, Katrina (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See imaginekatrina.blogspot.co.uk

Reach, James (1905-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn; died in Manhattan; graduate of Texas Christian University; director of the literary department of Samuel French, Inc., publishers.

Reade, Amy M. (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.amymreade.com