The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 75

Somerlott, Robert (1928-2001) (items) (chron.)

Born in U.S., has lived mostly abroad, more recently in Mexico; lecturer in anthropology turned writer of books, short stories and essays.

Somervell, Brehon B(urke) (1892-1955) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brehon_B._Somervell

Somerville, Charles (Cecil Lee D’Montral) (1876-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in New Orleans of Creole descent; magazine writer, New York City reporter.

Sommerlad, Uwe (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0814039

Sonderborg, Frank (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See franksonderborg.blogspot.co.uk

Soni, M. J.; [i.e., Manju Soni] (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See manjusoni.com

Sorrentino, Fernando (1942- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buenos Aires.

Sothern, Edward Hugh (1859-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Sothern

Soutar, (Edward) Andrew (1879-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born Edward Andrew Stagg in Wiltshire; married Elspeth Soutar Swinton as Stagg in 1911; but then adopted the last name Soutar; death in Cornwall registered as Edward Andrew Soutar.

South, Marshal (1889-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born Roy Bennett Richards in Gelenelg, near Adelaide, Australia; came to the U.S. in 1908 with his mother and brother, settling in Oceanside, California; began using Marshal South for his writings in 1912 and it apparently became his adopted/legal name, under which his marriages, census records and WWII draft registration are listed. (His second wife Tanya is listed in social security death records as Tanya South and his first son as Marshal L. South Jr.) Author of 8 novels (none published in the U.S.), over 50 poems, short stories and essays and many Desert Magazine articles; lived latterly in a self-constructed house on “Ghost Mountain” in the California desert.

Southerland, Katharine Virden (1892-1955) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bayonne, New Jersey; educated in Dover, Delaware; advertising copy writer for Crowell Publishing Company of New York until marriage in 1923; died in Wilmington, Delaware.

Southon, Arthur E(ustace) (1887-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; educated at Methodist College, Surrey; Methodist Minister, living in Somerset in the 1930s.

Souvestre, Pierre (Wilhelm Daniel) (1874-1914) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brittany, France; a lawyer, journalist, author, and motor car enthusiast.

Souza, Joseph (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See www.josephsouza.net

Spalding, [Rev.] Samuel C(harles) (1878-1962); used pseudonyms Chickering Carter & Nick Carter (items) (chron.)

Born in Leavenworth, Kansas; educated at Meadville Theological School in Pennsylvania; founder of Chicago publishing company in 1921.

Spare, Austin Osman (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare

Sparkia, Roy (Bernard) (1914-1992) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/82093288/roy-b-sparkia

Sparrow, Gerald (1903-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Sparrow

Sparrow, Jeff (1969- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Sparrow

Spears, Raymond S(miley) (1876-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_S._Spears

Spector, Joel (fl. 1990s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.joelspector.com

Speechly, Marc Geoffrey (1960- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer/performer for many years, appearing on TV and creating and performing his own BBC Radio 2 series “Whining for England.”

Speegle, Darren (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/1126527.Darren_Speegle

Speidell, Kevin (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.kevins-art.com

Spelvin, George; pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1980s) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Spelvin

Spence, (John) Hartzell (1908-2001) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartzell_Spence

Spence, (James) Lewis (Thomas Chalmers) (1874-1955) (items) (chron.)

Born in Broughton Ferry, England; educated at Edinburgh University; author and editor; lived in Edinburgh.

Spencer, Brent (1952- ) (items) (chron.)

See nebraskaauthors.org/authors/brent-spencer

Spencer, Charles (1955- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Spencer_(journalist)

Spencer, Leonard G. (fl. 1950s); house pseudonym used by Randall Garrett (1927-1987) & Robert Silverberg (1935- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Spencer, Matt (1979- ) (items) (chron.)

See mattspencerauthor.word-press.com

Speyer, Edward (1884-?) (items) (chron.)

Journalist. Not to be confused with the friend of Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner (1841-1934).

Spillane, Mickey; [i.e., Frank Morrison Spillane] (1918-2006) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Spillane

Spilsbury, [Sir] Bernard (Henry) (1877-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Spilsbury

Spindler, Erica (1957- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Spindler

Spinell, Joe; [born Joseph J. Spagnuolo] (1936-1989) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Spinell

Spinelli, (Alex) Laurence (1892-1983) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Spinelli.html

Spinrad, Norman (Richard) (1940- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Spooner, Luke (A.) (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.carrionhouse.com

Sposato, John (fl. 1970s-2000s) (items) (chron.)

See johnsposato.carbonmade.com

Sprague, Ricky (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See rickysprague.com

Sprang, Richard W(illiam) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Sprang

Sprigg, C(hristopher) St. John (1907-1937) (items) (chron.)

Brother of Theodore S. Sprigg.

Spring, Agnes Wright; [born Agnes Rebecca Wright] (1894-1988) (items) (chron.)

See eadsrv.denverlibrary.org/sdx/pl/doc-tdm.xsp?id=WH1163_d0e35&fmt=text&base=fa

Spring, (Robert) Howard (1889-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.abfar.org.uk/ref/?Author_notes_and_lists:Howard_Spring

Springer, Nancy (Connor) (1948- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Springer

Sproule, Dale L. (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See dlsproule.blogspot.co.uk

Squier, Emma-Lindsay; [Mrs. John Bransby] (1892-1941) (items) (chron.)

See lakechapalaartists.com/?p=3239

Stacey, (Harold Charles) Barnard (1889-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; died in Newton Abbot, Devonshire.

Stack, Gilbert M. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See gilbertstack.webs.com/aboutme.htm

Stack, Gordon (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See gordonstackfiction.com

Stackpool, Walter (1915-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A51372

Stacpoole, H(enry) de Vere (1863-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Staggs, Earl (?-2020) (items) (chron.)

See earlwstaggs.wordpress.com

Stahr, Paul (Carl, Jr.) (1883-1953) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Stahr.html

Stajic, Marina (fl. 1970s-2010s) (items)

See www.nyc.gov/html/ocme/downloads/pdf/Fbio/Marina%20Stajic.pdf

Stallings, Josh (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See joshstallings.net

Stamaty, Stanley (1916-1979) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1979/09/15/archives/stanley-stamaty-an-illustrator-for-wellknown-publications-63.html?_r=0

Stanford, Don(ald Kent) (1918-1992) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; lived in Ontario, Canada.

Staniforth, John William (1863-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Staniforth

Stanley, [Sir] Henry M(orton) (1841-1904) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley

Stanley, Kristina (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See kristinastanley.com

Stanley, Marian McMahon (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.marianmcmahonstanley.com

Stanley, Robert (Charles, Jr.) (1918-1996) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Stanley.html

Stansberry, Linda (fl. 2020s) (items) (chron.)

See lindastansberry.com

Stanton, Paul; pseudonym of David Beaty (1919-1999) (items) (chron.)

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

Stanton, Will(iam Frank) (1918-1996) (items) (chron.)

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