The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 80

Smith, George Henry (1922-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Smith, George O(liver) (1911-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Smith, Guy N(ewman) (1939-2020) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_N._Smith

Smith, H(arry) Allen (1907-1976) (items) (chron.)

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

Smith, H(yrum) M(ack) (1941- ) (items) (chron.)

Retired TWA captain. Living in Naples, Florida.

Smith, Harry Pugh (1900-1942) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/mrs-harry-pugh-smith-1892-1943.html

Smith, Mrs. Harry Pugh; married name of Anita Blackmon (1892-1943) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/mrs-harry-pugh-smith-1892-1943.html

Smith, Iain Crichton (1928-1998) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iain_Crichton_Smith

Smith, James Robert (1957- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Smith_(author)

Smith, Junius B(ailey) (1883-1945) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2025/08/junius-b-smith-1883-1945.html

Smith, Kevin Burton (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.kevinburtonsmith.com

Smith, Laurence Dwight (1895-1952) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; graduated from Yale and went into the real estate business, then into writing novels and true crime books; died in the Veterans Hospital in Albany, New York.

Smith, Malcolm H. (1910-1966) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/SmithM.html

Smith, Martin Cruz; [born Martin William Smith] (1942-2025); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cruz_Smith

Smith, Martin Ryerson (1907-2003) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; writer for numerous radio and TV network shows; pulp magazine writer.

Smith, Michael F(arris) (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See michaelfarrissmith.com/about/

Smith, Michael (Paul) Marshall (1965- ) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Marshall_Smith

Smith, Ralph Crosby (1907-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/SmithR.html

Smith, Richard R(ein) (1930-2013); used pseudonym Richard Reinsmith (items) (chron.)

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

Smith, Robert Charles (1938- ); used pseudonym Robert Charles (items) (chron.)

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

Smith, Robert Kimmel (1930-2020) (items) (chron.)

Died in Manhattan.

Smith, Roger (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.rogersmithbooks.com

Smith, (James) Thorne (Jr.) (1892-1934) (items)

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

Smith, Wallace (1888-1937) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Smith_(illustrator)

Smith, Wilbur (Addison) (1933-2021) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Smith

Smith, Zoe (Belle) McKenzie (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/spokane-chronicle-obituary-for-archie-zo/166642119/

Smits, Ton; [i.e., Gerardus Antonie Smits] (1921-1981) (items) (chron.)

See nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Smits

Smullen, Ivor (c1928-2006) (items) (chron.)

See www.pressgazette.co.uk/ivor-smullen

Smullyan, Raymond (Merrill) (1919-2017) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Smullyan

Sneddon, Robert W(illiam) (1880-1944) (items) (chron.)

See pseudopod.org/people/robert-w-sneddon

Snell, Edmund (1889-1972) (items) (chron.)

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

Snow, C(harles) P(ercy) (1905-1980) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.P._Snow

Snow, Charles H(orace) (1877-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lower Lake, California; extremely prolific writer of westerns, with 465 novels to his credit, an even more impressive achievement when one learns that he was totally blind since 1914. Died in Napa, California.

Snow, Walter (1905-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Connecticut; New York City newspaperman, short story writer.

Snyder, George (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

Retired as Senior Editor, Technical Publications, Boeing Co.

Snyder, Ted (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See sites.google.com/a/newmyths.com/nmwebsite/contributors/ted-snyder

Soare, William F(ulton) (1896-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Soare.html

Soares, L. L. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See khpbooks.com/llsoares/about-me

Soave, Juliana (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See www.julisnowwhite.com

Sobieck, Benjamin (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.crimefictionbook.com

Sobol, Donald J. (1924-2012) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Sobol

Sohl, Jerry; [i.e., Gerald Allan Sohl, Sr.] (1913-2002) (items) (chron.)

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

Sokoli, Joseph; [i.e., Joseph Szokoli] (1913-1981) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Szokoli.html

Soldan, William R. (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.emptymirrorbooks.com/author/williamrsoldan

Sollitt, Max (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

See sidharta.com/author/Max_Sollitt

Solomon, David R(osenbaum) (1893-1951) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/david-r-solomon-1893-1951-another-story.html

Solomons, Theodore Seixas (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller and writer. Born in San Francisco, California.

Solovioff, Nicholas (1927-1994) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Solovioff

Soloway, Jeff (fl. 2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/187350/jeff-soloway

Somerfield, Thomas (1876-1937) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/thomas-somerfield.html

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 https://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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._H._Sothern

Soule, Jean Conder (1919-2008) (items) (chron.)

See www.loganberrybooks.com/books/authors/jean-conder-soule.htm

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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Osman_Spare