The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 83

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

Spark, [Dame] Muriel (Sarah) [née Camberg] (1918-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

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

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

Sparrow, Jeff (1969- ) (items)

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

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

See https://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

Speer, Victor (1872-1909) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-victor-speer/162151412

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

See www.kevins-art.com

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

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

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

See https://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 https://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).

Spicer, Henry (T.) (?-1891) (items) (chron.)

See www.djo.org.uk/indexes/authors/mr-henry-t-spicer.html

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

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

Spillum, Todd (1952-2025); used pseudonym Todd Grimson (items) (chron.)

See locusmag.com/2025/03/todd-grimson-1952-2025/

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spinelli, (Alex) Laurence [born Alessandro Lorenzo Spinelli] (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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Sprang

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

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

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

Sproule, Dale L. (fl. 1980s-2020s) (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-2020s) (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

Stagg, Clinton H(olland) (1888-1916) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2020/10/ClintonStagg.html

Stagge, Jonathan; pseudonym of Richard Wilson Webb & Hugh Callingham Wheeler (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

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

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

Stalnaker, Leo (1897-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-obituary-for-ex-lawmak/157290059/

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

Standish, Burt L.; pseudonym of Gilbert Patten (1866-1945) (items); primarily a personal pseudonym of Gilbert Patten, but also used by a handful of other authors.

See https://ulib.niu.edu/badndp/patten_william.html

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

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

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

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

See kristinastanley.com

Stanley, Marian McMahon (fl. 2010s-2020s) (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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Stanton_(author)

Stanworth, Michelle (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Canada; professor in Cambridge Univ.