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Wood, Edward (1926-1996) (items)
See fancyclopedia.org/Ed_Wood


Wood, Edwin Goodenow (1864-1934) (items) (chron.)
Brother of Theodore Snow Wood.


Wood, Jonathan (c1956- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/4tlv58/hi_reddit_im_jon_hollins_fantasy_author_and_fake


Wood, Kenneth P(rice) (1898-1945) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-kenneth-p-wood/145219213/


Wood, Stuart (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items) (chron.)
Perhaps Canadian writer Stuart Zachary Taylor Wood (1889-1966)


Woodbury, Clarence (Moats) (1898-1977) (items) (chron.)
See nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=obse19770421-01.1.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------


Woodbury, Herbert A(rthur) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)
Harvard graduate. Worked as full time writer for over a decade, rest of life as teacher. Born and mostly lived in Iowa.


Woodfin, Henry (A.) (1927-1998) (items) (chron.)
Born in Buffalo, New York; music (jazz) critic there.


Woodford, Jack; pseudonym of Josiah Pitts Woolfolk (1894-1971) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford


Woodhall, Edwin Thomas (1886-1941) (items) (chron.)
Educated at St. Georges Commercial School, Ramsgate; author and journalist.


Woodhouse, Martin (Charlton) (1932-2011) (items)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/woodhouse_martin


Wooding, James Bennett (1897-1954) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/05/james-bennett-wooding-1897-1954-first.html


Woodrow, Nancy Mann (Waddel) (1867-1935) (items) (chron.)
See oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602726


Woods, Jonathan (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See www.southernnoir.com


Woods, Paula L. (1953- ) (items) (chron.)
Native of Los Angeles; has M.A. in public health from UCLA; with her husband owns and operates a book packaging and marketing company.


Woods, Stuart (Chevalier) (1938-2022) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Woods


Woodward, Ann (F.) (1926- ) (items) (chron.)
Student of Japanese history and language; living in Ann Arbor.


Woodward, Edward (Emberlin) (1882-1951) (items) (chron.)
Born in Kidderminster; living in Berkshire in the 1930s.


Woolfolk, Josiah Pitts (1894-1971); used pseudonym Jack Woodford (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford


Woollcott, Alexander (Humphreys) (1887-1943) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott


Woolrich, Cornell; [i.e., Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich] (1903-1968) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich


Wordingham, James A(rthur) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)
Born in London, England; died in Kent; journalist, then editor of The Norfolk Chronicle.


Workman, James (1912-2001) (items) (chron.)
See www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22262


Worley, William (Thomas) (1915-1988) (items) (chron.)
Born and died in California; a teacher at Lowell High School, San Francisco.


Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wormser_richard


Worth, Adam (1844-1902) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Worth


Wortham, Revis (Z.) (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items)
See reaviszwortham.com/about.html


Worts, George F(rank) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)
Born in Toledo; radio operator turned freelance writer in Hawaii; screenwriter.


Wren, M. K.; pseudonym of Martha Kay Renfroe (1938-2016) (items)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wren_m_k


Wren, P(ercival) C(hristopher) (1875-1941) (items) (chron.)
Born in Deptford, London; birth registered as Percy Wren.


Wrenn, Charles L(ewis) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Wren.html


Wright, A(lan) J. (c1951- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.lep.co.uk/news/crime-author-strikes-again-with-award-honour-1-8157321


Wright, Betty Ren; [i.e., Betty Ren Wright Frederiksen] (1927-2013) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ren_Wright


Wright, David (John Murray) (1920-1994) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wright_(poet)


Wright, Edward (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)
See www.edwardwrightbooks.com


Wright, Eric (1929-2015) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Wright_(writer)


Wright, Erica (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)
See ericawright.typepad.com


Wright, Gilbert (Munger) (1901-1966) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Bell_Wright


Wright, Keith (1948- ) (items) (chron.)
Policeman in Nottingham C.I.D.


Wright, Nancy Means (1927- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.goodreads.com/author/show/280943.Nancy_Means_Wright


Wright, S(ydney) Fowler (1874-1965) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wright_s_fowler


Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897-1970) (items) (chron.)
Author, journalist, advertising writer, radio operator. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania.


Wuorio, Eva-Lis (1918-1988) (items) (chron.)
See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/eva-lis-wuorio.html


Wuornos, Aileen (Carol) (1956-2002) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos


Wurlitzer, Rudolph (1937- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Wurlitzer


Wurthmann, Helen (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See www.elance.com/s/helenwurthmann


Wyckoff, (Albert) Capwell (1903-1953) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/09/capwell-wyckoff.html


Wykes, (Douglas) Alan (1914-1993) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wykes_alan


Wylde, Thomas (Clarke) (1946- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wylde_thomas


Wyles, Lilian (Mary Elizabeth) (1885-1975) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Wyles


Wylie, Philip (Gordon) (1902-1971) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wylie_philip


Wyn, A(aron) A(rthur) (1898-1967) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Wyn


Wyndham, [Captain] Horace (Cowley) (1873-1970) (items) (chron.)
Born in Oxford, England; educated in Edinburgh.


Wyndham, John; pseudonym of John Beynon Harris (1903-1969) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wyndham


Wynne, [Dr.] Fred(erick) E(dward) (1870-1930) (items) (chron.)
Born in Kilkenny, Ireland; Medical Officer of Health, and Professor of Public Health, in Sheffield, and Honorary Pathologist at Royal Infirmary, Wigan.


Wyville, A(insworth) W. (1896-1982) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/aw-wyville.html


Yadon, Bayard (Earl) (1896-1933) (items) (chron.)
Born 10 Jan 1896 in Powder Springs, Tennessee; served with the American Expeditionary Forces overseas during WWI, studied law, and was later admitted to the bar; farmer, newspaper reporter for the Knoxville News-Sentinel, news editor for the Middlesboro Daily News; died of a sinus infection 25 Sep 1933.


Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn (1942- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yarbro_chelsea_quinn


Yarnell, Duane (Alvin) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon-duane-yarnell-writer/135532663/


Yates, Alan Geoffrey (1923-1985) (items) (chron.)
Earliest books were published as by Peter Carter-Brown, then as by Peter Carter Brown, then as by Carter Brown.


Yates, Donald A. (1930-2017) (items) (chron.)
See mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=53810


Yates, Edmund (Hodgson) (1831-1894) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Yates


Yawitz, Paul Arthur (1900-1983) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Yawitz


Yeats, William Butler (1865-1939) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats


Yeldham, Peter (Alan) (1927- ) (items) (chron.)
Radio, TV, stage and film writer in Australia; TV producer.


Yerkow, Charles (1912-1994) (items) (chron.)
Has done books on judo, bicycling and motorcycing. Born in New York City.


Yerxa, Leroy (Arnold) (1915-1946); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/yerxa_leroy



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