The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 27

Biss, Eula (c1977- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Biss, (Edwin) Gerald (Jones) (1876-1922) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/gerald-biss.html

Bissell, Richard (Pike) (1913-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Bissell, Tom (fl. 1930s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not automobile expert and businessman Thomas Ashley Bissell (1899-?).

Bisson, Frank; [i.e., William Francis Legros Bisson] (1894-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lancashire, England; died in British Columbia, Canada; served in merchant navy.

Bisson, Terry (Ballantine) (1942-2024) (items) (chron.)

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

Bixby, Rex Vancil (1893-1959) (items) (chron.)

Father of Jerome Bixby.

Bjarnason, Bogi (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

See www.granvilleislandpublishing.com/2point0/product/bogi-bjarnason-his-words

Bjorklund, Larry F.; [i.e., Lorence Ferdinand Bjorklund] (1913-1978) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BJorklund.html

Bjorkman, Frances Maule (1879-1966); previously known as Frances Maule (items) (chron.)

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

Björnson, Björnstjerne (1832-1910) (items) (chron.)

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

Black, C(harles) E(dward) D(rummond) (1845-1917) (items) (chron.)

Born in Naples, and spent many years serving in the India Office where he described himself in 1891 as a “Geographical Assistant” but I believe he was a surveyor.

Black, Clementina (Maria) (1853-1923) (items) (chron.)

Brought up in Briton, daughter of a solicitor; moved to London, worked at the British Museum; activist for workers’ and women’s rights.

Black, Dorothy; maiden name of Dorothy MacLiesh (1890-1977) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Black_(novelist)

Black, Edith Ferguson (1857-1936) (items) (chron.)

See cwrc.ca/islandora/object/ceww%3A98bc5b12-98e7-47e5-b49b-8b9754a8cab8

Black, Hugh, D.D. (1868-1953) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Black_(theologian)

Black, Irma Simonton (1906-1972) (items) (chron.)

See bankstreet.edu/center-childrens-literature/irma-black-award/irma-black-biography/

Black, Ladbroke (Lionel Day) (1877-1940); used pseudonym Paul Urquhart (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/09/paul-urquhart-ladbroke-black-thomas.html

Black, Martha (Louise) Munger (1866-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Black, R(obert) Jere (Jr.) (1892-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; was gassed while serving in France with the American Expeditionary Force in WWI and suffered ill health thereafter; died in Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico. His wife was E(lizabeth) Best Black.

Black, Sophie Cabot (1958- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Black, William (1841-1898) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Black_(novelist)

Black, Winifred (Sweet) (1863-1936) (items) (chron.)

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

Blackburn, Paul (1926-1971) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Blackburn_(poet)

Blackburn, Tom W.; [i.e., Thomas Wakefield Blackburn, II] (1913-1992) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_W._Blackburn

Blackburne, Gertrude Ireland (1861-1951) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, novelist and editor.

Blackie, John Stuart (1809-1895) (items) (chron.)

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

Blackledge, W(illiam) J(ames) (1886-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/william-james-blackledge.html

Blackmon, Anita; [i.e., Anita Blackmon Smith] (1892-1943); also known as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith (items) (chron.)

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

Blackmon, Robert C(harles) (1900-1959) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2024/11/the-thrilling-world-of-robert-c-blackmon-man-of-mystery/

Blackmore, R(ichard) D(oddridge) (1825-1900) (items) (chron.)

Born in Longworth, Berkshire; lived for some years in Wales; called to the bar in 1852 but gave up the law for teaching and writing.

Blackton, J(ames) Stuart (1875-1941) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Stuart_Blackton

Blackwell, [Sir] Basil (Henry) (1889-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Blackwell, Carlyle (, Jr.) (1913-1974) (items) (chron.)

See glamourphotographers.yolasite.com/more-photographers.php

Blackwell, Garie (fl. 1970s-1980s) (items) (chron.)

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

Blackwell, Harriet Gray (1898-1986) (items) (chron.)

See library.syr.edu/digital/guides/b/blackwell_hg.htm

Blackwood, Algernon (Henry) (1869-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Blade, Alexander (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by Howard Browne (1908-1999), Roger Philip Graham (1909-1966), Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977), John W. Jakes (1932-2023), Herbert B. Livingston (1916-2016), William P. McGivern (1922-1982), David Wright O’Brien (1918-1944), Robert Silverberg (1935- ), David Vern (1914-1994), Don Wilcox (1905-2000) & Robert Moore Williams (1907-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Blagden, Claude M(artin) (1874-1952) (items) (chron.)

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

Blaikie, John Arthur (1849-1917) (items) (chron.)

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

Blaikie, William G(arden) (1820-1899) (items) (chron.)

See banneroftruth.org/us/about/banner-authors/william-g-blaikie/

Blaikley, Ernest (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; became a painter and graphic artist; during the first war he was an official war artist and afterwards the first Keeper of Pictures at the Imperial War Museum.

Blaine; pseudonym of Norman Saunders (1907-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/SN.html

Blaine, John; pseudonym of Hal Goodwin (1914-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Blair, Alison (1906-1995) (items)

See www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alison-blair-1621850.html

Blair, Emily Newell (1877-1951) (items) (chron.)

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

Blair, Eric (Arthur) (1903-1950); used pseudonym George Orwell (items) (chron.)

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

Blair-Staples, Edith; pseudonym of Edith Eva Staples (1868-1952) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/01/edith-blair-staples.html

Blaisdell, E(lijah) Warde (1872-1944) (items) (chron.)

See www.rhsil.org/uploads/2/6/4/3/26435469/1973_-_vol_10_-_no_5.pdf

Blake, A(lfred) H(owarth) (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

See www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/A_H__Blake

Blake, Lillie D(evereux Umsted) [born Elizabeth Johnson Devereux] (1833-1913); previously known as Lillie D. Umsted (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, Mary Elizabeth; [née Murphy] (1840-1907) (items) (chron.)

See https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191226295/mary-elizabeth-blake

Blake, Nicholas; pseudonym of C. Day-Lewis (1904-1972) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Day-Lewis

Blake, Robert (1598-1657) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake_(admiral)

Blake, Robert (Norman William, Baron Blake) (1916-2003) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake,_Baron_Blake

Blake, (Francis William) Stacey (1873-1964) (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, Wilfred T(heodore) (1894-1968) (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, William (1757-1827) (items) (chron.)

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

Blaker, Richard (Sidney) (1893-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in India, educated at Oxford, died in Los Angeles; journalist and author.

Blakeslee, Frederick M(anley) (1898-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Blakeslee.html

Blalock, Lucas (1978- ) (items) (chron.)

See art21.org/artist/lucas-blalock/

Blamire, Susanna (1747-1794) (items) (chron.)

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

Blampied, Edmund (1886-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Blanc, François (1806-1877) (items)

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

Blanch, Leonard K(ing) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

UK Army Major (and Captain).

Blanchard, Amy E(lla) (1854-1926) (items) (chron.)

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

Blanchard, (Samuel) Laman (1804-1845) (items) (chron.)

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