The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 86

Mergendahl, Charles (Henry) (1919-1959) (items) (chron.)

Novelist, actor, traveller. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts; died in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York.

Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Mérimée

Merington, Marguerite (1857-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Stoke Newington, England.

Merivale, H(erman) C(harles) (1839-1906) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Charles_Merivale

Merriam, Henry Clay (1837-1912) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C._Merriam

Merrick, David (1911-2000) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Merrick

Merrick, Leonard; [born Leonard William Miller] (1864-1939); previously known as Leonard Miller (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Merrick

Merrifield, Richard F(orrester) (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-obituary/31202071

Merrigan, Court (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See courtmerrigan.com

Merritt, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (items) (chron.)

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

Mersereau, John (1898-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/mersereau.html

Merwin, (Henry) Bannister (1872-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Milwaukee.

Merwin, Sam(uel Kimball), Jr. (1910-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Merwin, Samuel (Kimball) (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois, died in New York City; educated at Northwestern University; contributed many short stories and serials to magazines. Father of Sam Merwin, Jr..

Meserve, Arthur L(ivermore) (1838-1896) (items) (chron.)

See www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/meserve_arthur.html

Meservey, Russ; [i.e., Arthur Russell Meservey] (1898-1953) (items) (chron.)

Private in 828 Aero Squadron which did aircraft repairs.

Mesler, Corey (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey_Mesler

Mesoñero Romanos, Ramón de (1803-1882) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramón_de_Mesonero_Romanos

Metcalfe, (William) John (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalfe_(writer)

Metchnikoff, Élie; [i.e., Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov] (1845-1916) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élie_Metchnikoff

Methley, Violet M(ary) (1882-1953) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/violet-m-methley-1882-1953.html

Meyer, Russ (1922-2004) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Meyer

Meyers, Robert (William) (1919-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; murdered in Cody, Wyoming.

Meyerstein, E(dward) H(arry) W(illiam) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hampstead, Middlesex; educated at Harrow and Oxford; died in Holborn, London, England.

Meynell, Viola (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Meynell

Meyrink, Gustav; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Meyrink

Mezquida, Anna Blake (1883-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Blake_Mezquida

Michaëlis, Karin (1872-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Michaëlis

Michelangelo; [i.e., Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] (1475-1564) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo

Michelmore, Peter (1930- ) (items) (chron.)

A journalist and author; born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Michelson, Charles (1869-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/michelson-charles

Michelson, Miriam; [born Mary A. Michelson] (1866-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Michener, Carroll K(insey) (1885-1970) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Michener, George H(ayworth) (1903-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania, worked as lumberjack, rancher, steel worker and writer.

Michener, James A(lbert) (1907-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener

Mickler, Joseph (R., Jr.) (1898-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-joseph-mickler/160531882

Middleton, Frances Bragg (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.); there are suggestions that some of the stories under the Middleton name may have been written by, or with the assistance of, Frank Richardson Pierce, but no clear evidence has been found to support this.

Possibly Estelle Frances Bragg Middleton (1886-1951), born in Kentucky and lived in Texas.

Middleton, J(esse) E(dgar) (1872-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ontario; contributed to numerous magazines.

Middleton, Richard (Barham) (1882-1911) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Barham_Middleton

Miège, Guy (1644-1718) (items)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Miège

Mifflin, Lloyd (1846-1921) (items) (chron.)

See www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/mifflin-lloyd-mifflin-collection-1751-1965/

Mighels, Philip Verrill (1869-1911) (items) (chron.)

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

Mikes, George; [i.e., György Mikes] (1912-1987) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mikes

Mikszáth, Kálmán; [i.e., Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó] (1847-1910) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kálmán_Mikszáth

Milburn, George (1906-1966) (items) (chron.)

See www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI018

Miles, Bernard (James, Baron Miles) (1907-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Miles

Mill, Robert R. (1895-1942) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/robert-r-mill.html

Millar, Kenneth (1915-1983) (items) (chron.)

Detective story writer; his later mysteries featured detective Lew Archer. Born in Los Gatos, California; died in Santa Barbara, California.

Millard, Joseph J(ohn) (1908-1989) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/joe-millard.html

Millay, C(ora Lounella) B(uzelle) (1863-1931) (items) (chron.)

Mother of Edna St. Vincent Millay.

Millay, Diana (Claire) (1935-2021) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Millay

Millay, Edna St. Vincent (1892-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_St._Vincent_Millay

Mille, Pierre (1864-1941) (items) (chron.)

Short story writer and journalist. Born in Choisy-le-Roi, near Paris; died in Paris, France.

Miller, Alice Duer; [Mrs. Henry Wise Miller] (1874-1942); previously known as Alice Duer (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Duer_Miller

Miller, Bill (fl. 1970s) (items) (chron.)

Probably a pseudonym. Not to be confused with mystery writer Bill Miller (1920-1961)

Miller, C(hristopher) Blackburn (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

Painter, author, editor of salt-water fishing department in Adventure. Died in Yonkers, New York.

Miller, Carroll R. (fl. 1930s) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with Carroll Miller (1875-1949), construction engineer and head of the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Miller, David (Humphreys) (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Journalist. Lives in California.

Miller, Ed(ward) Mack (1921-1978) (items) (chron.)

Aviator and author. Born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota; died in Denver, Colorado.

Miller, (Mabel) Elizabeth York (1879-1949) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington, D.C.; a journalist and writer; became a naturalized British citizen in 1934; died in Maidstone, England.

Miller, Francis (1885-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in Columbus, Ohio; died in New York City.

Miller, Hugh S. (1886-1950) (items) (chron.)

Journalist and U. S. Consul. Born in Mudgee, New South Wales; died in Rochester, Indiana. Not to be confused with photojournalist Hugh Miller (1897?-1979)

Miller, J. Clarkson (1889-1966) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0588505

Miller, Joaquin; [i.e., Cincinnatus Hiner Miller] (1837-1913) (items) (chron.)

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

Miller, Max; pseudonym of Thomas Henry Sargent (1894-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Miller_(comedian)

Miller, Merle (1919-1986) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, novelist, biographer, and writer of film-scripts; he was also important in gay rights. He was born in Montour, Iowa and died in Danbury, Connecticut.

Miller, Thomas Samson (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Was an officer in the Royal Niger Chartered Trading Company. Probably English by birth, he lived in San Francisco, California.