The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 92

O’Day, Nell (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nell_O'Day

Odd, Gilbert E(dward) (1902-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_Odd

Odell, Minnie (1864-1940); also known as Aurelia M. Michener; used pseudonym Minna Irving (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2017/04/minna-irving-1857-1940.html

Odlin, Jessie Reno (1869-1960) (items) (chron.)

See boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.pierce/840/mb.ashx

O’Donnell, Peter (Anthony Theodore) (1920-2010) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O'Donnell

Oemler, Marie Conway (1879-1932) (items) (chron.)

Born in Savannah, Georgia; contributed poems and short stories to magazines.

O’Faoláin, Seán (Proinsias) (1900-1991) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seán_Ó_Faoláin

O’Flaherty, D(aniel) C(ullers, Jr.) (1918-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-obituary-for-d-c/146311425

O’Flaherty, Liam (1896-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_O'Flaherty

Ogan, George (F.) (1912-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer and teacher. Born in Kirkwood, Missouri; lived in Louisiana.

Ogan, Margaret (E. Nettles) (1923-1979) (items) (chron.)

Teacher and writer, born in Columbia, Louisiana.

Ogden, Eva L(ucretia) (1853-1918) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-eva-l-ogden/146311230

Ogden, G(eorge) W(ashington) (1871-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas, died in Santa Monica, California; a newspaperman who became a prolific author of westerns in later life.

Ogilvie, Elisabeth (May) (1917-2006) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Ogilvie

Ogilvie, Frances; [i.e., Frances Ogilvie Nichols] (1902-1942) (items) (chron.)

Born in Princeton, Kentucky; married Earle M. Nichols in 1937; some sources give her birth as 1903.

O’Grady, John (Patrick) (1907-1981) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_O'Grady_(writer)

Ogrizović, Milan (1877-1923) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm1031734

O’Hagan, Anne (1869-1933); also known as Anne Shinn (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_O'Hagan_Shinn

O’Hagan, Howard (1902-1982) (items) (chron.)

See www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/howard-ohagan

O’Halloran, Thomas (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/evening-courier-thomas-ohalloran/146309632

O’Hanlon, James (Francis) (1910-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Coney Island, New York; died in Glendale, California; came to Los Angeles in 1931 and appeared in motion pictures as a dancer; then became a screenwriter for films and television.

O’Hara, Frank Hurburt (1888-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.HURBURTOHARA

O’Hara, John Myers (1870-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Myers_O'Hara

O’Hara, Mary; [i.e., Mary O’Hara Alsop] (1885-1980) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_O'Hara_(author)

O’Hara, Theodore (1820-1867) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_O'Hara

O’Harra, Jack (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Probably a pseudonym.

O’Higgins, Harvey J(errold) (1876-1929) (items) (chron.)

Born in London, Ontario; educated at Toronto University; playwright and author.

Ohrt, Wallace L. (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Saskatchewan, Canada.

O’Keeffe, (John) Neil (1891-1968) (items) (chron.); name also given as Neil O’Keefe.

See www.pulpartists.com/OKeeffe.html

O’Keeffe, Patrick (1898-?) (items) (chron.)

See www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/bygones/1939829.local-veteran-turned-crime/

O’Laughlin, John Callan (1873-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Callan_O'Laughlin

Older, Fremont (1856-1935) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremont_Older

Older, Mrs. Fremont (1875-1968) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=95828581

O’Leary, Frank (1902-?) (items) (chron.)

Ex-convict; served time in Sing Sing for robbery; co-authored a book on prison dialect. Not to be confused with confused with animator and writer Frank O’Leary (1922- ). Born in New York City.

O’Leary, Mike (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with British Army officer Michael O’Leary (1888-1961).

Oliphant, Mrs. (1828-1897) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oliphant

Oliphant, Ronald (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ69-NXT/ronald-oliphant-1884-1968

Oliver, Carolyn (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See carolynoliver.net

Oliver, (Symmes) Chad(wick) (1928-1993) (items) (chron.)

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

Oliver, Harry (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Not the Oscar-winning movie director (1888?-1973) who became a desert hermit.

Oliver, Jennie Harris (1864-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Harris_Oliver

Oliver, Owen; pseudonym of Joshua Albert Flynn (1863-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Flynn

Olivers, Thomas (1725-1799) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Olivers

Ollendorff, Heinrich Gottfried (1803-1865) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gottfried_Ollendorff

Ollivant, Alfred (1874-1927) (items) (chron.)

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

Olmsted, Harry F(rancis) (1889-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born August 10, 1889 in Los Angeles; worked as a civil engineer before turning to fiction; claimed to have sold 1200 stories; died April 2, 1970 in Riverside, California.

Olmsted, (Edgar) Stanley (1877-1939) (items) (chron.)

See tinyurl.com/StanleyOlmsted

Olney, Ross R(obert) (1929- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.rossrolney.net/page/page/5811624.htm

Olsen, John M. (1963- ) (items) (chron.)

See johnmolsen.blogspot.com

Olsen, Sondra Spatt (1936-2013); previously known as Sondra Spatt (items) (chron.)

See specialcollections.vassar.edu/collections/manuscripts/findingaids/olsen_sondra.html

Olson, Eugene E. (1936-2018); used pseudonym Brad Steiger (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Steiger

Olson, Maribeth (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

See todaysinspiration.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/the-art-of-wow-featuring-maribeth-olson.html

Olson, Ted; [i.e., Theodore B. Olson] (1899-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Malley, Power; [born Michael Augustine Power] (1877-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_O'Malley

Omarr, Sydney (1926-2003) (items) (chron.); name also given as Sidney Omarr.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Omarr

Ongley, Byron (1876-1915) (items)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0648688

Onions, (George) Oliver (1873-1961); later known as George Oliver (items) (chron.)

Changed his name legally to George Oliver in 1918, but continued to write as Oliver Onions.

Onslow, John (1906-1985) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/john-onslow.html

Openshaw, George H(enry) (1882-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in West Bromwich, Birmingham, on 23 July 1882, a one-time officer on a Royal Mail Steam Packet, then in the Royal Naval Reserve. Living with his wife Florence in Brighton in 1939. Later moved to Kenya in 1946.

Opie, Peter (1918-1982) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iona_and_Peter_Opie

Oppenheim, E(dward) Phillips (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Oppenheim, James (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oppenheim

Opper, Emma A. (1864-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1946/02/19/archives/miss-emma-a-opper-writer-of-short-stories-a-sister-of-new-york.html

Optic, Oliver; pseudonym of William T. Adams (1822-1897) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Taylor_Adams

Orban, Paul (1896-1974) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Orban.html

Orcutt, Eddy (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Almost certainly resident in San Diego, California.

Orcutt, William Dana (1870-1953) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire; died in Boston; Harvard graduate, typographer and author.