The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 92

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.

Orczy, Baroness (Emmuska) (1865-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_Emma_Orczy

Ordway, (Lucius) Peter (1916-2001) (items)

Born in Minnesota; died in Palm Beach, Florida; scriptwriter and novelist.

O’Reilly, Edward S(innott) “Tex” (1880-1946) (items) (chron.)

Writer and journalist.

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) (items) (chron.)

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

Ormant, Arthur (1922- ) (items) (chron.)

Editor and writer. Born in Albany, New York; lives in New York City.

Ormerod, John (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lancashire; served in the Merchant Navy from 1943-47; worked as a newspaper reporter for a year and then abandoned office life to concentrate on writing.

Ormsbee, Helen (1884-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/62896356/helen-ormsbee

Ornitz, Don(ald R.) (1920-1972) (items) (chron.)

See glamourphotographers.yolasite.com/more-photogs-page-2.php

O’Rourke, Dan; pseudonym of A. DeHerries Smith (1881-1945) (items) (chron.)

See montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/augustus-deherries-smith-of-bonnie-doon-and-ireland

O’Rourke, Frank (1916-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Orr, Clifford (Burrowes) (1899-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Maine, graduate of Dartmouth; editor of “The New Yorker”.

Orsborne, Dod (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer, adventurer, sailor, writer. Born in Dundee, Scotland; died in Belle-Isle, France.

Orton, William A(ylott) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

See snaccooperative.org/view/44327180

Osborn, Stanley R. (1876-1946) (items) (chron.)

A journalist, born in Nebraska.

Osborne, Charles (Thomas) (1927-2017) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Osborne_(music_writer)

Osborne, (Samuel) Duffield (1858-1917) (items) (chron.)

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

Osborne, Emily (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See emko.carbonmade.com

Osborne, John (James) (1929-1994) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Osborne

Osborne, William Hamilton (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=1137

Osbourne, Lloyd (1868-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Shaughnessy, Arthur W(illiam Edgar) (1844-1881) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_O'Shaughnessy

Oskison, John Milton (1874-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton_Oskison

Osmond, Marion (Wallace) (1870-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born Marion Wallace in London; married Walter Osmond, one time special constable at Buckingham Palace; died in London.

Ostenso, Martha (1900-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Ostenso

Ostlere, Gordon Stanley (1921-2017); used pseudonym Richard Gordon (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gordon_(English_author)

Ostrander, Isabel; [i.e., Isabella Egenton Ostrander Lamb] (1883-1924) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2020/10/isabel-ostrander-author.html

O’Sullivan, William J. (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-obituary-for-william-j-osul/128770305

Oswald, Lee Harvey (1939-1963) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald

Otis, Elita Proctor (1851-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elita_Proctor_Otis

Otis, James; pseudonym of James Otis Kaler (1848-1912) (items) (chron.)

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

Ottolengui, (Benjamin A.) Rodrigues (1861-1937) (items) (chron.)

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

Otway, Leslie (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/01/leslie-otway.html

Ouida; pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé (1839-1908) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouida

Oulahan, Richard (1867-1931) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, well known correspondent. Born and died in Washington, D.C.

Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouyang_Xiu

Overholser, Wayne D. (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_D._Overholser