The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 96

Portis, Charles (McColl) (1933-2020) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Portis

Portor, Laura Spencer (1872-1957) (items) (chron.); Name also given as Laura A. Porter and Laura Spencer Porter.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Spencer_Portor_Pope

Post, Augustus (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Pioneer aviator and automobilist. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in New York City.

Post, Melville Davisson (1869-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melville_Davisson_Post

Post Sargent; pseudonym (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Unresolved pseudonym. He is described as “a member of the faculty of one of our leading universities and is particularly well equipped for what he is doing in our pages.” He was obviously a capable historian.

Potter, Dan(iel Scott) (1932-2006) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oklahoma; educated at University of Oklahoma and Yale; author of novels, short stories, and plays.

Potter, David (1874-1962) (items) (chron.)

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

Potter, Jeanne Oldfield (1873-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/130581649/jeanne-oldfield-potter

Potter, Stephen (Meredith) (1900-1969) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Potter

Potthast, Edward (Henry) (1857-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Henry_Potthast

Pound, Arthur (1884-1966) (items) (chron.)

See quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-85522?byte=117189649;focusrgn=bioghist

Povey, Jennifer R. (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.jenniferrpovey.com

Powell, (Elizabeth) Dilys (1901-1995) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilys_Powell

Powell, E(dward) Alexander (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in Syracuse, N.Y.; educated at Syracuse University and Oberlin College; contributed to magazines in U.S. and England; overseas newspaper correspondent; conducted expeditions to many foreign countries; died in Falls Village, Connecticut.

Powell, Gerald (fl. 1950s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Not artist Gerald A. Powell (1942- ).

Powell, T. C. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See tcpowellfiction.blogspot.co.uk

Powell, Talmage (1920-2000) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Hendersonville, North Carolina; lived in Asheville, North Carolina.

Power, Eileen (Edna Le Poer) (1889-1940) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen_Power

Power, Norman (Sandiford) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/norman-power.html

Power-O’Malley, Ruth (Yeaton) (1907-1990) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/201506981/ruth-yeaton-whittlesey

Powers, Alfred (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Teacher, writer. Dean of the General Extension Division, Oregon State System of Higher Education. Born in Delania, Arkansas; lived in Oregon.

Powys, John Cowper (1872-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cowper_Powys

Powys, T(heodore) F(rancis) (1875-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._F._Powys

Pragnell, Festus (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Prance, Bertram (Stanley) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertram_Prance

Pratt, Ambrose (Goddard Hesketh) (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, Cornelia Atwood; [i.e., Cornelia Atwood Pratt Comer; Mrs. William D. Comer] (1867-1929); also known as Cornelia Atwood Comer (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, (Murray) Fletcher (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Pratt, Grace Tyler (1869-1916) (items) (chron.)

Born in Deerfield, Massachusetts; died in Harpswell, Maine.

Pratt, Harry Noyes (1879-1944) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/10/harry-noyes-pratt-1879-1944.html

Pratt, Lucy (Agnes) (1874-1970) (items) (chron.)

See deerfield-ma.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Pratt-Family-Papers-1.pdf

Preble, Zahrah E(thel) (1880-1934) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/09/zahrah-e-preble-1880-1934.html

Preece, Harold (1906-1992) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, writer, specialist in Texas history. Born in Austin, Texas.

Prentice, John (1920- ) (items) (chron.)

Born in Whitney, Texas; lived in New York City.

Prentice, Ralph (Everett) (1901-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/158704589/ralph-everett-prentice

Prescott, Augusta (S.) (c1869-?) (items) (chron.)

A journalist, born in New York; death not traced.

Prescott, John (Brewster) (1919-1999) (items) (chron.)

Author of westerns, novels and short stories. Born in Menominee, Michigan; lived in Phoenix, Arizona.

Prescott, Mary N(ewmarch) (1849-1888) (items) (chron.)

Younger sister of Harriet Elizabeth Prescott.

Preston, “Amarillo Slim”; [i.e., Thomas Austin Preston, Jr.] (1928-2012) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amarillo_Slim

Preston, George Hyde (1857-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-seattle-star/142475169

Preston, James (1913-2004) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and farmer. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; lived in Melbourne, Australia.

Preston, May Wilson; [i.e., Mary Wilson Watkins Preston] (1873-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Wilson_Preston

Prevost, Francis; pseudonym of H. F. Prevost Battersby (1862-1949) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Prevost

Prévost, Marcel (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Prévost

Price, E(dgar) Hoffmann (“Trooper”) (1898-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Hoffmann_Price

Price, Edith Ballinger (1897-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_B._Price

Price, Frank J(ohn), Jr. (1890-1939) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis; newspaperman, then in public relations and advertising; short story writer, with over 100 published.

Price, Garrett (1896-1979) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Garrett_Price/28765/Garrett_Price.aspx

Price, Gertrude Isabel (1859-1925); used pseudonym Gertrude Warden (items) (chron.)

See www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=2699

Price, (Junius) Lucien (1883-1964); used pseudonym Seymour Deming (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Price

Price, [Congressman] (Charles) Melvin (1905-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Melvin_Price

Price, Willard (De Mille) (1887-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer, editor, explorer. Born in Peterboro, Ontario, Canada; died in Laguna Hills, California (?).

Prichard, (Hesketh Vernon) Hesketh (1876-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesketh_Hesketh-Prichard

Prichard, K(atherine O’Brien) (1851-1935) (items) (chron.)

Born in India.

Pridgen, Tim (1899-?) (items) (chron.)

Probably from North Carolina.

Priestley, J(ohn) B(oynton) (1894-1984) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._B._Priestley

Prince, William Meade (1893-1951) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Meade_Prince

Pringle, Murray T. (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Archaeologist.

Pringle-Toungate, Erin (1981- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Pringle

Prior, Matthew (1664-1721) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Prior

Prior, Percy B. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2015/06/percy-b-prior.html

Pritchard, John Laurence (1885-1968); used pseudonym John Laurence (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurence_Pritchard

Pritchett, V(ictor) S(awdon) (1900-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._S._Pritchett

Procter, Adelaide Anne (1825-1864) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_Anne_Procter

Procter, Bryan Waller (1787-1874) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Procter

Procter, Maurice (1906-1973) (items) (chron.); Note: The name was sometimes spelled Proctor.

Novelist. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.

Prokosch, Frederic (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Prokosch