The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 97

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

Pronzini, Bill; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini

Prose, Francine (1947- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Prose

Proske, Roman (c1899-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1972/07/05/archives/roman-proske-of-circus-leading-animal-traner.html

Prout, Victor (William) (1862-1950) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/02/victor-prout.html

Prouty, Olive Higgins (1882-1974) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Higgins_Prouty

Pryce-Jones, Alan (Payan) (1908-2000) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Pryce-Jones

Pudney, John (Sleigh) (1909-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pudney

Pueyo, H(ache) (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See hachepueyo.com

Pugh, Edwin (William) (1874-1930) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Pugh, Marshall (Morrison) (1925-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in Scotland; free-lance writer, columnist, film critic; died in London.

Pulitzer, Ralph (1879-1939) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Pulitzer

Punshon, E(rnest) R(obertson) (1872-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in London.

Purden, Laurie (1928-2022) (items) (chron.)

See www.magforum.com/Laurie-Purden-Good-Housekeeping.htm

Purdy, Nina (Sutherland) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

See www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-202810290/less-work-for-mother-rural-readers-farm-papers

Pushkin, Alexander Sergeievitch (1799-1837) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin

Pusser, Buford (Hayse) (1937-1974) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser

Putnam, George Palmer (1887-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Putnam

Putnam, Xeno(phon Whiting) (1867-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania.

Putta, Walto W(aino) (1891-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Musikirkko, Finland. A sailor, longshoreman, and master of a private yacht. Lived in San Pedro, CA.

Puzo, Mario (1920-1999) (items) (chron.)

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

Pyle, Ellen B(ernard) T(hompson) (1876-1936) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Bernard_Thompson_Pyle

Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html

Quarles, Francis (1592-1644) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Quarles

Queen, Ellery; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee (fl. 1920s-1990s) (items) (chron.); pseudonym used by Dannay solo after Lee’s death, but also used as a house pseudonym, particularly for EQ novels published after 1961.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen

Quesnay de Beaurepaire, Jules (1834-1923) (items) (chron.)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Quesnay_de_Beaurepaire

Quick, Dorothy; [i.e., Dorothy Gertrude Quick Mayer] (1896-1962) (items) (chron.); some sources incorrectly list her as a pseudonym of Margaret Rogers Straub, born in 1900.

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96225916

Quick, (John) Herbert (1861-1925) (items) (chron.)

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

Quigley, Ray(mond Lyman) (1909-1998) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Quigley.html

Quill, John; pseudonym of Charles H. Clark (1841-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Heber_Clark

Quiller-Couch, [Sir] Arthur T(homas) (1863-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch

Quiller-Couch, Lilian M(aude) (1866-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, and died in Essex; a sister of Sir Arthur T(homas) Quiller-Couch.

Quindlen, Anna (Marie) (1953- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Quindlen

Quinn, E(leanor) Baker (1900-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in the U.S.

Quinn, Seabury (Grandin) (1889-1969) (items) (chron.)

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

Quirk, Leslie W. (1882-1960) (items) (chron.)

Born in Alta, Iowa; educated at University of Wisconsin; editor and publisher.

Quong, Rose (1879-1972) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Quong