The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 123

Weems, Parson; [i.e., Mason Locke Weems] (1759-1825) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Locke_Weems

Wees, Frances Shelley (1902-1982) (items) (chron.)

Note: Birth name was Frances Almeda Johnson, and she apparently adopted her mother’s maiden name as a part of her writing byline.

Wegner, Fritz (1924-2015) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wegner

Weidman, Jerome (1913-1998) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Weidman

Weigall, Arthur (Edward Pearse Brome) (1880-1934) (items) (chron.)

Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt, 1905-1911, set designer for the London revue stage during WWI, film critic, writer of lyrics.

Weight, Harold O(rlando) (1911-1992) (items) (chron.)

California writer.

Weill, Irwin J(ulius) (1908-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Weill.html

Weiman, Rita (1889-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Philadelphia; playwright; contributed to many U.S. and European magazines.

Weinert, Harry (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

See www.lambiek.net/artists/w/weinert_harry.htm

Weintraub, J(oe) (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items)

See jweintraub.weebly.com

Weir, Hugh C(osgro) (1884-1934) (items) (chron.)

Born in Illinois; reporter in that state and in Ohio; freelance magazine writer, then prolific screenwriter; operated an advertising agency in 1928 and was editorial director of Tower Magazines at the time of his death.

Weisinger, Mort(imer) (1915-1978) (items) (chron.)

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

Weiss, Ernst (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Weiss

Weiss, Morris (Samuel) (1915-2014) (items) (chron.)

Cartoonist, illustrator, author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; lives in Florida.

Welch, Denton (Maurice) (1915-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denton_Welch

Welch, J. Herbert (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items) (chron.)

Not to be confused with the Methodist writer Herbert Welch (1862-1969).

Welch, Jack; [i.e., John William Welch] (1905-1985) (items) (chron.)

See strippersguide.blogspot.com/2014/08/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-jack.html

Weld, H(oratio) Hastings (1811-1888) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hastings_Weld

Weldon, E. D. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

Cartographer. Not to be confused with artist Charles Dater Weldon (1855-1935).

Weldon, Fay; [born Franklin Birkinshaw] (1933-2023) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon

Welke, Ian (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.ianwelke.com

Welles, (George) Orson (1915-1985) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles

Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner (1892-1961) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Welles

Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington

Welliver, Judson C(hurchill) (1870-1943) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judson_Welliver

Wellman, Manly Wade (1903-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Wellman, Paul I(selin) (1895-1966) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellman

Wells, A(rthur) W(alter) (1894-1977) (items) (chron.)

Born in England; journalist; served in WWI, then on staff of Cape Argus; spent some time in New Zealand, then back to South Africa; became editor of The Outspan from 1927.

Wells, Amos R(ussel) (1862-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Russel_Wells

Wells, Carolyn; [i.e., Carolyn Wells Houghton] (1869-1942); also known as Carolyn Wells Houghton (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells

Wells, Emmett Mixx Spencer (1869-?) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, adventurer. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Wells, G. A. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/ga-wells-first-story-of-far-north.html

Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

Wells, Hal K.; [i.e., Harold Kerton Wells] (1899-1979) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/12/hal-k-wells-1899.html

Wells, Lee E(dwin) (1907-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Indianapolis; licensed public accountant in California; associated with an occult school in New York City; has been an MWA board member; deeply involved in Freemasonry. Living near Los Angeles; working in advertising and TV production; author of short stories.

Wells, William H. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps advertising agent and sales executive William Henson Wells (1886?-1958). Not to be confused with educationist William Hughes Wells (1859-1919).

Welshimer, Helen (1901-1954) (items) (chron.)

See library.milligan.edu/wp-content/uploads/archives/Helen%20Welshimer%20Finding%20Aid.pdf

Welty, Eudora (1909-2001) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty

Wentworth-James, Gertie de S. (1874-1933); previously known as Gertie de S. Webster (items) (chron.)

See sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wentworth-james_gertie_de_s

Wenzel, Bill (1918-1987) (items) (chron.)

See lynn-munroe-books.com/list65/Bill_Wenzel.htm

Wenzell, Zillah; [i.e., Mrs. Adolph H. Wenzell, born Zillah Townsend Thompson] (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)

See www.woodvorwerk.com/wood/g22/p22583.htm

Werfel, Franz (1890-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Werner, C(lint) L(ee) (1973- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.vermintime.com

Wert, George H(arrison) (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wert.html

Wescott, Glenway (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenway_Wescott

Wessolowski, Hans W(aldemar) “Wesso” (1894-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wesso.html

West, Anna (1938- ) (items) (chron.)

Retired university English composition teacher living in Las Vegas.

West, Anthony (Panther) (1914-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Horace J. (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

California expert on mines and mining.

West, (Mary) Jessamyn (1902-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Morris L(anglo) (1916-1999) (items) (chron.)

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

West, Paul (Clarendon) (1871-1918) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps the pseudonym of journalist William Andrew Johnson (1879-1929); perhaps journalist Paul Clarendon West (1871-1918); perhaps somebody else.

West, [Dame] Rebecca; pseudonym of Cecily Isabel Fairfield Andrews (1892-1983) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West

West, William (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)

U.S. Forest Ranger on Black Mesa Reserve. Also a lawyer.

Westall, William (Bury) (1834-1903) (items) (chron.)

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

Westcott, Edward Noyes (1846-1898) (items) (chron.)

Born in Syracuse, N.Y.

Westenholz, Mary (Bess) (1857-1947) (items) (chron.)

See da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Westenholz

Westerby, Robert (James) (1909-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London; foreign correspondent and screen writer; invited to California to work for Disney in 1961; died in Santa Monica, California.

Westlake, Donald E(dwin Edmund) (1933-2008) (items) (chron.)

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

Westman, Lolita Ann (1906-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0922850/

Weston, Christine (1904-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1989/05/06/obituaries/christine-weston-85-author-of-novels-and-stories.html

Weston, Garnett (James) (1890-1980) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toronto; editor for Vancouver Sun, then to Los Angeles for screen writing for 20 years; then to Vancouver Island in 1942; died in Victoria.

Weston, George (Thomas) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Weston, Jessie L(aidlay) (1850-1928) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Weston

Weston, Joanna M. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See 1960willowtree.wordpress.com

Westrup, William (1881-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in London; went to South Africa by 1900 and became a diamond digger and trader.

Wetherald, Ethelwyn (1857-1940) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethelwyn_Wetherald