The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 3

Bender, William, Jr. (1916-2004?) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/william-bender-jr.html

Bending, Frederick J(ames) (1888-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hastings, Sussex, England; emigrated to Canada in 1904; was a railway clerk on 1921 Canadian census; died in California.

Bennet, Robert Ames (1870-1954) (items) (chron.)

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

Bennett, Fred(erick Stanley) (1876-1939) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/fred-bennett.html

Bennett, James W(illiam) (1891-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Mitchell, Indiana; poet, journalist and writer; worked in legal department of U.S. Food Administration, 1918; vice consul to Shanghai, China, 1918-1919, and to Sydney, Australia, 1919; lecturer on short story writing at university in Shanghai, 1922-23; lived in Redlands, California.

Bennett, John (1865-1956) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bennett_(author)

Bensen, Andrew (August) (1902-1976) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/02/andrew-bensen-1902.html

Bercovici, Konrad (1882-1961) (items) (chron.)

Rumanian-born author, resident in U.S. from 1916. Born in Bralia, Rumania; died in New York City.

Bergen, Polly; [born Nellie Paulina Burgin] (1930-2014) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Bergen

Berger, (Julius) David (1906-1982) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BD.html

Bergey, Earle K(ulp) (1901-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BE.html

Berthoud, Ferdinand (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps a pseudonym using the name of the noted French clockmaker (1727-1807).

Bertin, Jack; pseudonym of Giovanni Bertignono (1904-1963) (items) (chron.)

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

Bettger, Lyle (Stathem) (1915-2003) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Bettger

Bevis, Katherine (Eliza) (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

Published poet. Lived in Texas.

Bickerstaffe, L(ucy) C(amilla) (1884-1937) (items) (chron.)

See www.fadingimages.uk/photoBi.asp

Bierce, Ambrose (Gwinnett) (1842-1914?) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Bierce

Biggers, Earl Derr (1884-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Derr_Biggers

Binns, Ottwell (1872-1935) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottwell_Binns

Birney, Herman Hoffman (Jr.) (1891-1958) (items) (chron.)

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; amateur archaeologist; author of western novels; died in Florence, Alabama.

Bishop, Curtis (Kent) (1912-1967) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in Tennessee, died in Texas.

Bishop, Farnham (1886-1930) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/08/farnham-bishop-educator-writer.html

Bishop, Harry G(ore) (1874-1934) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Gore_Bishop

Bixby, (Drexel) Jerome (Lewis) (1923-1998) (items)

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

Bjorklund, Larry F.; [i.e., Lorence Ferdinand Bjorklund] (1913-1978) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/BJorklund.html

Black, Baxter (1945-2022) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baxter_Black

Blackburn, Tom W.; [i.e., Thomas Wakefield Blackburn, II] (1913-1992) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_W._Blackburn

Blackmon, Anita; [i.e., Anita Blackmon Smith] (1892-1943); also known as Mrs. Harry Pugh Smith (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2014/11/mrs-harry-pugh-smith-1892-1943.html

Blackmon, Robert C(harles) (1900-1959) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2024/11/the-thrilling-world-of-robert-c-blackmon-man-of-mystery/

Blade, Alexander (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by Howard Browne (1908-1999), Chester S. Geier (1921-1991), William L. Hamling (1921-2017), John W. Jakes (1932-2023), Berkeley Livingston (1909-1975), Herbert B. Livingston (1916-2016), William P. McGivern (1922-1982), Robert Silverberg (1935- ), Don Wilcox (1905-2000) & Robert Moore Williams (1907-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, (Francis William) Stacey (1873-1964) (items) (chron.)

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

Blake, William (1757-1827) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake

Blakeslee, Frederick M(anley) (1898-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Blakeslee.html

Blethen, (Alden) Joseph (Jr.) (1870-1937) (items) (chron.)

Publisher and playwright. Born in Farmington, Maine; died in Reno, Nevada.

Blevins, Win(fred) (1938-2023) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfred_Blevins

Blish, James (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (items) (chron.)

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

Bloch, Robert (Albert) (1917-1994); used pseudonym E. K. Jarvis (items) (chron.)

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

Bloom, C(hester Abbott) (1918-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Bloom.html

Bloomfield, Howard V(an) L(ieu) (1900-1998) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/harold-van-lieu-bloomfield-author.html

Blummer, Jon L.; [born Jacob Lupu Blumer] (1904-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Blummer.html

Boeckman, Charles, Jr. (1920-2015) (items) (chron.)

See www.thepulp.net/yellowedperils/2015/10/27/charles-boeckman-jr-1920-2015/

Bogart, William (Gibson, Jr.) (1903-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Boggs, Johnny D. (1962- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.johnnydboggs.com

Bond, Nelson S(lade) (1908-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Bond, Ward(ell Edwin) (1903-1960) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Bond

Bonfils, Charles Alden (1871-1955) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/107009589/charles-alden-bonfils

Bonham, Frank; [i.e., Cecil Francis Bonham] (1914-1988) (items) (chron.)

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

Boop, David (Wayne) (1968- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.davidboop.com

Booth, Charles G(ordon) (1896-1949) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/charles-g-booth.html

Booth, Christopher B(elvard) (1889-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Centralia, Missouri; newspaper owner; journalist for Chicago Daily News.

Boothby, Guy (Newell) (1867-1905) (items) (chron.)

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

Borack, Stanley (1927-1993) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Borack.html

Borland, Barbara (Dodge) (1904-1991) (items) (chron.)

See drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:borland

Borland, Hal; [i.e., Harold Glen Borland] (1900-1978) (items) (chron.)

See drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:borland

Bosworth, Allan R(ucker) (1901-1986) (items) (chron.)

Author and naval officer. Born in San Angelo, Texas; lived in Roanoke, Virginia.

Bott, Henry A. (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Possibly Henry Anthony Bott (1920-1992). Lived in Chicago.

Bouma, J(ohannes) L(ambertus) (1914-1978) (items) (chron.)

Born in the Netherlands; died in Long Beach, California.

Bourke, Charles Francis (1865-1914) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/boston-evening-transcript/101890221/

Bowen, Robert Sidney (1900-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Bower, B(ertha) M(uzzy) (1871-1940); also known as B. M. Sinclair (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/05/bm-bower-author-biography.html

Bowers, William (1916-1987) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bowers

Bowie, Jim; [i.e., James Bowie] (1796-1836) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowie

Bowman, Earl Wayland (1875-1952) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv71615

Boyd, William Lawrence (1895-1972) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Boyd_(actor)

Boyles, Clarence Scott, Jr. (1909-1995) (items) (chron.)

See randall120.wordpress.com/2011/01/27/ffb-the-border-jumpers-will-c-brown/

Brabbins, Oliver (Gilmore) (1912-1973) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/oliver-brabbins.html

Bradfield, Harriet A(lma) (1899-1953) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/10/harriet-bradfield-1899-1953.html