The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 7

Considine, John L(yons) (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

See genealogytrails.com/nev/carson/bios.html

Cook, Albert Jay (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Probably not the banker and surgeon (1849?-1931).

Cook, Berton E(llsworth) (1889-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/berton-e-cook-sailor-teacher-author.html

Cook, Ida (1904-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Burchell

Cook, Will(iam Everett) (1921-1964) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Cook_(writer)

Cook, William Wallace (1867-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooksley, (Sidney) Bert (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

California writer and poet.

Coombs, Charles (Ira) “Chick” (1914-1994) (items) (chron.)

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

Cooper, Caribou Bill; [i.e., William Frank Cooper] (1872-1933) (items) (chron.)

See www.bunksplace.com/caribou%20bill.html

Cooper, Courtney Ryley (1886-1940) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, ran away age 16 to become a circus clown; later sign painter and performer, circus general manager, press agent for William “Buffalo Bill” Cody; journalist in Kansas City, New York and Denver; lived in Florida; died in New York City.

Cooper, Edgar L(eake) (1892-1945) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Texas; writer of western pulp fiction.

Cooper, Gary (1901-1961) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cooper

Cooper, H. S. (fl. 1890s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Explorer. Born in the Isle of Wight, England; lived in Texas.

Corcoran, Austin (1878-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/70070385/austin-corcoran

Corcoran, William (B.) (1901-1969) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania; writer and editor. Editor of Adventure from March 1934 until August 1934.

Corday, Mara (1930- ) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mara_Corday

Costanza, Peter (Anthony) (1913-1984) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Costanza.html

Costello, P. F. (fl. 1940s-1950s); house pseudonym used by William P. McGivern (1922-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

Cotton, Will(iam Dudley, Jr.) (1912-1986) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Boston.

Coughlin, John A(lbert) (1885-1965) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Coughlin.html

Cowley, N(ellie) Suydam (1877-1945) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Resident in Glendora, California and Douglas, Arizona.

Cowper, William (1731-1800) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper

Cox, (Thelma) Lorraine (1907-1990); also known as Thelma Knoles (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-thelma-knoleslorrai/145895538/

Cox, William R(obert) (1901-1988); used pseudonyms David Crewe, Lance Kermit, Roy C. Rainey & Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

Writer of westerns and mystery novels. Born in Peapack, New Jersey; died in Los Angeles, California.

Craft, Fred (Page) (1883-1935) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Craft.html

Craigie, (Henry) Hamilton (1880-1956) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/hamilton-craigie-1880-1956.html

Craik, Mrs. (Dinah Maria Mulock) (1826-1887); previously known as Dinah Maria Mulock (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinah_Craik

Crain, Jeanne (Elizabeth) (1925-2003) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Crain

Crair, Mel(vin) (1923-2007) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Crair.html

Crane, Earl Benham (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

From the Northwest.

Crane, Frank, D.D. (1861-1928) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Frank_Crane

Crane, (James) Leo (1881-?) (items) (chron.)

Author. Born in Baltimore, Maryland; lived in Boulder City, Nevada.

Crane, Stephen (Townley) (1871-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Crane

Cranford, Scott (c1967- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.burbankleader.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-0904-superman,0,7794543.story

Crawford, (William) Broderick (1911-1986) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderick_Crawford

Crawford, Griff; [i.e., Oliver Griffith Crawford] (1876-1935) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38834524

Crawford, Vesta P(ierce) (1899-1983) (items) (chron.)

See nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv23171

Creasey, John (1908-1973) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Creasey

Creed, Gene (Krieg) (1909-1993) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/gene-krieg-creed

Crewe, David (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by William R. Cox (1901-1988), David Goodis (1917-1967), William Heuman (1912-1971) & Alden H. Norton (1903-1987) (items) (chron.)

a “house pseudonym” of Popular Publications, used by at least 40 different people in different magazines. Authorship has been identified for some of the stories; the rest of the stories are unattributable but are presumably staff written.

Crisp, Steven (fl. 1980s-2000s) (items) (chron.)

See crispart.co.uk

Crombie, Charles (Exeter Devereux) (1880-1967) (items) (chron.); also known as Chas./Charles J. Crombie.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Exeter_Devereux_Crombie

Crosby, Bob; [i.e., Robert Anderson Crosby] (1897-1947) (items) (chron.)

See plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.sr.011

Crossen, Kendell Foster (1910-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Croy, Ripton (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

possibly a pseudonym.

Cruickshank, Harold (F.) (1893-1965) (items) (chron.)

See www.ageofaces.net/authors-artists/harold-f-cruickshank/

Crump, J(ames) Irving (1887-1979) (items) (chron.)

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

Cummings, Ray(mond King) (1887-1957); used pseudonym Ray P. Shotwell (items) (chron.)

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

Cummings, (Charles Clarence) Robert (Orville) (1910-1990) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cummings

Cumming-Skinner, Dugald Matheson (1902-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland; died in Aberdeen, Scotland; prolific fiction author (8½ million words published 1922-1934); also wrote radio plays.

Cummins, Ralph (Charles) (1880-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wisconsin, lived in Etna, California for a long time.

Cunningham, Eugene (1896-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fcu59

Cunningham, Jock (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Montana writer.

Cunningham, John M(arshall) (1915-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Cunningham

Cunningham, (Edward) Larabie (1912-1954) (items)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-silver-state-post-obituary-for-larry/149816307

Curry, John Steuart (1897-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Steuart_Curry

Curry, Peggy S(imson) (1911-1987) (items) (chron.)

See wiki.wyomingauthors.org/w/page/12627313/Peggy%20Simson%20Curry

Curry, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Albert Curry, Jr.] (1900-1976) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv84823

Curtis, Tony; [born Bernard Schwartz] (1925-2010) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Curtis

Curwood, James Oliver (1878-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Oliver_Curwood

Cushman, Dan (1909-2001) (items) (chron.)

Novelist. Born in Osceola County, Michigan; lived in Great Falls, Montana.

Daigh, Ralph (Foster) (1907-1986) (items) (chron.)

See Editor, for a time editor-in-chief of Fawcett Publications.

Dale, Donald; pseudonym of Mary Dale Buckner (1898-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.ramblehouse.com/beautifuldeadchapter.htm

Dallas, [Captain] Oswald (Cecil David Donald) (c1854-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Dalrymple, Byron W(illiam) (1910-1994) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Fostoria, Michigan; lived in Texas.

Dalrymple, Leona; [i.e., Carrie Leona Dalrymple Wilson] (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leona_Dalrymple

Dalton, Emmett (1871-1937) (items) (chron.)

Outlaw, last surviving member of the Dalton Gang; after his release from prison, he spent his last years as a real estate dealer and a contractor. He died in Los Angeles, California.