The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 18

McCoy, Max (1958- ) (items) (chron.)

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

McCrea, Joel (Albert) (1905-1990) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_McCrea

McCulley, Johnston (1883-1958) (items) (chron.)

Prolific pulp writer, mystery writer, screenwriter, creator and author of Zorro novels. Born in Ottawa, Illinois; died in California.

McDermott, H. Charles; pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Wrote detective and western stories while serving 10-20 for robbery.

MacDonald, A(lexander) B(lack) (1871-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.revolvy.com/page/A.-B.-MacDonald

MacDonald, John D(ann) (1916-1986) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._MacDonald

MacDonald, (Allan) William Colt (1891-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born in Michigan; lived most of his life in the West; prolific author of westerns.

McDowell, (Robert) Emmett (1914-1975) (items) (chron.)

See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/robert-emmett-mcdowell.html

McFarlane, Arthur E(merson) (1876-1945) (items) (chron.)

Novelist. Born in Islington, Ontario; died in New York City.

McFarlane, (Charles) Leslie (1902-1977) (items) (chron.)

Newspaperman; prolific hack; also author of “Hardy Boys” stories under name of Franklin W. Dixon. Born in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada; died in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

McGaughey, Dudley Dean (1906-1986); used pseudonyms Dudley Dean, Dean Owen & Dean Owens (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

McGillivray, Ray (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller and sportsman. Lived in Citronelle, Alabama.

McGinnis, Vera (1892-1990) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/vera-mcginnis

McGivern, William P(eter) (1922-1982); used pseudonyms Alexander Blade & P. F. Costello (items) (chron.)

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

MacGowan, Alice (L.) (1858-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in Perrysburg, Ohio; died in Los Gatos, California. Sister of Grace MacGowan Cooke.

McGrath, Tom; [i.e., Thomas J. McGrath] (1892-1965) (items) (chron.)

Retired Chicago police lieutenant; author and scriptwriter for the radio show Gangbusters.

McGrew, Donald Francis (1886-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/07/donald-francis-mcgrew-author-journalist.html

McGuinness, James Kevin (1893-1950) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kevin_McGuinness

McIntyre, John T(homas) (1871-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in Philadelphia.

MacIsaac, Fred(erick John) (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)

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

McKechnie, N(eil) K(enneth) (1873-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in England; educated in London, Germany and Paris; lived in Toronto.

McKell, James C(ook) (1884-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/McKell.html

McKelvey, Nat(haniel) W(eed) (1913-2006) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L5DH-9R7/nathaniel-weed-mckelvey-1913-2006

McKillips, Budd L. (1892-1939) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/49255921/budd-l-mckillips

McKimmey, James (Earl, Jr.) (1923-2011) (items) (chron.)

See starkhousepress.com/mckimmey.php

McLaren, Alex (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps business agent Alex McLaren (1885-1940).

McLoughlin, Denis (1918-2002) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_McLoughlin

MacMahon, William Marcus (1876-1931) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89270900

McMillan, Duncan (Robert) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/McMillan.html

McNagny, Rob(ert) Reed (1884-?) (items) (chron.)

Indiana author.

McNeil, (Henry) Everett (1862-1929) (items) (chron.)

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

McNutt, William Slavens (1885-1938) (items) (chron.)

born in Urbana, Illinois; died in La Canada, CA.

McWilliams, Alden S(purr) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/McWilliams.html

Magee, George E(dmund) (1889-1951) (items) (chron.)

born in Wisconsin and committed suicide in 1951 in Fullerton, California.

Maguire, Robert (A.) (1921-2005) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maguire

Mahaffay, Robert E(rvine) (1890-1967) (items) (chron.)

Interested in railroads.

Malone, Thomas J. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Not the dealer in wholesale fish (1859-1920).

Manchess, Gregory (1955- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Manchess

Maneely, Joe (1926-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Maneely

Mann, E(dward) B(everly) (1902-1989) (items) (chron.)

See ochf.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/693

Manners, David X. (1912-2007) (items) (chron.)

According to his son Tim he wasn’t actually “David X. Manners” but was “David X Manners” as the “X” was his whole name and not an initial.

Marchant, Bessie; [i.e., Elizabeth Marchant Comfort] (1862-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Petham, Kent; educated privately; wrote more than 150 books for young people.

Margulies, Leo (J.) (1900-1975) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Margulies

Marks, E(lmer) L. (c1894-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Illinois; worked in the yards as a shipbuilder in Los Angeles, California.

Marlowe, Christopher (1564-1593) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe

Marlowe, Stephen; [born Milton Lesser] (1928-2008); previously known as Milton Lesser; used pseudonyms Adam Chase & S. M. Tenneshaw (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Marlowe

Marmur, Jacland (1901-1970) (items) (chron.)

Author and explorer. Born in Sosnowiec, Poland; came to the United States in 1918; died in San Rafael, California (?).

Marquis, George Bruce (1879-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Kansas; lived in Walla Walla, Washington.

Marryat, [Captain] Frederick (1792-1848) (items) (chron.)

Born in Westminster; went to sea at 14; author of novels for adults and children.

Marsden, Walter R. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Sportsman. Born in New York.

Marsh, George Tracy (1876-1945) (items) (chron.)

See lansingburghhistoricalsociety.org/people/george-tracy-marsh-1875-1945/

Marsh, Howard R(oland) (1893-1974) (items) (chron.)

Explorer, adventurer. Not to be confused with the musical actor of the same name (d. 1969).

Marshall, Edison (Tesla) (1894-1967) (items) (chron.)

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

Marshall, Melvin D(urwood) (1907-1993) (items) (chron.)

Born in San Antonio, Texas; died in Potter, Texas; prolific author of westerns and non-fiction under various pseudonyms.

Marshall, Ward; pseudonym of J. M. Hoffman (1900-1987) (items)

See www.pulpartists.com/Hoffman.html

Martin, Al(bert Harry) (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

Born in Wisconsin; died in Los Angeles.

Martin, Charles M(orris) “Chuck” (1891-1954) (items) (chron.)

Some stories under this byline written by Charles S. Strong.

Martin, Ian (1912-1981) (items) (chron.)

Born in Glasgow, Scotland; actor and playwright, especially for radio; died in New York City.

Martin, Jackson (1874-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130506powder-river-jack-buried-in-mesa-cemetery.html

Martin, Neil (1885-1963) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/pulp-reprints-collected-stories-of-sea.html

Martin, Reginald Alec (1908-1971); used pseudonyms Brett Cameron & Hank McCoy (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Alec_Martin

Martin, Robert (Lee) (1908-1976) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/RMartin/Pronzini.html

Martinez, Pete; [i.e., Pedro Pablo Martinez] (1894-1971) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Martinez.html

Martinsen, Richard A(dalbert) (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dresden, Germany; worked as a journalist before becoming an editor at Fiction House; died in Houston, Texas.

Martyn, Wyndham; pseudonym of William Henry Martin Hosken (1874-1963) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/wyndham-martyn-biographical-notes.html

Marx, Groucho; [i.e., Julius Marx] (1895-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx

Masero, Tony (fl. 1970s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.artnillustration.com