The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 20

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

Mason, Elmer Brown (1877-1955) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/10/ElmerBMason.html

Mason, (Francis) Van Wyck (1901-1978) (items) (chron.)

Mystery writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Bermuda.

Masur, Harold Q. (1909-2005) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Q._Masur

Mathers, James (1936-2014) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0558483

Matheson, Richard (Burton) (1926-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

Mathieu, Hubert (Jean) (1897-1954) (items) (chron.)

See www.sdhspress.com/journal/south-dakota-history-25-1/hubert-mathieu-south-dakotas-other-outstanding-illustrator/vol-25-no-1-hubert-mathieu-south-dakotas-other-outstanding-illustrator.pdf

Mathison, Volney G. (1897-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Matteson, H(erman) H(oward) (1876-1951) (items) (chron.)

Author, ship’s surgeon, surgeon to Central American explorers and inmates in federal penitentaries; radio broadcaster. Born in Grundy County, Illinois; lived in Los Angeles, California.

Mature, Victor (John) (1913-1999) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Mature

Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset (1874-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham

Maupassant, (Henri René Albert) Guy de (1850-1893) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant

Maury, Magruder (Gordon) (1878-1948) (items) (chron.)

Journalist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Maxon, Rex (Hayden) (1892-1973) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Maxon.html

Mayan, Earl Eugene (1916-2009) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Mayan.html

Mayhar, Ardath (Frances Hurst) (1930-2012) (items) (chron.)

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

Maynard, Guy L(awrence, Sr.) (1879-1960) (items) (chron.)

California writer.

Meade, L. T.; pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._T._Meade

Means, Elliott (Anderson) (1905-1962) (items) (chron.)

Born in Stamford, Texas; died in New York City.

Mearson, Lyon (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Meeker, Ezra (1830-1928) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Meeker

Meeter, George F. (1905-?) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/alamogordo-daily-news-george-f-meeter-a/138080822

Megargee, Lon; [i.e., Alonzo (Lon) Megargee III] (1883-1960) (items) (chron.)

See www.a-1beerprints.com/HTML/Lon%20Megargee.html

Meilink, William (1903-1953) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Meilink.html

Menn, Donald Felix (1915-1994); used pseudonym George Elmo (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-herald-george-elmo-aka-donal/145895634/

Meola, John (Constantino) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Meola.html

Merha, Lester Wayne (1912-2000) (items) (chron.)

See rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah07357.xml

Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_Mérimée

Merril, Judith; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (items) (chron.)

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

Merrill, Harrison R. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)

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

Mersereau, John (1898-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/mersereau.html

Merwin, Sam(uel Kimball), Jr. (1910-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Merwin, Samuel (Kimball) (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois, died in New York City; educated at Northwestern University; contributed many short stories and serials to magazines. Father of Sam Merwin, Jr..

Messex, Leland C(larence) (1915-1990) (items) (chron.)

Mining engineer, lived in Colorado. Could have written with his wife, Gladys, a journalism teacher.

Micale, Albert (J.) (1913-1993) (items) (chron.)

See www.lambiek.net/artists/m/micale_albert.htm

Michael, H(erman) A(ngelo) (1898-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-obituary-for-ha-michael/150117629

Michelson, Charles (1869-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/michelson-charles

Michener, George H(ayworth) (1903-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania, worked as lumberjack, rancher, steel worker and writer.