The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 21

Olson, Ted; [i.e., Theodore B. Olson] (1899-1981) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Oppenheim, E(dward) Phillips (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Orban, Paul (1896-1974) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Orban.html

Orcutt, Eddy (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Almost certainly resident in San Diego, California.

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Rourke, Frank (1916-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Osborne, William Hamilton (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=1137

Oskison, John Milton (1874-1947) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton_Oskison

Ostby, Gertrude Enid (1920-2012) (items) (chron.)

See www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/5133_Gertrude_Enid_Ostby

O’Sullivan, William J. (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-obituary-for-william-j-osul/128770305

Ott, Anthony B. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

possibly a pseudonym.

Otway, Leslie (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/01/leslie-otway.html

Overholser, Stephen (D.) (1944-2017) (items) (chron.)

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

Overholser, Wayne D. (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_D._Overholser

Overman, Beulah Rhodes (1894-1990) (items) (chron.)

See newsok.com/beulah-rhodes-overman/article/2340740

Owen, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Owens, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Oyen, (Olaf) Henry (1883-1921) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/01/henry-oyen-reporter-pulp-author.html

Oyler, Leslie Mary (Kathleen) (1884-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldfamilytree.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2380&tree=1

Packard, Frank (Lucius) (1877-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Page, Norvell W(ooten) (1904-1961) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Albert B(igelow) (1861-1937) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Lauran (Bosworth) (1916-2001) (items) (chron.)

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

Painton, Frederick C. (1896?-1945) (items) (chron.)

Writer, war correspondent. Died in Guam.

Palmer, Delos, Jr. (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Palmer.html

Palmer, Raymond A(rthur) (1910-1977); used pseudonym A. R. Steber (items) (chron.)

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

Pancoast, Chalmers L(owell) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; employed with various newspapers and magazines; lived mostly in Newark.

Parker, Eric R. (1898-1974) (items) (chron.)

See illustrators.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_R._Parker_(1898-1974)

Parkhill, Forbes (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in Denver; died in San Diego.

Parkhurst, H(arry) L(emon) V(ictor) (1876-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Parkhurst.html

Parks, Mary (1910-1997) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/mary-parks

Pate, Roberta M. (1895-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/times-record-news-obituary-for-roberta-m/144408012/

Patenaude, Roland (Joseph) (1912-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Patenaude.html

Paterson, J(ames) Phillips (1877-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/j-phillips-paterson.html

Patmore, Coventry (Kersey Dighton) (1823-1896) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coventry_Patmore

Patten, Lewis B(yford) (1915-1981) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten

Patten, William George (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)

Author of numerous “Frank Merriwell” novels under the pseudonym “Burt L. Standish.” Born in Corinna, Maine; died in Vista, California. Note: Patten was born William George Patten and is carried that way in some bibliographies.

Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533

Pattullo, George (Robson, II) (1879-1967) (items) (chron.)

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

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.

Payne, John (1912-1989) (items)

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

Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).

Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.

Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)

Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.

Pearsall, Robert J(ames) (1885-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-obituary-for-robert-jam/153855854

Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Pearse

Pearsol, John G(ilmore) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.

Pearsol, Zella (Irene) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)

Wife of John G. Pearsol.

Peddie, Tom (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html

Peeples, Samuel A(nthony) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Peeples

Peixotto, Irma (Maduro) (1881-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto/133926/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto.aspx

Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dudley_Pelley

Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)

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

Pendexter, Hugh (1875-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/04/hugh-pendexter.html

Periconi, Domingo F(rancesco Mario) (1883-1940) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Periconi.html

Perkins, Kenneth (Taylor) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.); Note: This is the way his name appears in death records, but some references give his middle name as Brett.

Author and playwright. Born in Kodia Kanal, India; educated at University of California; died in Los Angeles, California.

Perrins, Glen (1902-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune-obituary-for-glen/146147027

Perry, Clay; [i.e., Clair Willard Perry] (1887-1961) (items) (chron.)

Author, editor, journalist, expert on paper. Born in Badger (some sources say Waupaca) Wisconsin; died in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Perry, Oliver Hazard (fl. 1930s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Presumably one of the many descendants of the American Naval Officer (1785-1819).

Perry, Ralph R. (1895-?) (items) (chron.)

Naval man and traveller; not to be confused with Ralph Barton Perry (1876-1957).

Petaja, Emil (Theodore) (1915-2000) (items) (chron.)

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

Petersen, Herman (1893-1973) (items) (chron.)

Born in Utica, N.Y.; writer for the pulps; worked for Utica newspapers; was a postmaster in Poolville, N.Y.

Peterson, West F.; [i.e., Wesley Frank Peterson] (1907-1981) (items)

See geneseo.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011836-12312020&e=wesley f peterson&m=between&ord=e1&fn=geneseo_republic_usa_illinois_geneseo_19810501_english_9&df=1&dt=5

Pettee, F(lorence) M(ae) (1885-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Spencer, Massachusetts; died in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

Pettigrew, Homer (1915-1997) (items) (chron.)

See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/steer-wrestling/homer-pettigrew/

Pfalser, Ivan L(ewis) (1930-2014) (items) (chron.)

See www.pottsfuneralhome.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=52494&locid=90