The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 29

Watts, Peter (Christopher) (1919-1983) (items) (chron.)

See piccadillypublishing.org/chisholm.html

Way, Isabel Stewart; [i.e., Isabel Stewart Way Bonnard Thomson] (1904-1978) (items) (chron.)

Born in Michigan; educated at Albion College; contributed fiction to numerous magazines.

Weatherly, Frederic E(dward) (1848-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Weatherly

Webb, James P(limell) (1903-1955) (items) (chron.)

See jameswebb.us

Webb, John (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps Australian editor John Webb. Served in France during the first World War; lived in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Webb, Walter Prescott (1888-1963) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Prescott_Webb

Webber, Everett M(arion) (1909-1992) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/142611796/everett-marion-webber

Weber, Lenora Mattingly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenora_Mattingly_Weber

Webster, [Captain] F(rederick) A(nnesley) M(ichael) (1886-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Weck, Philip (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Journalist, resident in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Wedd, Monty; [i.e., Montague Thomas Archibald Wedd] (1921-2012) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Wedd

Weill, Irwin J(ulius) (1908-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Weill.html

Weir, Hugh C(osgro) (1884-1934) (items) (chron.)

Born in Illinois; reporter in that state and in Ohio; freelance magazine writer, then prolific screenwriter; operated an advertising agency in 1928 and was editorial director of Tower Magazines at the time of his death.

Wellen, Edward (Paul) (1919-2011) (items) (chron.)

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

Wellman, Manly Wade (1903-1986) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Angus (1943-2006) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Basil (Eugene) (1912-2003) (items) (chron.)

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

Wells, Emmett Mixx Spencer (1869-?) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, adventurer. Born in Brooklyn, New York.

Wells, G. A. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/ga-wells-first-story-of-far-north.html

Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells

Wells, Hal K.; [i.e., Harold Kerton Wells] (1899-1979) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/12/hal-k-wells-1899.html

Wells, Lee E(dwin) (1907-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Indianapolis; licensed public accountant in California; associated with an occult school in New York City; has been an MWA board member; deeply involved in Freemasonry. Living near Los Angeles; working in advertising and TV production; author of short stories.

Wells, William H. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps advertising agent and sales executive William Henson Wells (1886?-1958). Not to be confused with educationist William Hughes Wells (1859-1919).

Wert, George H(arrison) (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wert.html

Weston, George (Thomas) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Wetjen, Albert Richard (1900-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/04/albert-r-wetjen-sailor-writer.html

Wheeler-Nicholson, [Major] Malcolm (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Wheeler-Nicholson

Whipple, Chandler H(enry) (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

Writer and editor. Born in Jackson County, Michigan; lived in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Whitaker, H(erman) (1867-1919) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Whitaker

Whitby, Pauline (1926-2013); used pseudonym Pauline Ashwell (items) (chron.)

Born in Hatfield, England.

White, Donal L(awrence) (1923-2013) (items) (chron.)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/lajollalight/obituary.aspx?pid=166304643

White, Fred M(errick) (1859-1935) (items) (chron.)

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

White, Leslie T(urner) (1903-1967) (items) (chron.)

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

White, Samuel Alexander (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Snelgrove, Ontario, Canada; contributed stories, poems to numerous magazines.

White, Stewart Edward (1873-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

White, William Patterson (1884-1954) (items) (chron.)

Western novelist. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota; lived in Tularosa, New Mexico.

Whitechurch, Rex; pseudonym (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Pseudonym for an author whose first name was George; who lived in St. Joseph, Missouri and who worked as doorman at the Rialto Theatre.

Whitehead, Henry S(t. Clair) (1882-1932) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_S._Whitehead

Whitehouse, Arch; [i.e., Arthur George Joseph Whitehouse] (1895-1979) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, screenwriter, cartoonist. He was in the Royal Flying Corps, No. 22 Squadron, and is credited with destroying 16 enemy aircraft and 6 kite balloons. Born in Northampton, England; came to the United States in 1905; died in Lincoln Park, New Jersey.

Whitethorne, Baje, Sr. (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.bajewhitethornesr.com

Whitfield, Raoul F(alconia) (1896-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Whitfield

Whitney, (John) Ogden (1919-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Whitney.html

Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Greenleaf_Whittier

Wieghorst, O(laf) (1899-1988) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Wieghorst

Wigfull, W(illiam) Edward (1874-1944) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/w-e-wigfull.html

Wiggins, Walt(on Wray) (1924- ) (items) (chron.)

Writer and photographer. Born and lives in Roswell, New Mexico.

Wilbur, Lawrence N(elson) (1897-1988) (items) (chron.)

See oldprintgallery.wordpress.com/2015/09/08/lawrence-nelson-wilbur-1897-1988/

Wilcox, Don; [i.e., Cleo Eldon Wilcox] (1905-2000); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler (1850-1919); previously known as Ella Wheeler (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Wheeler_Wilcox

Wilcox, J(ames) M(ilton) (1895-1958) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wilcox.html

Wilde, Oscar (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Wilde

Wildridge, Oswald (1868-1941) (items) (chron.)

a journalist, finishing his career as the editor of the Northern Daily Telegraph (Blackburn).

Wilford, L(oren) F(rederick) (1893-1972) (items) (chron.); Name given as Loren F. Wilford/Loran F. Wilford.

Born in Wamego, Kansas; died in Stamford, Connecticut (?).

Wilkinson, Lupton A(llemong) (1897-?) (items) (chron.)

See mppda.flinders.edu.au/people/662

Willenborg, Lee (Alexander) (1878-1944) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-independent-lee-willenborg/155458805

Williams, Alan (1890-?) (items) (chron.)

An Alan Williams who was a playwright and theater personage died in Los Angeles, California, in 1945. It may not have been this man.

Williams, Ben Ames (1889-1953) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Ames_Williams

Williams, Charles (Walter Stansby) (1886-1945) (items) (chron.)

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

Williams, G(eorge) H(oward) (1912-2011) (items) (chron.)

See www.hamilton.edu/magazine/spring11/necrology/faculty-and-friends

Williams, Hank (1923-1953) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams

Williams, (Dorothy) Jeanne (1930- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00252/tsw-00252.html

Williams, Lon(zo Thomas) (1894-1972) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.com/blog/2024/04/lon-t-williams-weird-writings-of-a-law-clerk/

Williams, (Charles) Michael (1877-1950) (items) (chron.)

See www.wikitree.com/wiki/Williams-9657

Williams, Robert Moore (1907-1977); used pseudonym Alexander Blade (items) (chron.)

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

Willinger, László (Josef) (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/László_Willinger

Willkie, Wendell L(ewis) (1892-1944) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Willkie

Willsie, Honoré; [i.e., Honoré McCue Willsie Morrow] (1880-1940); also known as Honoré McCue Willsie Morrow (items) (chron.)

See data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/honore-willsie-morrow