The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 30

Wilmot, (Walter) Robert Patrick (1904-1968) (items) (chron.)

Born in Montana; reporter and newspaper editor, radio and song lyric writer; lived in New York City in 1950s; died in London.

Wilsky, Jim (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See shotgunhoney.net/authors/jim-wilsky

Wilson, Cherry; [i.e., Rosemary J. “Cherry Rose” Wilson] [née Burdick] (1893-1976) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2018/03/cherry-wilson-western-author.html

Wilson, John Fleming (1877-1922) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fleming_Wilson

Wilson, (John) Kirk (1912-1971) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wilson.html

Wilson, Steve (1943- ) (items) (chron.)

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

Wilson, Whip; [born Roland Charles Meyers] (1911-1964) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip_Wilson

Wilstach, John (Hudnall) (1890-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Oakland, California, son of a former executive in the Hays Office (overseers of Hollywood censorship); prolific pulp author.

Wiltsey, Norman B. (fl. 1940s-1970s) (items) (chron.)

Expert on Indians of North America.

Winchell, (Nathaniel) Prentice (Jr.) (1895-1976) (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois; died in Tallahassee, Florida; worked for an advertising agency, then newspaper man; editor of trade publications, journalism lecturer; wrote and produced over 500 radio mystery shows, wrote for films and TV; published some 400 magazine detective stories, including 40 about Fire Marshal Ben Pedley, besides those books listed below.

Windas, Cedric W(ilford) (1888-1966) (items) (chron.)

Artist, writer, expert on naval customs and vocabulary. Born in Richmond, Victoria, Australia; came to the United States in 1913; died in Hermosa Beach, California.

Winslow, Horatio (Gates) (1882-1972) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1087388

Winter, William West (1881-1940) (items) (chron.)

Novelist and short story writer. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana; died in Rutland, Massachusetts.

Winterbotham, R(ussell) R(obert) (1904-1971) (items) (chron.)

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

Wire, H(arold) C(hanning) (1899-1987) (items) (chron.)

Born in California, lived there most of life; author of some 300 magazine stories.

Wister, Owen (1860-1938) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Wister

Wither, George (1588-1667) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wither

Witten, George (Walter Bond) (1885-1972) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-obituary-for-george-w-b/146143376

Wittmack, Edgar Franklin (1894-1956) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wittmack.html

Witton, Frederick (William, Jr.) (1897-1985) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Witton.html

Witwer, Harry Charles (1880-1929) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._C._Witwer

Wodehouse, [Sir] P(elham) G(renville) (1881-1975) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._G._Wodehouse

Wollenzien, Burton L(eonard) (1911-2005) (items) (chron.)

Grand Junction, Colorado resident. Contributed tips to Popular Mechanics, Popular Science.

Wollheim, Donald A(llen) (1914-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Wolson, Morton (1913-2003) (items) (chron.)

Living in New York. Author of many pulp detective stories in the 1940s as Peter Paige.

Wood, Clement (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; educated at University of Alabama and Yale Law School; lawyer, educator, poet and novelist; lived in N.Y. Husband of Gloria Goddard.

Wood, Kenneth P(rice) (1898-1945) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-kenneth-p-wood/145219213/

Wood, Kerry; [i.e., Edgar Allardyce “Kerry” Wood] (1907-1998) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/1056948.Kerry_Wood

Wood, (Clarence) Lawson (1878-1957) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawson_Wood

Wood, Stanley L(lewellyn) (1867-1928) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/stanley-l-wood.html

Wood, Wally; [i.e., Wallace Allan Wood] (1927-1981) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wood.html

Wood, Walter (1866-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bradford, England; educated in England and abroad; lived in Sussex.

Wood, William R. D. (1966- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.williamrdwood.com

Woodbury, Herbert A(rthur) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)

Harvard graduate. Worked as full time writer for over a decade, rest of life as teacher. Born and mostly lived in Iowa.

Woodward, Arthur (1898-1986) (items) (chron.)

Western writer, expert on Navajo silversmithing; resident in Los Angeles, California. Died in Los Angeles, California. Not to be confused with the advertising man (1875?-1934); and not to be confused with antiquarian Arthur Frank Woodward (1883-1973) or geologist and “discoverer” of the “Piltdown Man” Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944).

Woodworth, Douglas H. (1894?-1940) (items) (chron.)

Telegraph operator, died in Eau Claire, WI.

Woolrich, Cornell; [i.e., Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich] (1903-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich

Wooton, Edwin (Littler) (1855-1933) (items) (chron.)

A journalist.

Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977) (items) (chron.)

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

Worts, George F(rank) (1892-1967) (items) (chron.)

Born in Toledo; radio operator turned freelance writer in Hawaii; screenwriter.

Wrenn, Charles L(ewis) (1880-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Wren.html

Wright, Dunham (1842-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunham_Wright

Wright, Sewell Peaslee (1897-1970) (items) (chron.)

Author, journalist, advertising writer, radio operator. Born in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Wright, William (1821-1898); used pseudonym Dan de Quille (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_DeQuille

Wyeth, N(ewell) C(onvers) (1882-1945) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N._C._Wyeth

Wyn, A(aron) A(rthur) (1898-1967) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Wyn

Wynn, Ray (1873-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Millville, NJ; resided in Camden, NJ; died in Philadelphia.

Yarnell, Duane (Alvin) (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-beacon-duane-yarnell-writer/135532663/

Yates, Edmund (Hodgson) (1831-1894) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Yates

Yergen, (Francis) Ralph (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/32318788/francis-ralph-yergen

Yerxa, Frances; [born Frances Ferris] (1917-2019); previously known as Fran Ferris (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Yerxa

Yore, Clem(ent) (1875-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in St. Louis, Missouri; educated at Washington University Law School; contributor of fiction to numerous magazines; died in Estes Park, Colorado; variously a Texas Ranger, cowpuncher, stage driver, gold prospector, lawyer, journalist, soldier in Spanish-American War, and poet; author of more than 600 short stories and 20 novels; died in Estes Park, Colorado.

Young, Bob (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps writer Robert Franklin Young (1915-1986)

Young, Edgar (1883-1969) (items) (chron.)

Writer, travelled through Central America. Not to be confused with the general solicitor for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad (1883?-1941).

Young, Gordon (Raymond) (1886-1948) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/gordon-ray-young-author-cowboy.html

Young, John Richard (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Author of books for young readers. Born in Wisconsin.

Zagat, Arthur Leo (1895-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

Zimmermann, (Emilie) Irene (1907-1967); used pseudonym Irene Endris (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Zimmerman.html

Zirm, Rudolph W(ilhelm) (1894-1952) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Zirm.html

Zschokke, (Johann) Heinrich (Daniel) (1771-1848) (items) (chron.); name also given as Heinrich Zchokke.

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Zschokke

Zumpe, Lee Clark (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.leeclarkzumpe.com