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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, Cornel; [born Kornél Lajos Weisz] (1912-1989) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_Wilde


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.)
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, Bill; [working name of Herman August Wilhelm Katt] (1915-1992) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Williams_(actor)


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


Wilmot, John, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester


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



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