The Adventure, War, and Espionage Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 27

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

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

Otis, James; pseudonym of James Otis Kaler (1848-1912) (items) (chron.)

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

Ouse, David (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See zenithcity.com/author/davo

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

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

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

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

Owen, Frank (1893-1968) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/frank-owen-1893-1968.html

Oxenham, John; pseudonym of William Dunkerley (1852-1941) (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Pachter, Josh (1951- ) (items) (chron.)

See joshpachter.com

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

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

Paddock, Jilly (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.goodreads.com/author/show/5624332.Jilly_Paddock

Page, Gerald W(ilburn) (1939- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_W._Page

Page, Norvell W(ooten) (1904-1961); used pseudonym Grant Stockbridge (items) (chron.)

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

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

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

Paine, Ralph Delahaye (1871-1925) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Delahaye_Paine

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, Frederick (1873-1958) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Palmer_(journalist)

Palmer, John F. Joseph (1866?-1928) (items) (chron.)

Born in Quebec, Canada in 1866 or 1874; died in California.

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

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

Palmer, (Charles) Stuart (Hunter) (1905-1968) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Palmer

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

Parmer, Charles (Brower) (1893-1958) (items) (chron.)

Editor and reporter, born in Nashville, Tennessee; died in Alexandria, Virginia; editor, reporter and radio broadcaster.

Parr, Thelma (1906-2000) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Parr

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.

Paul, Frank R(udolph) (1884-1963) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/PF.html

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

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

Peake, Elmore E(lliott) (1871-1930) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7943818

Pearsall, Robert J. (fl. 1900s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Traveller, writer, later affiliated with the WPA. Born in Michigan; lived in Tacoma, Washington.

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

Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.

Pearson, Alvin (Theodore) (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Pearson.html

Pearson, George (fl. 1910s-1920s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps the English writer, producer and director of motion pictures (1875-1973).

Pearson, Martin; pseudonym of Donald A. Wollheim (1914-1990) (items) (chron.)

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

Peck, A. G. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Born in Monmouth Beach, New Jersey.

Peck, Henry J(arvis) (1880-1964) (items) (chron.)

Born in Galesburg, Illinois; lived in Warren, Rhode Island.

Peck, James L(incoln) H(olt) (1912-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Peck_(pilot)

Peery, James Robert (1900-1954); used pseudonym Carl Buchanan (items) (chron.)

See mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=439

Pégoud, Adolphe (Célestin) (1889-1915) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Pégoud

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

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

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

Pendray, [Dr.] G(eorge) Edward (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

Pennington, Ann (1893-1971) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Pennington_(actress)

Pérard, Victor (1870-1957) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Victor_Semon_Perard/28755/Victor_Semon_Perard.aspx

Perc, Kern L. (fl. 1940s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps a pseudonym.

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.

Perrin, Jack; [born Lyman Wakefield Perrin] (1896-1967) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Perrin

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, Kathryn (1897-1983) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Perry

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

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

Perry, Steve(n Carl) (1947- ) (items)

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

Perry, Tyline; [Mrs. Ralph D. Perry] (1897-1978) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brownwood, Texas.

Pershing, [General] John J(oseph) “Black Jack” (1860-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Pershing

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, David McKelvey (1884-1919) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKelvey_Peterson

Peterson, Margaret; [i.e., Margaret Ann Peterson Fisher] (1883-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

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, (Walter) Clinton (1872-1937) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Pettee.html

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

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

Phelps, Pauline (Isabel) (1870-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Connecticut.

Philips, (John) Austin (Drury) (1875-1947) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lewisham; educated at Malvern College; with investigation branch and surveying staff of Postal Service; dramatist and author.

Philips, Judson (Pentecost) (1903-1989) (items) (chron.)

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