The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 87

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.

Winchester, Clarence (Arthur Charles) (1895-1981) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/clarence-winchester.html

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.

Wingate, Susan (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.susanwingate.com

Winn, Dilys (Barbara) (1939-2016) (items)

See www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=dilys-barbara-winn&pid=177927741

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

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

Winston, Lois (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items)

See www.loiswinston.com

Winter, Cecily (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See cecilywinter.com

Winter, Douglas E. (1950- ) (items)

Retired lawyer living in Virginia.

Winter, Eric (1905-1982) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/eric-winter.html

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

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

Winters, Ben(jamin Allen) H. (1976- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_H._Winters

Wipf, Anne (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.deviantart.com/annewipf

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

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

Wise, Guinotte (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.wisesculpture.com

Wiseman, David (J.) (1947- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.djwiseman.co.uk

Witt, Amanda (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.amandawitt.com

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

See pulpartists.com/Wittmack.html

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

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

Wolf, Leonard (1923-2019) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Wolf

Wolf, Lori (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See authorloriwolf.com

Wolfe, Gene (Rodman) (1931-2019) (items) (chron.)

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

Wolfe, Jesse (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.wattpad.com/user/jsswolfe

Wolff, William Almon (1885-1933) (items) (chron.)

Born in Brooklyn; educated at New York University; contributor of fiction to magazines.

Wolffe, Katherine; pseudonym of Marian Gallagher Scott (1891-1943) (items) (chron.)

See thepassingtramp.blogspot.com/2015/09/marian-gallagher-scott-1891-1943-return.html

Wollheim, Donald A(llen) (1914-1990); used pseudonym Martin Pearson (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.

Woltman, William John (1905-1974); later known as Iain Waltmore (items) (chron.); name also given as William John Waltman.

Born Willem Johannes Woltman in Rotterdam, Netherlands; died in Croydon, Surrey; foreign language consultant and translator.

Wonderly, W(illiam) Carey (1890-1931) (items) (chron.)

Born in Baltimore, MD.

Wong, S. G. (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.sgwong.com

Woo, Xinglu (1937- ) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/xinglu.wu/222072

Wood, (Samuel) Andrew (1887-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

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, Edward (1926-1996) (items)

See fancyclopedia.org/Ed_Wood

Wood, Edwin Goodenow (1864-1934) (items) (chron.)

Brother of Theodore Snow Wood.

Wood, Jonathan (c1956- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/4tlv58/hi_reddit_im_jon_hollins_fantasy_author_and_fake

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

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

Wood, Stuart (fl. 1960s-1970s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps Canadian writer Stuart Zachary Taylor Wood (1889-1966)

Woodbury, Clarence (Moats) (1898-1977) (items) (chron.)

See nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=obse19770421-01.1.27&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN----------

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.

Woodfin, Henry (A.) (1927-1998) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, New York; music (jazz) critic there.

Woodford, Jack; pseudonym of Josiah Pitts Woolfolk (1894-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woodhall, Edwin Thomas (1886-1941) (items) (chron.)

Educated at St. Georges Commercial School, Ramsgate; author and journalist.

Woodhouse, Martin (Charlton) (1932-2011) (items)

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

Wooding, James Bennett (1897-1954) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/05/james-bennett-wooding-1897-1954-first.html

Woodrow, Nancy Mann (Waddel) (1867-1935) (items) (chron.)

See oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1602726

Woods, Jonathan (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.southernnoir.com

Woods, Paula L. (1953- ) (items) (chron.)

Native of Los Angeles; has M.A. in public health from UCLA; with her husband owns and operates a book packaging and marketing company.

Woods, Stuart (Chevalier) (1938-2022) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Woods

Woodward, Ann (F.) (1926- ) (items) (chron.)

Student of Japanese history and language; living in Ann Arbor.

Woodward, Edward (Emberlin) (1882-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kidderminster; living in Berkshire in the 1930s.

Woolfolk, Josiah Pitts (1894-1971); used pseudonym Jack Woodford (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Woodford

Woollcott, Alexander (Humphreys) (1887-1943) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Woollcott

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

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell_Woolrich

Wordingham, James A(rthur) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)

Born in London, England; died in Kent; journalist, then editor of The Norfolk Chronicle.

Workman, James (1912-2001) (items) (chron.)

See www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A22262

Worley, William (Thomas) (1915-1988) (items) (chron.)

Born and died in California; a teacher at Lowell High School, San Francisco.

Wormser, Richard (Edward) (1908-1977); used pseudonym Nick Carter (items) (chron.)

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

Worth, Adam (1844-1902) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Worth

Wortham, Revis (Z.) (fl. 1980s-2010s) (items)

See reaviszwortham.com/about.html

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

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

Wren, M. K.; pseudonym of Martha Kay Renfroe (1938-2016) (items)

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

Wren, P(ercival) C(hristopher) (1875-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Deptford, London; birth registered as Percy Wren.

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

See pulpartists.com/Wren.html

Wright, A(lan) J. (c1951- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.lep.co.uk/news/crime-author-strikes-again-with-award-honour-1-8157321

Wright, Betty Ren; [i.e., Betty Ren Wright Frederiksen] (1927-2013) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ren_Wright

Wright, David (John Murray) (1920-1994) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wright_(poet)