The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 24

Coburn, Walter J(ohn) (1889-1971) (items) (chron.)

Writer of western novels and short stories. Born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana Territory; lived in Arizona.

Cochran, Ruth Gilbert (1893-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in Washington D.C.; author of numerous series books for boys and girls, of magazine stories; was fiction editor for newspaper syndicate.

Cochrane, Alfred (Henry John) (1865-1948) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cochrane

Cochrane, John I(ra, M.D.) (1870-1949) (items) (chron.)

Writer, and a genuine doctor, having received an M.D. from the University of Virginia. Born in East Dorset, Vermont; died in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Cockburn, (Francis) Claud (1904-1981) (items) (chron.)

Father of Sarah Cockburn.

Cocking, Ronald (William J.) (1917-1999) (items) (chron.)

Born in Portsmouth, England; died in Surrey; served in the Royal Air Force in WWII; worked at Scotland Yard in some capacity; went to Canada to try to get his books published there and was editor of the Hamilton [Ontario] News.

Cockrell, Frank; [i.e., Francis M. Cockrell, III] (1906-1987) (items) (chron.)

Father of Amanda Cockrell.

Coconis, Ted (Constantinos) (1927- ) (items) (chron.)

See www.tedcoconis.com

Cocroft, Thoda (Stancliffe) (1891-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in California, worked in the theatre and as a writer.

Coe, Charles Francis (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.; Joined the Navy at 17, spent 5 years as a professional fighter, then a radio sports announcer (and may have invented ringside commentary), then took up writing, went to Hollywood as a screenwriter, then became a lawyer and general counsel for the motion picture producers; moved to Florida and practiced there; became editor and publisher of the Palm Beach Post; died in Palm Beach, FL. Father of Betty Coe Spicer.

Coe, Charles H. (1890-1956) (items) (chron.)

American mystery writer.

Coe, Ethel L(ouise) (1878-1938) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Ethel_Louise_Coe/28219/Ethel_Louise_Coe.aspx

Coffin, Robert P(eter) Tristram (1892-1955) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_P._T._Coffin

Coffin, Robert Stevenson (1797-1827) (items) (chron.)

See famousamericans.net/robertstevensoncoffin

Coffin, Tris(tram) (1909-1990) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tris_Coffin

Coffin, W(illiam) Haskell (1878-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Coggins, Jack (Banham) (1911-2006) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Coggins

Coghlan, Rose; [i.e., Rosamond Marie Coghlan] (1851-1932) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Coghlan

Cogswell, Tobi (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)

See www.pw.org/content/tobi_cogswell

Cohan, George M(ichael) (1878-1942) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_M._Cohan

Cohan, Ray (1914-?) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in New Rochelle, New York; lives in New Jersey.

Cohen, Alfred J(acob) (1861-1928); used pseudonym Alan Dale (items) (chron.)

Born in Birmingham; dramatic critic for New York newspapers 1887-1915, then New York World; playwright.

Cohen, Bella (1899-1990) (items) (chron.)

Born Romania, married Samuel Spewack in 1922 in New York, where she died in 1990.

Cohen, Gil(bert Blass) (1931- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Cohen_(artist)

Cohen, Inez Lopez; [Mrs. Octavus Roy Cohen] (1892-1953) (items) (chron.)

See www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/inez-lopez_14800937

Cohen, Leonard (Norman) (1934-2016) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Cohen

Cohen, Octavus Roy (1891-1959) (items) (chron.)

Noted writer. Born in Charleston, South Carolina; died in Los Angeles, California.

Cohn, Adolphe (1851-1930) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_Cohn

Colbron, Grace Isabel (1869-1948) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; stage actress; reader of European language books for New York publishers, theatrical managers and play-brokers; lecturer on economic and literary subjects; translator from German and Scandinavian languages.

Colby, C(arroll) B(urleigh) (1904-1977) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._B._Colby

Colby, William E(gan) (1920-1996) (items)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Colby

Colcord, Lincoln (Ross) (1883-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Cole, Geoffrey W. (fl. 2000s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See www.geoffreywcole.com

Cole, John Nelson, Jr. (1889-?) (items) (chron.)

See library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/uajnc

Cole, Samuel V(alentine) (1851-1925) (items) (chron.)

See wheatoncollege.edu/college-history/1920s/samuel-cole/

Coleman, Gilbert P(ayson) (1866-1918) (items) (chron.)

See prabook.com/web/person-view.html?profileId=1083121

Coleman, Helena Jane (1860-1953) (items) (chron.)

See library.vicu.utoronto.ca/collections/special_collections/f8_helena_coleman

Coleridge, Hartley (1796-1849) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartley_Coleridge

Coleridge, Mary E(lizabeth) (1861-1907) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in London.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Colin, Galen C(yril) (1890-1973) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/galen-c-colin-1890-1973.html

Coll, Joseph Clement (1881-1921) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Clement_Coll

Colladay, Morrison F. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

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

Colles, Edmund (Brown Ramsay) (1898-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dublin, Ireland; lived in London c1930-1945; presumably returned to Ireland and died there.

Collier, James L(incoln) (1928- ) (items)

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

Collier, John (Henry Noyes) (1901-1980) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Collier_(writer)

Collier, Richard (Hughesdon) (1924-1996) (items) (chron.)

Writer; born in London, England.

Collier, (Edward) Tarleton (1888?-1970) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/tarleton-collier-1888-or-1889-1970.html

Collier, William (1866-1944) (items) (chron.)

Actor and playwright; on stage from childhood, with first appearance in 1879.

Collinge, Patricia; [born Eileen Cecilia Collinge] (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Collinge

Collings, Kenneth Brown (1888-1941) (items) (chron.)

See www.monongahelabooks.com/advencoll.html

Collingwood, Harry; pseudonym of William J. C. Lancaster (1851-1922) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, A(rchie) Frederick (1869-1952) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Frederick_Collins

Collins, Dabney Otis (?-c1986) (items) (chron.)

Writer. Born in Alabama; lived in Denver, Colorado.

Collins, (Cuthbert Quinlan) Dale (1897-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, (Mrs.) E. Burke; pseudonym of Emma Augusta Sharkey (1858-1902) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Augusta_Sharkey

Collins, Frederick L(ewis) (1882-1950) (items) (chron.)

Born in Lawrence, Mass.

Collins, James H(iram) (1873-1957) (items) (chron.)

Born in Detroit; journalist during WWI; staff member, U.S. Food Administration.

Collins, Larry; [i.e., John Lawrence Collins, Jr.] (1929-2005) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Marjory (fl. 1950s) (items) (chron.)

Probably pseudonymous. Nevertheless, there was a Marjorie Amy Collins (born in 1913).

Collins, (Edward James) Mortimer (1827-1876) (items) (chron.)

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

Collins, Shad (1915-?) (items) (chron.)

Arizona writer, not to be confused with the musician of the same name.

Collins, (William) Wilkie (1824-1889) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkie_Collins

Collins, William (1721-1759) (items) (chron.)

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

Collison, (Clyde) Wilson (1893-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; a playwright.

Collyer, Robert (1823-1912) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Collyer

Colter, Eli; pseudonym of May Eliza Frost (1890-1984) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2012/05/eli-colter-1890-1984.html