The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 25

Clarke, Neva (Yvonne) (1920-2015) (items) (chron.)

See https://northlandauthors.co.nz/2015/02/25/neva-clarke-mckenna-1920-2015/

Clarke, Powhatan (Henry), U.S.A. (1862-1893) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan_Henry_Clarke

Claudius Aelianus (c175-c235) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Aelianus

Claudy, Carl H(arry) (1879-1957) (items) (chron.)

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

Clausen, Carl (1885-1954) (items) (chron.)

Born in Denmark; he was a sailor, miner, pearl-fisher, life insurance salesman, window cleaner, lumber jack, copra trader and opera singer before turning to writing; came to the U.S. in 1906 knowing practically no English; died in Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania.

Claussen, W(illiam) Edmunds (1907-1974) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/w-edmunds-claussen.html

Clay, Charles (1906-1980) (items) (chron.)

See www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.030-e.html

Cleary, Beverly (Atlee) (1916-2021) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Cleary

Cleary, Kate M(cPhelim) (1863-1905) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_McPhelim_Cleary

Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe (1876-1959) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Norcliffe_Cleghorn

Clemenceau, Georges (Eugene Benjamin) (1841-1929) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Clemenceau

Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910); used pseudonym Mark Twain (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain

Clement of Alexandria; [i.e., Titus Flavius Clemens] (c150-c215) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandria

Clements, Calvin (Joseph, Sr.) (1915-1997) (items) (chron.)

Writer of screenplays; born in Jersey City, New Jersey; died in Tarzana, California.

Clephane, Elizabeth Cecilia (Douglas) (1830-1869) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_C._Clephane

Clews, Henry (1834-1923) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clews

Clifford, Charles L(ewis) (1890-1991) (items) (chron.)

Born in Boston in 1890, Clifford rose to the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army becoming Commanding Officer of the 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiment in 1942. He wrote several books and stories about the Philippines including The Real Glory (1937) which was made into a film starring Gary Cooper & David Niven in 1939. The film seems also to have been based in part on Jungle Patrol (1938) by Vic Hurley which had led some to suggest that Clifford was actually a pseudonym for Hurley. Clifford died in New Jersey in 1991.

Clifford, Emilie (1863-1933); used pseudonym Clifford Mills (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Mills

Clifford, [Sir] Hugh (Charles) (1866-1941) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Clifford

Clifford, Sigerson (1913-1985) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigerson_Clifford

Clifford, Mrs. W(illiam) K(ingdon) (1846-1929) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Clifford

Clift, Denison (Halley) (1885-1961) (items) (chron.)

Born in San Francisco; graduate of Stanford University; Hollywood writer and director; author of novels, ss, and plays.

Clifton, Lucille; [born Thelma Lucille Sayles] (1936-2010) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Clifton

Climenson, John G. (1910-1971); used pseudonym Barry Storm (items) (chron.)

See www.desertusa.com/desert-prospecting/barry-storm.html

Clingerman, Mildred (née McElroy) (1918-1997) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Clingerman

Clink, David (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

See poetrymachine.com

Clinton, Daniel Joseph (1899-1993) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; died in Santa Barbara, California.

Clive, Henry; [i.e., Henry Clive O’Hara] (1881-1960) (items) (chron.)

See www.pulpartists.com/Clive.html

Clodfelter, Frank; [i.e., William Franklin Clodfelter] (1911-1984) (items) (chron.)

See www.polkcounty.org/saludagrade/trains_mag/clodfelter.html

Cloete, (Edward Fairly) Stuart (Graham) (1897-1976) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Cloete

Close, Robert (Shaw) (1903-1995) (items) (chron.)

Born in Melbourne, Australia.

Clough, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Hugh_Clough

Clough, Wilson O(ber) (1894-1990) (items) (chron.)

See kids.britannica.com/students/article/Wilson-Ober-Clough/310740

Clouston, J(oseph) Storer (1870-1944) (items) (chron.)

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

Clowes, [Sir] W(illiam) Laird (1856-1905) (items) (chron.)

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

Clymer, John (Ford) (1907-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Clymer.html

Coates, Archie Austin (1891-?) (items) (chron.)

Ohio writer.

Coates, Austin (1922-1997) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Coates

Coates, Florence (Van Leer) Earle (Nicholson) (1850-1927) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Earle_Coates

Coates, Grace Stone; [Mrs. Henderson Coates] (1881-1976) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Stone_Coates

Coates, Robert M(yron) (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)

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

Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane (1893-1986) (items) (chron.)

Born in Buffalo, N.Y.

Cobb, Elisabeth; [i.e., Elisabeth Cobb Chapman Rogers] (1902-1959); also known as Elisabeth Cobb Chapman (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/61262455/elisabeth-rogers

Cobb, Frank Irving (1869-1923) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_I._Cobb

Cobb, Irvin S(hrewsbury) (1876-1944) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irvin_S._Cobb

Cobban, J(ames) MacLaren (1849-1903) (items) (chron.)

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

Cobbe, Mira L(ove) (1871-?) (items) (chron.)

Born in North Carolina as Mira L. Cobb but by 1894 was spelling her surname Cobbe; also sometimes listed as Myra L. Cobb.

Cobbett, William (1763-1835) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cobbett

Cober, Alan E. (1935-1998) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_E._Cober

Coblentz, Stanton A(rthur) (1896-1982) (items) (chron.)

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

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 https://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 https://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 https://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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Coggins