The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 91

Mellett, Berthe Knatvold; [born Bertha M. Knatvold] (1880-1936) (items) (chron.)

Novelist. Born in Alberton, Minnesota; lived in Washington, D.C., Died in Portland, Oregon.

Meltzer, Charles Henry (1853-1936) (items) (chron.)

See archives.library.cofc.edu/findingaids/mss0009.html

Meltzoff, Stanley (1917-2006) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City.

Melville, Herman (1819-1891) (items) (chron.)

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

Menaker, (Robert) Daniel (1941-2020) (items) (chron.)

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

Menard, Wilmon (fl. 1930s-1970s) (items) (chron.)

Also did a biography of W. Somerset Maugham.

Mencken, H(enry) L(ouis) (1880-1956); used pseudonym William Drayham (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken

Mendès, Catulle (Abraham) (1841-1909) (items) (chron.)

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

Menon, Salvator Aubrey Clarence (1912-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.enciklopedija.hr/natuknica.aspx?id=40113

Menzel, Donald H(oward) (1901-1976) (items) (chron.)

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

Meola, John (Constantino) (1916-1993) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Meola.html

Mercer, Cecil William (1885-1960); used pseudonym Dornford Yates (items) (chron.)

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

Mercer, Charles E(dward) (1917-1988) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1988/12/30/obituaries/charles-mercer-writer-and-former-editor-71.html

Meredith, George (1828-1909) (items) (chron.)

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

Mergendahl, Charles (Henry) (1919-1959) (items) (chron.)

Novelist, actor, traveller. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts; died in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York.

Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) (items) (chron.)

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

Merington, Marguerite (1857-1951) (items) (chron.)

Born in Stoke Newington, England.

Merivale, H(erman) C(harles) (1839-1906) (items) (chron.)

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

Merriam, Henry Clay (1837-1912) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_C._Merriam

Merrick, David (1911-2000) (items)

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

Merrick, Leonard; [born Leonard William Miller] (1864-1939); previously known as Leonard Miller (items) (chron.)

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

Merrifield, Richard F(orrester) (1905-1977) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-brattleboro-reformer-obituary/31202071

Merrigan, Court (fl. 2000s-2010s) (items) (chron.)

See courtmerrigan.com

Merritt, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (items) (chron.)

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

Mersereau, John (1898-1989) (items) (chron.)

See www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/mersereau.html

Merwin, (Henry) Bannister (1872-1922) (items) (chron.)

Born in Milwaukee.

Merwin, Sam(uel Kimball), Jr. (1910-1996) (items) (chron.)

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

Merwin, Samuel (Kimball) (1874-1936) (items) (chron.)

Born in Evanston, Illinois, died in New York City; educated at Northwestern University; contributed many short stories and serials to magazines. Father of Sam Merwin, Jr..

Meserve, Arthur L(ivermore) (1838-1896) (items) (chron.)

See www.ulib.niu.edu/badndp/meserve_arthur.html

Meservey, Russ; [i.e., Arthur Russell Meservey] (1898-1953) (items) (chron.)

Private in 828 Aero Squadron which did aircraft repairs.

Mesler, Corey (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items) (chron.)

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

Mesoñero Romanos, Ramón de (1803-1882) (items) (chron.)

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

Metcalfe, (William) John (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Metcalfe_(writer)

Metchnikoff, Élie; [i.e., Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov] (1845-1916) (items)

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

Methley, Violet M(ary) (1882-1953) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/violet-m-methley-1882-1953.html

Meyer, Russ (1922-2004) (items) (chron.)

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

Meyers, Robert (William) (1919-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born in New York City; murdered in Cody, Wyoming.

Meyerstein, E(dward) H(arry) W(illiam) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)

Born in Hampstead, Middlesex; educated at Harrow and Oxford; died in Holborn, London, England.

Meynell, Alice (Christina Gertrude) [née Thompson] (1847-1922) (items) (chron.)

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

Meynell, Viola (1885-1956) (items) (chron.)

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

Meyrink, Gustav; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (items) (chron.)

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

Mezquida, Anna Blake (1883-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Michaëlis, Karin (1872-1950) (items) (chron.)

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

Michelangelo; [i.e., Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni] (1475-1564) (items) (chron.)

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

Michelmore, Peter (1930- ) (items) (chron.)

A journalist and author; born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Michelson, Charles (1869-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/michelson-charles

Michelson, Miriam; [born Mary A. Michelson] (1866-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Michener, Carroll K(insey) (1885-1970) (items) (chron.)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/07/weird-tales-april-1923-part-three.html

Michener, George H(ayworth) (1903-1982) (items) (chron.)

Born in Pennsylvania, worked as lumberjack, rancher, steel worker and writer.

Michener, James A(lbert) (1907-1997) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Michener

Mickler, Joseph (R., Jr.) (1898-1967) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-joseph-mickler/160531882

Micklewright, Robert (Flavell) (1923-2013) (items) (chron.)

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

Middleton, Frances Bragg (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.); there are suggestions that some of the stories under the Middleton name may have been written by, or with the assistance of, Frank Richardson Pierce, but no clear evidence has been found to support this.

Possibly Estelle Frances Bragg Middleton (1886-1951), born in Kentucky and lived in Texas.

Middleton, J(esse) E(dgar) (1872-1960) (items) (chron.)

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

Middleton, Richard (Barham) (1882-1911) (items) (chron.)

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

Miège, Guy (1644-1718) (items)

See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Miège

Mifflin, Lloyd (1846-1921) (items) (chron.)

See www.lancasterhistory.org/finding-aids/mifflin-lloyd-mifflin-collection-1751-1965/

Mighels, Philip Verrill (1869-1911) (items) (chron.)

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

Mikes, George; [i.e., György Mikes] (1912-1987) (items) (chron.)

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

Mikszáth, Kálmán; [i.e., Kálmán Mikszáth de Kiscsoltó] (1847-1910) (items) (chron.)

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

Milburn, George (1906-1966) (items) (chron.)

See www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MI018

Miles, Bernard (James, Baron Miles) (1907-1991) (items) (chron.)

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

Mili, Gjon (1904-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Mill, Robert R. (1895-1942) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/robert-r-mill.html

Millar, Kenneth (1915-1983) (items) (chron.)

Detective story writer; his later mysteries featured detective Lew Archer. Born in Los Gatos, California; died in Santa Barbara, California.

Millard, Joseph J(ohn) (1908-1989) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/joe-millard.html

Millay, C(ora Lounella) B(uzelle) (1863-1931) (items) (chron.)

Mother of Edna St. Vincent Millay.