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Procter, Maurice (1906-1973) (items) (chron.); Note: The name was sometimes spelled Proctor.
Novelist. Born in Nelson, Lancashire, England.


Prokosch, Frederic (1909-1989) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Prokosch


Pronzini, Bill; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pronzini


Prose, Francine (1947- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine_Prose


Proske, Roman (c1899-1972) (items) (chron.)
See www.nytimes.com/1972/07/05/archives/roman-proske-of-circus-leading-animal-traner.html


Prout, Victor (William) (1862-1950) (items) (chron.)
See bearalley.blogspot.com/2007/02/victor-prout.html


Prouty, Olive Higgins (1882-1974) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Higgins_Prouty


Pryce-Jones, Alan (Payan) (1908-2000) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Pryce-Jones


Pudney, John (Sleigh) (1909-1977) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Pudney


Pueyo, H(ache) (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)
See hachepueyo.com


Pugh, Edwin (William) (1874-1930) (items) (chron.)
Born in London.


Pugh, Marshall (Morrison) (1925-1976) (items) (chron.)
Born in Scotland; free-lance writer, columnist, film critic; died in London.


Pulitzer, Ralph (1879-1939) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Pulitzer


Punshon, E(rnest) R(obertson) (1872-1956) (items) (chron.)
Born in London.


Purden, Laurie (1928-2022) (items) (chron.)
See www.magforum.com/Laurie-Purden-Good-Housekeeping.htm


Purdy, Nina (Sutherland) (1889-1952) (items) (chron.)
See www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-202810290/less-work-for-mother-rural-readers-farm-papers


Pushkin, Alexander Sergeievitch (1799-1837) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin


Pusser, Buford (Hayse) (1937-1974) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buford_Pusser


Putnam, George Palmer (1887-1950) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_P._Putnam


Putnam, Xeno(phon Whiting) (1867-?) (items) (chron.)
Born in Pennsylvania.


Putta, Walto W(aino) (1891-?) (items) (chron.)
Born in Musikirkko, Finland. A sailor, longshoreman, and master of a private yacht. Lived in San Pedro, CA.


Puzo, Mario (1920-1999) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/puzo_mario


Pyle, Ellen B(ernard) T(hompson) (1876-1936) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Bernard_Thompson_Pyle


Pyles, V(irgil) E(vans) (1891-1965) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Pyles.html


Quarles, Francis (1592-1644) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Quarles


Queen, Ellery; pseudonym of Frederic Dannay & Manfred B. Lee (fl. 1920s-1990s) (items) (chron.); pseudonym used by Dannay solo after Lee’s death, but also used as a house pseudonym, particularly for EQ novels published after 1961.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Queen


Quesnay de Beaurepaire, Jules (1834-1923) (items) (chron.)
See fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Quesnay_de_Beaurepaire


Quick, Dorothy; [i.e., Dorothy Gertrude Quick Mayer] (1896-1962) (items) (chron.); some sources incorrectly list her as a pseudonym of Margaret Rogers Straub, born in 1900.
See www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=96225916


Quick, (John) Herbert (1861-1925) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/quick_herbert


Quigley, Ray(mond Lyman) (1909-1998) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Quigley.html


Quill, John; pseudonym of Charles H. Clark (1841-1915) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Heber_Clark


Quiller-Couch, [Sir] Arthur T(homas) (1863-1944) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Quiller-Couch


Quiller-Couch, Lilian M(aude) (1866-1941) (items) (chron.)
Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, and died in Essex; a sister of Sir Arthur T(homas) Quiller-Couch.


Quindlen, Anna (Marie) (1953- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Quindlen


Quinn, E(leanor) Baker (1900-1976) (items) (chron.)
Born in the U.S.


Quinn, Seabury (Grandin) (1889-1969) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/quinn_seabury


Quirk, Leslie W. (1882-1960) (items) (chron.)
Born in Alta, Iowa; educated at University of Wisconsin; editor and publisher.


Quong, Rose (1879-1972) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Quong


Quo Tai-chi (1888-1952) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quo_Tai-chi


Raabe, [Captain] H. E. (1858-?) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/raabe_h_e


Rabelais, François (1494-1553) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabelais


Rabinovitch, Louise G. (1869-?) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_G._Rabinovitch


Rabkin, Anat (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)
See www.cloudscapecomics.com/2015/11/25/anat-rabkin/


Raboteau, Emily (Ishem) (fl. 2000s) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Raboteau


Rachels, David (fl. 2010s-2020s) (items) (chron.)
See noirboiled.blogspot.co.uk


Rachlin, Nahid (1950- ) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahid_Rachlin


Radak, Jason (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See fictionaut.com/users/jason-radak


Radcliffe, (Henry) Garnett (1898-1971) (items) (chron.)
Educated at Campbell College, Belfast, and at Sandhurst; served in India on the North-West Frontier and with the RAF in South Arabia and Socotra; later a civil servant.


Raddall, Thomas H(ead) (1903-1994) (items) (chron.)
Radio officer, writer, historian. Born in Hythe, Kent, England; lived in Nova Scotia, Canada.


Rader, (Isaac) Paul (1906-1968) (items) (chron.)
See lynn-munroe-books.com/list55/rader.htm


Rae, Lucy M(ackie) (1865-1938) (items) (chron.)
Born in Scotland; died in London.


Raemaekers, Louis (1869-1956) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Raemaekers


Rago, Henry W. (1915-1969) (items) (chron.)
See www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/henry-w-rago


Ragozin, Zénaïde A(lexeïevna) (1835-1924) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zénaïde_Alexeïevna_Ragozin


Ragsdale, Lulah; [i.e., Tallulah Ragsdale] (1862-1953) (items) (chron.)
Born in Cedar Hall, Mississippi; actress, poet and teacher.


Raht, Carlysle Graham (1880-1972) (items) (chron.)
See www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fra13


Raine, Norman Reilly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)
Journalist, editor, novelist, screenwriter, creator of “Tugboat Annie.” Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; died in Woodland Hills, California. Note: one source lists his birthdate as 1894.


Raine, William MacLeod (1871-1954) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_MacLeod_Raine


Rainey, Roy C. (fl. 1930s-1960s); house pseudonym used by Fredson Bowers (fl. 1950s), William R. Cox (1901-1988) & William Heuman (1912-1971) (items) (chron.)
used by at least five writers in different magazines; three have been identified, the rest are presumably by staff writers.


Rainier, [Major] Peter W. (1890-1945) (items) (chron.)
See www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-obituary-for-peter-w-ra/146152947


Rainov, Bogomil (Nikolaev) (1919-2007) (items) (chron.)
See berberian11.tripod.com/igov_rainov.htm


Raleigh, Cecil; pseudonym of Cecil Rowlands (1856-1914) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Raleigh


Raleigh, H(ilary) M(ason) (1893-1969) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/raleigh_h_m


Raleigh, Henry (Patrick) (1880-1944) (items) (chron.)
See illustrationart.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/henry-patrick-raleigh-1880-1944.html


Raleigh, [Sir] Walter (1552?-1618) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh


Ralli, Constantine (Scaramanga) (1854-1934) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ralli_constantine


Ralph, Lester (1876-1927) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Ralph



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