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Wechsberg, Joseph (1907-1983) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Wechsberg


Weck, Philip (fl. 1940s-1960s) (items) (chron.)
Journalist, resident in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.


Wedmore, (Thomas) Frederick (1844-1921) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Wedmore


Weekes, A(gnes) R(ussell) (1880-1940) (items) (chron.)
Born in Rochester, Kent, England; died in Slindon, Sussex; sister of R(ose) K(irkpatrick) Weekes.


Weekes, R(ose) K(irkpatrick) (1874-1956) (items) (chron.)
Sister of A(gnes) R(ussell) Weekes.


Weeks, Edward (Augustus, Jr.) (1898-1989) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_A._Weeks


Weeks, Jack (1907-1971) (items) (chron.)
Crime beat journalist in Detroit, Chicago, and Miami.


Weeks, Robert Kelley (1840-1876) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kelley_Weeks


Weems, Parson; [i.e., Mason Locke Weems] (1759-1825) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_Locke_Weems


Wees, Frances Shelley (1902-1982) (items) (chron.)
Note: Birth name was Frances Almeda Johnson, and she apparently adopted her mother’s maiden name as a part of her writing byline.


Wegner, Fritz (1924-2015) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Wegner


Weidman, Jerome (1913-1998) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Weidman


Weigall, Arthur (Edward Pearse Brome) (1880-1934) (items) (chron.)
Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt, 1905-1911, set designer for the London revue stage during WWI, film critic, writer of lyrics.


Weight, Harold O(rlando) (1911-1992) (items) (chron.)
California writer.


Weill, Irwin J(ulius) (1908-1956) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Weill.html


Weiman, Rita (1889-1954) (items) (chron.)
Born in Philadelphia; playwright; contributed to many U.S. and European magazines.


Weinert, Harry (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)
See www.lambiek.net/artists/w/weinert_harry.htm


Weintraub, J(oe) (fl. 1990s-2020s) (items)
See jweintraub.weebly.com


Weir, Hugh C(osgro) (1884-1934) (items) (chron.)
Born in Illinois; reporter in that state and in Ohio; freelance magazine writer, then prolific screenwriter; operated an advertising agency in 1928 and was editorial director of Tower Magazines at the time of his death.


Weisinger, Mort(imer) (1915-1978) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/weisinger_mort


Weiss, Ernst (1882-1940) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Weiss


Weiss, Morris (Samuel) (1915-2014) (items) (chron.)
Cartoonist, illustrator, author. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; lives in Florida.


Welch, Denton (Maurice) (1915-1948) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denton_Welch


Welch, J. Herbert (fl. 1900s-1910s) (items) (chron.)
Not to be confused with the Methodist writer Herbert Welch (1862-1969).


Welch, Jack; [i.e., John William Welch] (1905-1985) (items) (chron.)
See strippersguide.blogspot.com/2014/08/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-jack.html


Weld, H(oratio) Hastings (1811-1888) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Hastings_Weld


Weldon, E. D. (fl. 1920s) (items) (chron.)
Cartographer. Not to be confused with artist Charles Dater Weldon (1855-1935).


Weldon, Fay; [born Franklin Birkinshaw] (1933-2023) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Weldon


Welke, Ian (fl. 2010s) (items) (chron.)
See www.ianwelke.com


Welles, (George) Orson (1915-1985) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Welles


Welles, (Benjamin) Sumner (1892-1961) (items)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_Welles


Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington


Welliver, Judson C(hurchill) (1870-1943) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judson_Welliver


Wellman, Manly Wade (1903-1986) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wellman_manly_wade


Wellman, Paul I(selin) (1895-1966) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wellman


Wells, A(rthur) W(alter) (1894-1977) (items) (chron.)
Born in England; journalist; served in WWI, then on staff of Cape Argus; spent some time in New Zealand, then back to South Africa; became editor of The Outspan from 1927.


Wells, Amos R(ussel) (1862-1933) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Russel_Wells


Wells, Carolyn; [i.e., Carolyn Wells Houghton] (1869-1942); also known as Carolyn Wells Houghton (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Wells


Wells, Emmett Mixx Spencer (1869-?) (items) (chron.)
Traveller, writer, adventurer. Born in Brooklyn, New York.


Wells, G. A. (fl. 1910s-1930s) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2023/04/ga-wells-first-story-of-far-north.html


Wells, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells


Wells, Hal K.; [i.e., Harold Kerton Wells] (1899-1979) (items) (chron.)
See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.com/2011/12/hal-k-wells-1899.html


Wells, Lee E(dwin) (1907-1982) (items) (chron.)
Born in Indianapolis; licensed public accountant in California; associated with an occult school in New York City; has been an MWA board member; deeply involved in Freemasonry. Living near Los Angeles; working in advertising and TV production; author of short stories.


Wells, William H. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (items) (chron.)
Perhaps advertising agent and sales executive William Henson Wells (1886?-1958). Not to be confused with educationist William Hughes Wells (1859-1919).


Welshimer, Helen (1901-1954) (items) (chron.)
See library.milligan.edu/wp-content/uploads/archives/Helen%20Welshimer%20Finding%20Aid.pdf


Welty, Eudora (1909-2001) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudora_Welty


Wentworth-James, Gertie de S. (1874-1933); previously known as Gertie de S. Webster (items) (chron.)
See sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wentworth-james_gertie_de_s


Wenzel, Bill (1918-1987) (items) (chron.)
See lynn-munroe-books.com/list65/Bill_Wenzel.htm


Wenzell, Zillah; [i.e., Mrs. Adolph H. Wenzell, born Zillah Townsend Thompson] (1897-1973) (items) (chron.)
See www.woodvorwerk.com/wood/g22/p22583.htm


Werfel, Franz (1890-1945) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/werfel_franz


Werner, C(lint) L(ee) (1973- ) (items) (chron.)
See www.vermintime.com


Wert, George H(arrison) (1888-1950) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Wert.html


Wescott, Glenway (1901-1987) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenway_Wescott


Wessolowski, Hans W(aldemar) “Wesso” (1894-1948) (items) (chron.)
See pulpartists.com/Wesso.html


West, Anna (1938- ) (items) (chron.)
Retired university English composition teacher living in Las Vegas.


West, Anthony (Panther) (1914-1987) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/west_anthony


West, Horace J. (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)
California expert on mines and mining.


West, (Mary) Jessamyn (1902-1984) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/west_jessamyn


West, Morris L(anglo) (1916-1999) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/west_morris


West, Paul (Clarendon) (1871-1918) (items) (chron.)
Perhaps the pseudonym of journalist William Andrew Johnson (1879-1929); perhaps journalist Paul Clarendon West (1871-1918); perhaps somebody else.


West, [Dame] Rebecca; pseudonym of Cecily Isabel Fairfield Andrews (1892-1983) (items) (chron.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_West


West, William (fl. 1910s) (items) (chron.)
U.S. Forest Ranger on Black Mesa Reserve. Also a lawyer.


Westall, William (Bury) (1834-1903) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/westall_william


Westcott, Edward Noyes (1846-1898) (items) (chron.)
Born in Syracuse, N.Y.


Westenholz, Mary (Bess) (1857-1947) (items) (chron.)
See da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Westenholz


Westerby, Robert (James) (1909-1968) (items) (chron.)
Born and lived in London; foreign correspondent and screen writer; invited to California to work for Disney in 1961; died in Santa Monica, California.


Westlake, Donald E(dwin Edmund) (1933-2008) (items) (chron.)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/westlake_donald_e



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