The General Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 125

Webb, Charles Nicholls (1888-1926) (items) (chron.)

Poet, author and journalist. Died in Duluth, Minnesota.

Webb, John (fl. 1920s-1930s) (items) (chron.)

Perhaps Australian editor John Webb. Served in France during the first World War; lived in Long Branch, New Jersey.

Webb, Kaye; [i.e., Kathleen Webb] (1914-1996) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaye_Webb

Webb, Mary (G. Meredith) (1881-1927) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Webb

Webb, Paul (1902-1985) (items) (chron.)

See www.pbase.com/csw62/webb

Webb, Richard Wilson (1901-1970); used pseudonyms Q. Patrick & Jonathan Stagge (items) (chron.)

Born in Burnham-on-Sea, England; educated at Cambridge; lived in Massachusetts.

Webb, Thomas H(aggerty) (1884-1975) (items) (chron.)

See www.nytimes.com/1975/06/21/archives/thomas-h-webb.html?mcubz=0

Webber, Everett M(arion) (1909-1992) (items) (chron.)

See www.findagrave.com/memorial/142611796/everett-marion-webber

Weber, Katharine (1955- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Weber

Weber, Lenora Mattingly (1895-1971) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenora_Mattingly_Weber

Weber, Nancy (1942- ) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Weber

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) (items) (chron.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster

Webster, [Captain] F(rederick) A(nnesley) M(ichael) (1886-1949) (items) (chron.)

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

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

Weed, C(live) R. (1884-1936) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Clive_R_Weed/10057263/Clive_R_Weed.aspx

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