The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 23

Niven, Frederick (John) (1878-1944) (items) (chron.)

Born in Valparaiso.

Noble, Edward (1857-1941) (items) (chron.)

Born in Bath; educated privately; master mariner and novelist.

Nolan, Frederick (William) (1931-2022) (items) (chron.)

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

Norman, James; pseudonym of James Norman Schmidt (1912-1983) (items) (chron.)

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

Norman, Noel Wilson (1901-1981) (items) (chron.)

Born in Tasmania.

Norris, (Benjamin) Frank(lin, Jr.) (1870-1902) (items) (chron.)

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

Norris, Kathleen (Thompson) (1880-1966) (items) (chron.)

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

Norton, Alden H(olmes) (1903-1987); used pseudonyms Roy C. Rainey & Ray P. Shotwell (items)

Author and 13th editor of Adventure magazine. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts; died in Brooklyn, New York. Norton contributed prolifically to Adventure, but he did so under a number of pseudonyms.

Norton, Caroline E(lizabeth) S(arah) [Lady Stirling-Maxwell] (1808-1877) (items) (chron.)

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

Norton, Henry A. “Hal” [i.e., Henry M. Norton] (1906-1975) (items) (chron.)

See archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv64996

Norton, Roy (E.) (1869-1942) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2009/09/roy-norton-man-who-died-twice.html

Nostrand, Howard (1929-1984) (items) (chron.)

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

Novak, Kim; [i.e., Marilyn Pauline Novak] (1933- ) (items)

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

Nye, Nelson C(oral) (1907-1997); used pseudonym Cliff Campbell (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_C._Nye

Oblinger, Michael M. (fl. 1920s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Although there appears to be an M.D. by this name in Virginia.

Oblinger, Milo Milton (1890-1963) (items) (chron.)

Born in Arlington, Minnesota; newspaper journalist.

Ogan, George (F.) (1912-1983) (items) (chron.)

Writer and teacher. Born in Kirkwood, Missouri; lived in Louisiana.

Ogan, Margaret (E. Nettles) (1923-1979) (items) (chron.)

Teacher and writer, born in Columbia, Louisiana.

Ogden, G(eorge) W(ashington) (1871-1966) (items) (chron.)

Born in Kansas, died in Santa Monica, California; a newspaperman who became a prolific author of westerns in later life.

O’Hagan, Anne (1869-1933); also known as Anne Shinn (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_O'Hagan_Shinn

Old Scout, An (fl. 1910s-1920s); house pseudonym (items) (chron.)

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

Oliphant, Ronald (1884-1968) (items) (chron.)

See ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LZ69-NXT/ronald-oliphant-1884-1968

Oliver, Jennie Harris (1864-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Olmsted, Harry F(rancis) (1889-1970) (items) (chron.)

Born August 10, 1889 in Los Angeles; worked as a civil engineer before turning to fiction; claimed to have sold 1200 stories; died April 2, 1970 in Riverside, California.

Olson, Ted; [i.e., Theodore B. Olson] (1899-1981) (items) (chron.)

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

Oppenheim, E(dward) Phillips (1866-1946) (items) (chron.)

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

Orban, Paul (1896-1974) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Orban.html

Orcutt, Eddy (fl. 1930s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Almost certainly resident in San Diego, California.

O’Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890) (items) (chron.)

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

O’Rourke, Dan; pseudonym of A. DeHerries Smith (1881-1945) (items) (chron.)

See montopedia.wixsite.com/montopedia/post/augustus-deherries-smith-of-bonnie-doon-and-ireland

O’Rourke, Frank (1916-1989) (items) (chron.)

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

Osborne, William Hamilton (1873-1942) (items) (chron.)

See www.jerseyhistory.org/findingaid.php?aid=1137

Oskison, John Milton (1874-1947) (items) (chron.)

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

Ostby, Gertrude Enid (1920-2012) (items) (chron.)

See www.anewtradition.com/obituaries/obituary/5133_Gertrude_Enid_Ostby

O’Sullivan, William J. (1899-1974) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-obituary-for-william-j-osul/128770305

Ott, Anthony B. (fl. 1940s-1950s) (items) (chron.)

Possibly a pseudonym.

Otway, Leslie (Arthur C.) (1902-1979) (items) (chron.)

See ukcomics.fandom.com/wiki/Leslie_Otway_(1902-1979)

Overholser, Stephen (D.) (1944-2017) (items) (chron.)

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

Overholser, Wayne D. (1906-1996) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_D._Overholser

Overman, Beulah Rhodes (1894-1990) (items) (chron.)

See newsok.com/beulah-rhodes-overman/article/2340740

Owen, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

Owens, Dean; pseudonym of Dudley Dean McGaughey (1906-1986) (items) (chron.)

See www.mysteryfile.com/DOwen/Bibliography.html

Oyen, (Olaf) Henry (1883-1921) (items) (chron.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/01/henry-oyen-reporter-pulp-author.html

Oyler, Leslie Mary (Kathleen) (1884-1971) (items) (chron.)

See www.fieldfamilytree.ca/tng/getperson.php?personID=I2380&tree=1

Packard, Frank (Lucius) (1877-1942) (items) (chron.)

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

Page, Norvell W(ooten) (1904-1961) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Albert B(igelow) (1861-1937) (items) (chron.)

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

Paine, Lauran (Bosworth) (1916-2001) (items) (chron.)

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

Painton, Frederick C(harles) (1895-1945) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_C._Painton

Palmer, Delos, Jr. (1890-1960) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Palmer.html

Palmer, Raymond A(rthur) (1910-1977); used pseudonym A. R. Steber (items) (chron.)

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

Pancoast, Chalmers L(owell) (1880-1965) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio; employed with various newspapers and magazines; lived mostly in Newark.

Parker, Eric R. (1898-1974) (items) (chron.)

See illustrators.wikia.com/wiki/Eric_R._Parker_(1898-1974)

Parker, [Sir] (Horatio) Gilbert (George, 1st Baronet) (1862-1932) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Gilbert_Parker,_1st_Baronet

Parkhill, Forbes (1892-1974) (items) (chron.)

Born and lived in Denver; died in San Diego.

Parkhurst, H(arry) L(emon) V(ictor) (1876-1962) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Parkhurst.html

Parks, Mary (1910-1997) (items) (chron.)

See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/mary-parks

Pate, Roberta M. (1895-1969) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/times-record-news-obituary-for-roberta-m/144408012/

Patenaude, Roland (Joseph) (1912-1989) (items) (chron.)

See pulpartists.com/Patenaude.html

Paterson, J(ames) Phillips (1877-1948) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2017/08/j-phillips-paterson.html

Patmore, Coventry (Kersey Dighton) (1823-1896) (items) (chron.)

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

Patten, Gilbert; [born William George Patten] (1866-1945); previously known as William George Patten; used pseudonym Burt L. Standish (items) (chron.)

See https://ulib.niu.edu/badndp/patten_william.html

Patten, Lewis B(yford) (1915-1981) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten

Patterson, Arthur W(illis) (1888-1946) (items) (chron.)

See www.maine.gov/msl/maine/writdisplay.shtml?id=424533

Patterson, Frank (1871-1952) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Patterson_(illustrator)

Patterson, Rod(ney Lea) (1899-1983) (items) (chron.)

See https://pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2018/10/issue-review-western-story-annual-1948.html

Pattullo, George (Robson, II) (1879-1967) (items) (chron.)

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