The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes: Page 23

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. (1896?-1945) (items) (chron.)

Writer, war correspondent. Died in Guam.

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)

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

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

Patten, William George (1866-1945) (items) (chron.)

Author of numerous “Frank Merriwell” novels under the pseudonym “Burt L. Standish.” Born in Corinna, Maine; died in Vista, California. Note: Patten was born William George Patten and is carried that way in some bibliographies.

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)

Paust, Gil(bert Harry) (1912-1988) (items) (chron.)

Free-lance writer and the 14th editor of Adventure magazine. An expert on outdoor sports such as hunting and fishing, and also knowledgeable about aeronautics. His claim to hold a Ph.D. in physics from Columbia University cannot be substantiated. Born in and resident of Yonkers, New York. Like Alden Norton before him and Bruce Cassiday after him, Gil Paust contributed prolifically to Adventure, but because he used a number of pseudonyms, his contributions are not realized.

Payne, John (1912-1989) (items)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Payne_(actor)

Payne, Stephen (1888-1970) (items) (chron.)

Prolific writer of westerns. Born in North Park, Colorado; died in Denver, Colorado (?).

Peach, Arthur Wallace (1886-1956) (items) (chron.)

Poet. Essayist, novelist, teacher. Born and resident in Vermont.

Peacock, Thomas Love (1785-1866) (items) (chron.)

Born in Dorsetshire; largely self-educated; employed by the East India Company for many years.

Peacock, Wilbur Scott (1915-1979) (items) (chron.)

Editor, writer of short stories and television scripts. Born in Kansas; died in Los Angeles, California.

Pearsall, Robert J(ames) (1885-1948) (items) (chron.)

See www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-tribune-obituary-for-robert-jam/153855854

Pearse, Alfred (1856-1933) (items) (chron.)

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

Pearsol, John G(ilmore) (1895-1943) (items) (chron.)

Born in Ohio, lived in Texas and Florida.

Pearsol, Zella (Irene) (1897-1989) (items) (chron.)

Wife of John G. Pearsol.

Peddie, Tom; [i.e., Thomas Hutchison Peddie] (1874-1954) (items) (chron.)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/tom-peddie.html

Peeples, Samuel A(nthony) (1917-1997) (items) (chron.)

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_A._Peeples

Peil, Paul L(eslie) (1912-1979) (items) (chron.)

See www.imdb.com/name/nm0670527

Peixotto, Irma (Maduro) (1881-1964) (items) (chron.)

See www.askart.com/artist/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto/133926/Irma_Maduro_Peixotto.aspx

Pelley, William Dudley (1890-1965) (items) (chron.)

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

Pemberton, [Sir] Max (1863-1950) (items) (chron.)

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