Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes

Shiel, M(atthew) P(hipps) (1865-1947) (stories)

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

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Shiffrin, Abraham B. (1902-1998) (stories)

Playwright, dealer in antiquarian books. Born in Poland; lived in New York.

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Shiflet, Ron (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories)

See www.freewebs.com/rshiflet

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Shilton, C(harles) P(ercival) (1887-1968) (art)

See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/01/c-p-shilton.html

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Shimada, Soji (1948- ) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soji_Shimada

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Shiner, Lewis (Gordon) (1950- ) (stories)

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

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Shinn, Everett (1876-1953) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett_Shinn

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Shippey, (Henry) Lee (1884-1969) (stories)

Born in Memphis, Tennessee.

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Shirk-Johnstone, Hermona [born Hermona Kaufman] (1895-1977) (stories)

Born in Chicago; her father died when she was 3 and her mother married Raymond Shirk; Hermona married someone named Johnstone but that marriage failed; died in New York City.

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Shirley, John (Patrick) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Shively, Thornton T. (1913-1980) (stories)

Born in Nebraska; in 1950s living in California and instructing in English and speech at a junior college; actor; writer under another name.

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Shoham, Liad ({c}1970- ) (stories) (assoc.)

See www.curtisbrown.co.uk/liad-shoham

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Shore, Viola Brothers [i.e., Viola Brothers Shore Braxton Gleichman] (1890-1970) (stories)

Born in New York City, daughter of a surgeon; attended New York University; author of poetry, biography, stories and articles, silent movie titles and original stories for motion pictures; died in New York City.

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Short, Luke; pseudonym of Frederick D. Glidden (1908-1975) (stories)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/08/luke-short-western-story-writer.html

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Short, Marion ({c}1871-?) (stories)

Born in Illinois; death not traced.

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Shortt, Charles Rushton (1904-1981) (stories)

Born and died in Tyne, Northumberland, England.

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Shotwell, Ray P.; house pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1960s) (stories)

used by at least 15 different writers in as many different magazines.

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Shrewsbury, Steven L. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories) (assoc.)

See www.sshrewsbury.wordpress.com

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Shrott, Steve (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See steveshrottwriter.weebly.com

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Shryer, William A. (1877-1918) (stories)

Writer, businessman, psychologist. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana; died in a car crash in Hawaii.

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Shulman, Max(imilian) (1919-1988) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Shulman

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Shumate, Harold (Miller) (1893-1983) (stories)

Screenwriter.

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Shuo, Wang (1958- ) (stories)

Living in Beijing, in a country in which all 20 of his novels are banned.

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Shurtleff, Bertrand L(eslie) (1897-1967) (stories)

Author of animal stories. Born in Adamsville, Rhode Island.

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Shvartsman, Alex (1975- ) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Shvartsman

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Sibson, Francis H(enry) (1899-1972) (stories)

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

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Siegel, Doris [born Doris Genevieve Taylor] (1906-1993) (stories)

Born in New York City; married William Ely Siegel in 1932; died in Santa Barbara, California.

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Sieveking, Lance(lot de Giberne) (1896-1972) (stories)

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

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Silent, William T.; pseudonym of John William Jackson, Jr. (1945- ) (stories)

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

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Silverberg, Robert (1935- ) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg

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Silverman, G. G. (fl. 2010s) (stories)

See www.ggsilverman.com

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Simmons, Dan (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Simmons, Shane (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)

See eyestrainproductions.com

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Simon, Clea (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See www.cleasimon.com

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Simpson, Helen (de Guerry) (1897-1940) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_de_Guerry_Simpson

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Simpson, James Allen (1934- ) (stories)

Professor of Scandinavian Studies at University of Minnesota.

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Simpson, Robert (1886-1934) (stories)

Novelist and short story writer, editor. Born in Strathy, Scotland; emigrated to U.S. in 1907; took up writing adventure stories; joined the Munsey company in 1916, becoming editor of Argosy; then freelance; lived in New York where he died.

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Sims, Burt(on R.) (1919- ) (stories)

California writer.

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Sims, Jeffery Scott (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See jefferyscottsims.webs.com

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Simson, Eric Andrew (1895-1956) (stories)

Born in Edinburgh; educated at Wellington College; lived in Kent.

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Sinclair, Bertrand W(illiam) [born William Brown Sinclair] (1881-1972) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_William_Sinclair

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Sinclair, Harold (Augustus) (1907-1966) (stories)

Novelist. Born in Chicago, Illinois; died in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Sinclair, Robert B(ruce) (1905-1970) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Sinclair

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Sindall, Alfred (1900-1973) (art)

See ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Alfred_Sindall_(1900-1973)

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Singer, Kurt (Deutsch) (1911-2005) (stories)

Editor, anthologist, lecturer. Born in Vienna, Austria; came to United States in 1940; naturalized in 1951.

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Singer, Malvin (1911-1974) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Singer.html

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Sinisi, J. J. (fl. 2010s) (stories)

See www.thisdesperatecity.com

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Siodmak, Curt (1902-2000) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Siringo, Charles A(ngelo) (1855-1928) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Siringo

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Sirois, Al L. (fl. 1970s-2010s) (stories)

See www.alsirois.com

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Siverling, Michael (fl. 2000s) (stories)

See us.macmillan.com/author/michaelsiverling

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Skidmore, Joseph William (1890-1938) (stories)

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

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Skinner, Cortney (fl. 1980s-2000s) (art)

See www.cortneyskinner.com

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Skye, Mav (fl. 2010s) (stories)

See www.mavskye.com

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Sladek, John (Thomas) (1937-2000) (stories)

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

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Slattery, Bill (fl. 1970s-1990s) (stories)

Former reporter for the New York Post who died before 2003; Jesse was his grandfather’s first name.

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Sleath, Frederick (James) (1889-1966) (stories)

Born in Bo’ness, West Lothian, Scotland; served as a sniper officer in the 51st Highland Division in France in WWI.

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Slesar, Henry (1927-2002) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Small, Austin J(ames) (1894-1929) (stories)

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

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Small, Joe Austell (1914-1994) (stories)

Writer, publisher, editor. Born in Burleson County, Texas.

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Small, Sidney Herschel (1893-1958) (stories) (assoc.)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/sidney-herschel-small-author-traveller.html

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Smith, Carol (1938- ) (stories)

Literary agent turned thriller writer.

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Smith, (Alexander) Clark (1919-2007) (stories)

Born in Glasgow; chartered accountant, then director of electronics company; author of auditing textbook.

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Smith, Clark Ashton (1893-1961) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Smith, Cordwainer; pseudonym of Paul M. A. Linebarger (1913-1966) (stories)

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

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Smith, D(enis) O. (1948- ) (stories)

Born in Yorkshire, living in Norfolk.

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Smith, David (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See davidsmithbooks.co.uk

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Smith, Dean Wesley (1950- ) (stories)

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

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Smith, Evelyn E. (1927-2000) (stories)

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

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Smith, Frederick E(screet) (1919-2012) (stories)

See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/frederick-e-smith-and-633-squadron.html

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Smith, Garret (1876?-1954) (stories)

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

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Smith, George Henry (1922-1996) (stories)

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

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Smith, George O(liver) (1911-1981) (stories)

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

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Smith, Guy N(ewman) (1939- ) (stories)

Born in Staffordshire; author of magazine articles and stories; second-hand bookseller; living in Shropshire.

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Smith, H(arry) Allen (1907-1976) (stories)

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

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Smith, H(yrum) M(ack) (1941- ) (stories)

Retired TWA captain. Living in Naples, Florida.

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Smith, James Robert (1957- ) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Robert_Smith_(author)

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Smith, Kevin Burton (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See www.kevinburtonsmith.com

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Smith, Laurence Dwight (1895-1952) (stories)

Born in New York City; graduated from Yale and went into the real estate business, then into writing novels and true crime books; died in the Veterans Hospital in Albany, New York.

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Smith, Malcolm H. (1910-1966) (stories) (art)

See pulpartists.com/SmithM.html

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Smith, Martin Cruz [born Martin William Smith] (1942- ) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Smith, Martin Ryerson (1907-2003) (stories)

Born in New York City; writer for numerous radio and TV network shows; pulp magazine writer.

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Smith, Michael F(arris) (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See michaelfarrissmith.com/about/

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Smith, Michael (Paul) Marshall (1965- ) (stories) (assoc.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Marshall_Smith

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Smith, Richard R(ein) (1930- ) (stories)

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

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Smith, Robert Charles (1938- ) (stories)

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

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Smith, Roger (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See www.rogersmithbooks.com

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Smith, Wallace (1888-1937) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Smith_(illustrator)

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Smith, Wilbur (Addison) (1933- ) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_Smith

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Smits, Ton [i.e., Gerardus Antonie Smits] (1921-1981) (stories) (assoc.)

See nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton_Smits

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Smullen, Ivor ({c}1928-2006) (stories)

See www.pressgazette.co.uk/ivor-smullen

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Sneddon, Robert W(illiam) (1880-1944) (stories) (assoc.)

Writer of mystery stories. Born in Beith, Scotland; educated at Glasgow University; contributed over 400 short stories to American and European magazines; author of several successful vaudeville sketches; died in New York City.

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Snell, Edmund (1889-1972) (stories)

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

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Snow, C(harles) P(ercy) [Baron Snow] (1905-1980) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.P._Snow

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Snow, Charles H(orace) (1877-1967) (stories)

Born in Lower Lake, California; extremely prolific writer of westerns, with 465 novels to his credit, an even more impressive achievement when one learns that he was totally blind since 1914. Died in Napa, California.

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