Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index
Biographical Notes
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- von Braun, [Dr.] Wernher (Magnus Maximilian Freiherr) (1912-1977) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun
- von Elder, Genesis Raz ({c}1990- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- See razielmb.deviantart.com
- Von Ziekursch, T(heodore) (1895-1935) (stories)
- Newspaperman, editor, novelist. Born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Voute, Emile (William) (1870-1943) (stories)
- Born in Amsterdam, Holland; died in New York City; journalist, author and dramatist.
- Vukcevich, Ray (Steven) (1946- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/vukcevich_ray
- Vysotskaya, Lora (fl. 2010s) (stories) (art) (assoc.)
- See www.deviantart.com/lora-vysotskaya
- Waddell, C(harles) C(arey) (1868-1930) (stories)
- Born in Ohio; graduate of Marietta College; newspaperman in Ohio before becoming full-time writer.
- Waines, A. J. (fl. 2010s) (stories)
- See sites.google.com/a/awaines.co.uk/aj-waines-crime-fiction-writer
- Waite, Mitch (1956-2013) (art)
- See mitchellwaite.wordpress.com/page/2
- Waite, Stephen; pseudonym of John H. Striebel (1891-1962) (art)
- See pulpartists.com/Waite.html
- Wakefield, Maureen E(llen) (1905-1999) (stories)
- Born Maureen Ellen Shaw in Kent, England; married John A. C. Wakefield in 1950; died in Surrey; educated in music and art at Oxford; writer of material for television and radio.
- Waldorff, Jerzy (1910-1999) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Waldorff
- Walford, Frank (1882-1969) (stories)
- Born in Balmain, Sydney, Australia; buffalo hunter and crocodile shooter in his youth; journalist and editor; short story writer (whose tales were dramatized on Australian radio).
- Walford, P(ercival John) (1893-1978) (art)
- See bearalley.blogspot.com/2019/03/p-walford.html
- Walk, Charles Edmonds (1875-1943) (stories)
- Born in Memphis, Tennessee.
- Walker, Alice (Malsenior) (1944- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walker_alice
- Walker, David (Esdaile) (1907-1968) (stories)
- Born in Darjeeling, India; educated at Oxford; foreign correspondent and leader writer.
- Walker, David (Harry) (1911-1992) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Walker_(author)
- Walker, Evan (fl. 2010s) (art)
- See www.artstation.com/evanwalker88
- Walker, John (1968- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- See wordsfromthedarkside.blogspot.co.uk
- Walker, Stanley (1898-1962) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Walker_(editor)
- Wall, R. N. (fl. 1910s-1920s) (stories)
- Lived in Richmond, Virginia.
- Wallace, Bryan Edgar (1904-1971) (stories)
- Son of (Richard Horatio) Edgar Wallace. Educated at Cambridge; screenwriter, Diplomatic Secretary at British Embassy in Madrid; owned a chateau in France, but died in Columbus, Ohio.
- Wallace, C(harles) S(terling) (1890-1960) (stories)
- Living in California in 1940s.
- Wallace, (George) Carlton (1903-1980) (stories)
- See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/carlton-wallace.html
- Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar (1875-1932) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wallace
- Wallace, F(loyd) L(ee) (1915-2004) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wallace_f_l
- Wallace, Joseph (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
- See www.josephwallace.com
- Wallace, Matt (1982- ) (stories)
- See www.matt-wallace.com
- Wallace, Tommy Lee (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lee_Wallace
- Wallace, William E. (fl. 2010s) (stories)
- See www.pulphackconfessions.com
- Wallenstein, Marcel [born Marcelle Henry Wallenstein] (1893-1986) (stories)
- Born in Atchison, Kansas; founder of Planet News Ltd., 1927; lived in London 1922-1946; war correspondent, playwright, journalist; died in Paris.
- Waller, Leslie (Elson) (1923-2007) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/waller_leslie
- Wallis, G(eraldine June) McDonald (1925- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wallis_g_mcdonald
- Walmsley, Leo (1892-1966) (stories)
- Author, lecturer, screenwriter. Born in Shipley, Yorkshire, England; died in Fowey, England.
Note: Birth and one marriage registered as Lionel Walmsley; death and another marriage registered as Leo Walmsley.
- Walpole, [Sir] Hugh (Seymour) (1884-1941) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Walpole
- Walsh, George E(thelbert) (1865-1941) (stories)
- Born in Brooklyn.
- Walsh, J(ames) M(organ) (1897-1952) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walsh_j_m
- Walsh, Maurice (1879-1964) (stories)
- Author, today remembered primarily for writing The Quiet Man. Born in North Kerry, Ireland; died in Blackrock County, Dublin, Ireland.
- Walsh, Richard J(ohn) (1886-1960) (stories)
- Born in Lyons, Kansas; graduate of Harvard; reporter, editor, advertising writer.
Married to Pearl S(ydenstricker) Buck.
- Walters, Natalie (fl. 2010s) (stories)
- See www.nataliewalterswriter.com
- Walters, Trent M. (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
- See apbsal.blogspot.co.uk
- Walton, Bryce (1918-1988) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/walton_bryce
- Wandrei, Donald (Albert) (1908-1987) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/wandrei_donald
- Ward, A(rthur Henry) Sarsfield (1883-1959) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sax_Rohmer
- Ward, Chad Michael (fl. 2000s-2010s) (art)
- See thechadmichaelward.com
- Ward, Hugh J(oseph) (1909-1945) (art)
- See pulpartists.com/Ward.html
- Ward, Roger (1936- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Ward
- Ward, William Allen (1893-1959) (stories)
- See legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utarl/00193/arl-00193.html
- Wardel, R. C. [i.e., Raymond Wesley Wardell] (1886-1966) (art)
- See pulpartists.com/Wardell.html
- Ware, Edward Parrish (1884-?) (stories) (assoc.)
- Writer. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; lived in Prescott, Arizona.
- Ware, Ruth (1977- ) (stories)
- See www.ruthware.com
- Warner, James (fl. 2010s) (stories)
- See www.jameswarner.net
- Warner, Mignon (fl. 1970s-1980s) (stories)
- Born in Australia; living in England.
- Warren, Earl (1891-1974) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Warren
- Warren, George (Milton, Jr.) (1934-2009) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/warren_george
- Warren, (Thomas) J(ohn) Russell (1886-1954) (stories)
- Born in Reading, England; died in Hertford; journalist.
- Warren, Samuel (1807-1877) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Warren_(British_lawyer)
- Warwick, Francis (Alister) (1902-1975) (stories)
- Son of Sidney Warwick.
- Warwood, John (fl. 2010s) (art)
- See www.madcowmodels.co.uk/John_Warwood_Photography
- Washburn (Reasoner), L(ivia) J. (1957- ) (stories)
- Wife of James M. Reasoner.
- Washburn, Robert Collyer (1900-1978) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/washburn_robert_collyer
- Wasley, Ric (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)
- See www.ricwasley.com/p/bio.html
- Waters, Eric (1919- ) (stories)
- Birth registered in Birmingham, England; went to Australia in 1920; death not traced.
- Watkins, Alexander William (1892-1971) (stories)
- Born in North London, England; died in Los Angeles.
- Watkins, Maurine (Dallas) (1896-1969) (stories)
- Born in Lexington, Ky.; had degrees from Butler Univ. and Radcliff College; crime reporter for Chicago Tribune; staff writer for movie studios.
- Watkins, Muriel Gertrude ({c}1919-2001) (stories)
- A lecturer; died in Sydney, Australia.
- Watkins, Richard Howells (1895-1980) (stories)
- Journalist, originally from New York; also wrote mystery novels. Lived in Riverside, Connecticut.
- Watkins, William Jo(h)n (1942- ) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/watkins_william_jon
- Watson, Emmett (St. Clair, Jr.) (1892-1955) (art)
- See pulpartists.com/Watson.html
- Watson, Jan Elizabeth (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories) (assoc.)
- See janelizabethwatsonwriter.com
- Watt, John Sproul Fyfe (1891-1964) (stories)
- born in Barrow, Lancashire, England, of Scottish parents; served in the R.A.F. in WWII; died in Scotland.
- Waugh, Evelyn (Arthur St. John) (1903-1966) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Waugh
- Way, Isabel Stewart [i.e., Isabel Stewart Way Bonnard Thomson] (1904-1978) (stories)
- Born in Michigan; educated at Albion College; contributed fiction to numerous magazines.
- Wayne, Charles Stokes (1858-1920) (stories)
- Born in Philadelphia; author and journalist and playwright.
- Wayne, David (1914-1995) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wayne
- Weagley, John (fl. 2010s) (stories)
- See www.johnweagly.com
- Weaver, D. J. (fl. 2010s) (stories) (assoc.)
- See theinnocents.weebly.com
- Webb, Archibald (Bertram) (1887-1944) (art)
- See www.lookandlearn.com/blog/11017/archibald-webb-artist/
- Webb, C. K. (fl. 2010s) (stories) (assoc.)
- See theinnocents.weebly.com/ck-webb--dj-weaver.html
- Webb, James P(limell) (1903-1955) (stories)
- See jameswebb.us
- Webb, John (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
- Perhaps Australian editor John Webb. Served in France during the first World War; lived in Long Branch, New Jersey.
- Webb, Reginald Cyril (1901-1957) (art)
- See ukcomics.wikia.com/wiki/Reginald_Heade_(1901-1957)
- Webb, Richard Wilson (1901-1970) (stories)
- Born in Burnham-on-Sea, England; educated at Cambridge; lived in Massachusetts.
- Webb, Sharon (Lynn) (1936-2010) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/webb_sharon
- Webb, Wendy (K.) (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories) (assoc.)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Webb
- Webber, Everett M. (1909- ) (stories)
- Writer. Born in Charleston, Mississippi; lives in Clarksville, Arkansas.
- Weber, Nancy (1942- ) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Weber
- Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster
- Webster, [Captain] F(rederick) A(nnesley) M(ichael) (1886-1949) (stories)
- See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/webster_f_a_m
- Webster, Leslie (fl. 1930s) (stories)
- Possibly Leslie Wenlock Webster, 1891-1974, who was born in Wandsworth, England and died in Wellington, Shropshire.
- Weck, Philip (fl. 1940s-1960s) (stories)
- Journalist, resident in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- Weddle, Steve (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories) (assoc.)
- See steveweddle.com
- Weeks, William Rawle (1920-2009) (stories)
- Born in Denver, educated at Stanford University.
- Weidman, Jerome (1913-1998) (stories)
- See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome_Weidman
- Weighell, Ron (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- A carpenter by trade, living in Hampshire.
- Weikart, Jim [i.e., James Weikart] (1940- ) (stories)
- Living in New York City. Partner in Weikart Tax Associates in NYC.
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