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Feck, Lou (1925-1981)
American artist, probably from New York City. Probably died in Long Island, New York.


Feeley, Gregory (Patrick) (1955- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/feeley_gregory


Felice, Cynthia (Lindgren) (1942- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/felice_cynthia


Fiedler, Leslie (Aaron) (1917-2003) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fiedler_leslie_a


Finlay, Virgil (Warden) (1914-1971) (stories)
See pulpartists.com/Finlay.html


Finney, Charles G(randison) (1905-1984) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/finney_charles_g


Finney, Jack [i.e., Walter Braden Finney] (1911-1995) (books) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Finney


Fisher, Louis (1935- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fisher_lou


Fisher, Mary A. (1839-?) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fisher_mary_a


Fisher, Philip M(elancthon, Jr.) (1891-1973) (stories)
Writer and teacher. Born in Oakland, California. Not to be confused with educator Philip M. Fisher (1878-1932).


Fisk, Nicholas; pseudonym of David Higginbottom (1923- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fisk_nicholas


Flagg, Francis; pseudonym of George Henry Weiss (1898-1946) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/flagg_francis


Flecker, (Herman) James Elroy (1884-1915) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Elroy_Flecker


Fleming, Nichol(as) (1939-1995) (stories)
Son of author (Robert) Peter Fleming, nephew of Ian Fleming.


Fleming, (Robert) Peter (1907-1971) (stories)
Father of Nichol Fleming.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fleming_peter


Fletcher, J(oseph) S(mith) (1863-1935) (stories)
See gadetection.pbworks.com/w/page/7930591/Fletcher%2C%20JS


Flint, Homer Eon [born Homer Eon Flindt] (1892-1924) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/flint_homer_eon


Flynn, Joshua Albert (1863-1933) (stories)
English writer; assistant and acting financial advisor to Lord Kitchener; K.C.B. in 1919. He was born in Sheerness, Scotland.


Flynn, T(homas) T(heodore, Jr.) (1902-1978) (stories)
Writer of western novels, writer for pulp magazines. Born in Indiana; lived for a while in Hyattsville, Maryland.
See also pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/tt-flynn-sailor-railroadman-author.html


Follett, Ken(neth Martin) (1949- ) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Follett


Fontana, D(orothy) C(atherine) (1939- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fontana_d_c


Fontenay, Charles L(ouis) (1917-2007) (stories)
Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil; died in St. Petersburg, Florida.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fontenay_charles_l


Foote, Bud [i.e., Irving Flint Foote] (1930- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/foote_bud


Foran, [Major] W(illiam) Robert (1882-1966) (books) (stories)
English traveller, writer, big-game hunter, East African policeman; foreign correspondent for Theodore Roosevelt’s African safari. Foran was resident in Kenya as Assistant District Superintendent of the British East African Police during the first decade of this century, and in 1908 he arrested Talbot Mundy (then passing as “Thomas Hartley”) in Lake Victoria. Although Foran was one of the few people who knew of Talbot Mundy’s past, he never publicly revealed his knowledge. Died in Nanyuki, Kenya. See also under Talbot Mundy.


Ford, James L(auren) (1854-1928) (books) (stories)
Born in St. Louis.


Ford, John M(ilo) (1957-2006) (stories)
Editor, award-winning fantasy novelist, living in Minneapolis.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/ford_john_m


Forester, C. S.; pseudonym of Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith (1899-1966) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S._Forester


Forster, E(dward) M(organ) (1879-1970) (books) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.M._Forster


Forward, Robert L(ull) (1932-2002) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/forward_robert_l


Foster, Alan Dean (1946- ) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/foster_alan_dean


Foster, John L(ouis) (1941- ) (books) (stories)
See www.johnfosterchildrenspoet.co.uk/index.php/about-john


Foster, M(ichael) A(nthony) (1939- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/foster_m_a


Fox, Gardner F(rancis) (1911-1986) (stories)
Writer of action-oriented stories. Born in Brooklyn, New York; died in Princeton, New Jersey.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fox_gardner_f


Fox, Janet (Kaye) (1940-2009) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fox_janet


France, Anatole; pseudonym of Anatole-François Thibault (1844-1924) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatole_France


Franke, Herbert W(erner) (1927- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/franke_herbert_w


Franklin, H(oward) Bruce (1934- ) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/franklin_h_bruce


Fraser, W(illiam) A(lexander) (1859-1933) (books) (stories)
Born in Nova Scotia; a mining engineer in India, Burma and Canada; contributed to numerous magazines and Sunday newspapers.


Frazier, Robert (Alexander) (1951- ) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/frazier_robert


Freas, Frank Kelly (1922-2005)
See pulpartists.com/Freas.html


Free, Colin (Lewis) (1925-1996) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/free_colin


Freeman, R(ichard) Austin (1862-1943) (stories)
English physician; writer of detective stories featuring Dr. John Evelyn Thorndyke, the best of which have no peer. Born in London, England; died at Gravesend, Kent, England.


Friedberg, Gertrude (Tonkonogy) (1908-1989) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/friedberg_gertrude


Friend, Oscar J(erome) (1897-1963) (books) (stories)
Born in St. Louis, Missouri; author, literary agent and pharmacist; contributed fiction to pulp magazines.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/friend_oscar_j


Fritch, Charles E(dward) (1927-2012) (books) (stories)
Born in Utica, New York; died in North Hollywood, California.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fritch_charles_e


Fuller, R(ichard) Buckminster (1895-1983) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller


Funnell, Augustine Bruins (1952- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/funnell_augustine


Furman, A(braham) L(oew) (1902-1972) (books)
Manager of a publishing firm (Amour Press); lawyer; editor of juvenile books and anthologies.


Futrelle, Jacques [born John Heath Futrell] (1873-1912) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Futrelle


Fyfe, H(orace) B(owne) (1918-1997) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fyfe_h_b


Gakov, Vladimir; pseudonym of Mikhail Kovalchuk (1951- ) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gakov_vladimir


Gallery, Dan(iel Vincent) (1901-1977) (stories)
Highly honored naval officer, novelist. Was commander of the task force that in 1944 captured German submarine U-505. Born in Chicago, Illinois; died in Bethesda, Maryland.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_V._Gallery


Gallico, Paul (William) (1897-1976) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gallico


Gallun, Raymond Z(inke) (1911-1994) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gallun_raymond_z


Galouye, Daniel F(rancis) (1920-1976) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/galouye_daniel_f


Gamow, George (1904-1968) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gamow_george


Gansovsky, Sever (Feliksovich) (1918-1990) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gansovsky_sever


García Márquez, Gabriel (José de la Concordia) (1927-2014) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez


Gardner, Erle Stanley (1889-1970) (books) (stories)
Noted mystery writer, creator of character “Perry Mason.” Born in Malden, Massachusetts; died in Temecula, California.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erle_Stanley_Gardner


Gardner, John (Champlin, Jr.) (1933-1982) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gardner_(American_writer)


Gardner, Martin (1914-2010) (stories)
Mathematician, magician, popularizer of science, debunker of paranormal occurrences; expert on Lewis Carroll. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma; lived in North Carolina.
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gardner


Garis, Howard R(oger) (1873-1962) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garis_howard_r


Garner, Alan (1934- ) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Garner


Garnett, David S. (1947- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garnett_david_s


Garnett, Edward (1868-1936) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garnett_edward


Garnett, Richard (1835-1906) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garnett_richard


Garrett, (Gordon) Randall (Phillip David) (1927-1987) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garrett_randall


Garth, Will; house pseudonym (fl. 1938-1947)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/garth_will


Gary, Romain; pseudonym of Romain Katsev (1914-1980) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gary_romain


Gaskell, Mrs. E(lizabeth) C(leghorn Stevenson) (1810-1865) (books) (stories)
Born in Chelea, London; lived in Manchester after marriage.


Gaskell, Jane [i.e., Jane Gaskell Denvil Lynch] (1941- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gaskell_jane


Gauger, Rick [i.e., Richard C. Gauger] (1942- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gauger_rick


Gault, William Campbell (1910-1995) (stories)
Mystery writer, novelist. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; lived in California.


Gawsworth, John; pseudonym of T. I. Fytton Armstrong (1912-1970) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gawsworth


Geier, Chester S. (1921-1991) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/geier_chester_s


Geis, Richard E(rwin) (1927-2013) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/geis_richard_e


Gentle, Mary R(osalyn) (1956- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gentle_mary


George, W(alter) L(ionel) (1882-1926) (stories)
Born of British parentage in Paris and lived there until 1905, when he came to London; journalist and newspaper foreign correspondent.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/george_w_l


Gerard, Francis (Edward M.) (1905-1966) (books) (stories)
Born in Chiswick, Middlesex, England; a dealer in precious stones before turning to writing; emigrated to South Africa after 1946, and by early 1950s his interest in politics had replaced his writing.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gerard_francis


Gernsback, Hugo (1884-1967) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gernsback_hugo


Gerrold, David; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman (1944- ) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gerrold_david


Geston, Mark S(ymington) (1946- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/geston_mark_s


Gibbon, (Richard) Perceval (1879-1926) (books) (stories)
Born in Carmarthenshire; sent to sea on merchant ships, then became a journalist.


Gibbs, [Sir] Philip (Armand Hamilton) (1877-1962) (books) (stories)
Born in London; educated privately; a journalist and special correspondent and commentator on international affairs.


Gibson, Walter B(rown) (1897-1985) (books) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gibson_walter_b


Gibson, William (Ford) (1948- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/gibson_william


Giesy, J(ohn) U(lrich) (1877-1947) (stories)
Physical therapist, novelist, graduate of Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio; remembered for his fantasies and science fiction. Born near Chillicothe, Ohio; died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
See also www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/giesy_j_u


Gilbert, Bernard (Samuel) (1882-1927) (stories)
Father of Michael (Francis) Gilbert.


Gilbert, Michael (Francis) (1912-2006) (stories)
Lawyer, playwright, novelist. Born Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England. Son of Bernard Gilbert.



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