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Marryat, [Captain] Frederick (1792-1848) (stories)
Born in Westminster; went to sea at 14; author of novels for adults and children.

Marsh, Howard R(oland) (1893-1974) (stories)
Explorer, adventurer. Not to be confused with the musical actor of the same name (d. 1969).

Marshall, Edison (Tesla) (1894-1967) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/marshall_edison

Martin, Al(bert Harry) (1895-1971) (stories)
Born in Wisconsin; died in Los Angeles.

Martin, Charles M(orris) “Chuck” (1891-1954) (stories) (assoc.)
Some stories under this byline written by Charles S. Strong.

Martin, Ian (1912-1981) (stories)
Born in Glasgow, Scotland; actor and playwright, especially for radio; died in New York City.

Martin, Jackson (1874-1946) (stories)
See www.azcentral.com/community/mesa/articles/20130506powder-river-jack-buried-in-mesa-cemetery.html

Martin, Neil (1885-1963) (stories)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/pulp-reprints-collected-stories-of-sea.html

Martin, Reginald Alec (1908-1971) (stories)
See www.reginaldalecmartin.co.uk

Martin, Robert (Lee) (1908-1976) (stories)
See www.mysteryfile.com/RMartin/Pronzini.html

Martinez, Pete [i.e., Pedro Pablo Martinez] (1894-1971) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Martinez.html

Martyn, Wyndham; pseudonym of William Henry Martin Hosken (1874-1963) (stories)
See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2007/07/wyndham-martyn-biographical-notes.html

Marx, Groucho [i.e., Julius Marx] (1895-1977) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx

Masero, Tony (fl. 1970s-2010s) (art)
See www.artnillustration.com

Mason, Elmer Brown (1877-1955) (stories)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/10/ElmerBMason.html

Mason, (Francis) Van Wyck (1901-1978) (stories)
Mystery writer. Born in Boston, Massachusetts; died in Bermuda.

Masur, Harold Q. (1909-2005) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Q._Masur

Mathers, James (1936-2014) (stories)
See www.imdb.com/name/nm0558483

Matheson, Richard (Burton) (1926-2013) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/matheson_richard

Mathison, Volney G. (1897-1965) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mathison_volney_g

Matteson, H(erman) H(oward) (1876-1951) (stories)
Author, ship’s surgeon, surgeon to Central American explorers and inmates in federal penitentaries; radio broadcaster. Born in Grundy County, Illinois; lived in Los Angeles, California.

Maupassant, (Henri René Albert) Guy de (1850-1893) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_de_Maupassant

Maury, Magruder (Gordon) (1878-1948) (stories)
Journalist. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in Bethesda, Maryland.

Maxon, Rex (Hayden) (1892-1973) (stories) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Maxon.html

Mayan, Earl Eugene (1916-2009) (stories) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Mayan.html

Mayhar, Ardath (Frances Hurst) (1930-2012) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mayhar_ardath

Maynard, Guy L. (fl. 1920s-1940s) (stories)
California writer.

McAbee, K. G. (fl. 1990s-2010s) (stories)
See kgmcabee.blogspot.co.uk

McArdle, Jay [i.e., James Nivison McArdle] (1899-1960) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McArdle.html

McBlair, Robert (fl. 1910s-1940s) (stories)
Perhaps the McBlair from New York (1888-1976).

McCann, Gerald (Patrick) (1916-1995) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McCannG.html

McCarthy, Frank (C.) (1924-2002) (art)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_McCarthy_(artist)

McCauley, Harold W(illiam) (1913-1977) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McCauley.html

McClary, Thomas Calvert (1909-1972) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcclary_thomas_calvert

McClusky, Thorp (1906-1975) (stories) (assoc.)
Free-lance writer, former editor of Motor magazine; also wrote juveniles and a book on chiropractics. Studied music at Syracuse University. During the 1960’s he lived in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey. Probably died in Eatontown, Monmouth, New Jersey.

McCoy, Max (1958- ) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mccoy_max

McCulley, Johnston (1883-1958) (stories)
Prolific pulp writer, mystery writer, screenwriter, creator and author of Zorro novels. Born in Ottawa, Illinois; died in California.

McDermott, H. Charles; pseudonym (fl. 1930s-1940s) (stories)
Wrote detective and western stories while serving 10-20 for robbery.

McDowell, (Robert) Emmett (1914-1975) (stories)
See desturmobed.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/robert-emmett-mcdowell.html

McFarlane, Arthur E(merson) (1876-1945) (stories)
Novelist. Born in Islington, Ontario; died in New York City.

McFarlane, (Charles) Leslie (1902-1977) (stories)
Newspaperman; prolific hack; also author of “Hardy Boys” stories under name of Franklin W. Dixon. Born in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada; died in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.

McGaughey, Dudley Dean (1909-1986) (stories)
Born in Rialto, California; died in Laguna Beach, California.

McGillivray, Ray (fl. 1920s-1940s) (stories)
Traveller and sportsman. Lived in Citronelle, Alabama.

McGinnis, Vera (1892-1990) (stories)
See www.cowgirl.net/portfolios/vera-mcginnis

McGivern, William P(eter) (1922-1982) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcgivern_william_p

McGrew, Donald Francis (1886-1955) (stories)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2019/07/donald-francis-mcgrew-author-journalist.html

McGuinness, James Kevin (1893-1950) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Kevin_McGuinness

McIntyre, John T(homas) (1871-1951) (stories)
Born and died in Philadelphia.

McKechnie, N(eil) K(enneth) (1873-1951) (art)
Born in England; educated in London, Germany and Paris; lived in Toronto.

McKell, James C(ook) (1884-1956) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McKell.html

McKelvey, Nat W. (1914- ) (stories)
Journalist and writer. From Arizona.

McKillips, Budd L. (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
See socialjusticehistory.org/projects/alww/index.php?title=McKILLIPS,_Budd_L.

McLaren, Alex (fl. 1920s-1930s) (stories)
Perhaps business agent Alex McLaren (1885-1940).

McMillan, Duncan (Robert) (1895-1943) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McMillan.html

McNagny, Rob(ert) Reed (1884-?) (stories)
Indiana author.

McNeil, (Henry) Everett (1862-1929) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mcneil_everett

McNutt, William Slavens (1885-1938) (stories)
born in Urbana, Illinois; died in La Canada, CA.

McWilliams, Alden S(purr) (1916-1993) (art)
See pulpartists.com/McWilliams.html

Meade, L. T.; pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844-1914) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/meade_l_t

Means, Elliott (Anderson) (1905-1962) (art)
Born in Stamford, Texas; died in New York City.

Meares, Leonard F(rank) (1921-1993) (stories)
Vastly prolific Australian author, mostly of westerns (over 700 novels).

Mearson, Lyon (1888-1966) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mearson_lyon

Meeker, Ezra (1830-1928) (stories) (assoc.)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ezra_Meeker

Megargee, Lon [i.e., Alonzo (Lon) Megargee III] (1883-1960) (art)
See www.a-1beerprints.com/HTML/Lon%20Megargee.html

Meilink, William (1903-1953) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Meilink.html

Meola, John (Constantino) (1916-1993) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Meola.html

Merha, Lester Wayne (1912-2000) (stories)
See rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wyu-ah07357.xml

Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosper_M%C3%A9rim%C3%A9e

Merril, Judith [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/merril_judith

Merrill, Harrison R. (fl. 1920s) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/merrill_harrison_r

Mersereau, John (1898-1989) (stories)
See www.ruemorguepress.com/authors/mersereau.html

Merwin, Sam(uel Kimball), Jr. (1910-1996) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/merwin_sam_jr

Merwin, Samuel (Kimball) (1874-1936) (stories)
Born in Evanston, Illinois, died in New York City; educated at Northwestern University; contributed many short stories and serials to magazines. Father of Sam Merwin, Jr..

Millard, Joseph J(ohn) (1908-1989) (stories)
See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/09/joe-millard.html

Miller, (Mabel) Elizabeth York (1879-1949) (stories)
Born in Washington, D.C.; a journalist and writer; became a naturalized British citizen in 1934; died in Maidstone, England.

Miller, Tevis (1913-1983) (stories)
Graduate of Western State College, Colorado; died in Portland, Oregon; author of westerns.

Miller, Warren Hastings (1876-1960) (stories)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2013/02/biography-of-warren-hastings-miller.html

Millholland, Ray(mond Albert) (1894-1956) (stories)
See pulpflakes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/ray-millholland-engineer-sailor-author.html

Milnes, Richard Monckton (, 1st Baron Houghton) (1809-1885) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Monckton_Milnes,_1st_Baron_Houghton

Milton, John (1608-1674) (stories)
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Milton

Mines, Samuel (1909-1986) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/mines_samuel

Mitchell, Arthur (Roy) (1889-1977) (stories) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Mitchell.html

Moline, Edward (John) [born Carl John Edwin Moline] (1908-1979) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Moline.html

Monahan, P(atrick) J(ohn) (1882-1931) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Monahan.html

Moneypenny, D(avid) H(ixon) (1900-1976) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Moneypenny.html

Montana, Duke; house pseudonym (1927-2010) (stories)
See bearalley.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/richard-conroy.html

Montgomery, Rutherford (George) (1894-1985) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/montgomery_rutherford

Montgomery, Vaida Stewart (née Boyd) (1888-1959) (stories)
See www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00175/smu-00175.html

Moore, [Captain] Frederick Ferdinand (1877-1947) (stories)
Editor, author, sailor, civilian scout, war correspondent. One of the intelligence officers dispatched by the United States to Siberia in the summer of 1918. Briefly married to Eleanor Gates. Research on this man is difficult, hampered by the presence of author Frederick Moore (1877-1956?). Even the Library of Congress has treated the two men as being the same. Frederick Ferdinand Moore was born in Concord, New Hampshire; apparently still alive in 1954.

Moore, Samuel Taylor (1893-1974) (stories)
Author, journalist, retired Air-Force Colonel. Born in Westfield, Massachusetts.

More, [Sir] Thomas (1478-1535) (stories)
See www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/more_sir_thomas

Morey, Leo [i.e., Leopoldo Morey y Pena] (1899-1965) (art)
See pulpartists.com/Morey.html

Morey, Walt(er Nelson) (1907- ) (stories)
A writer best known for his animal stories such as Gentle Ben (1965) and Kavik, the Wolf Dog (1968). He was born in Hoquiam, Washington.

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