The Western & Frontier Fiction Magazine Index

Biographical Notes

Rhodes, S. Clayton (fl. 2000s-2010s) (stories)

See sclaytonrhodes.com

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Rice, Louise (Guest) (1880-?) (stories)

Born in New Albany, Indiana; graphologist; contributed to magazines; syndicated features articles to newspapers; lived in New York City.

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Richards, Dusty (1937-2018) (stories)

See 5newsonline.com/2018/01/18/prolific-springdale-author-dusty-richards-author-passes-away/

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Richardson, Gladwell (1903-1980) (stories)

See www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/nau/AHS48.xml;query=;brand=default

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Richmond, Roaldus (Frederick) “Roe” (1910-1986) (stories)

Western writer, editor, proofreader. Born in Barton, Vermont; lived in Concord, New Hampshire.

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Rideaux, Charles de Balzac [born Ernest Charles de Balzac Willett] (1900-1971) (stories)

Son of E. Noddall Willett; stepfather’s last name was Ridout which somehow became Rideaux for this author.

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Riesenberg, Sidney H(arry) (1885-1971) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Riesenberg.html

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Riley, David B. (fl. 1980s-2010s) (stories)

See sftrails.blogspot.co.uk

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Ripley, Clements (1892-1954) (stories)

Fiction writer, screenwriter, playwright, sportsman. Born in Tacoma, Washington; lived in Los Angeles.

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Ritchie, Jack; pseudonym of John George Reitci (1922-1983) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ritchie

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Ritchie, Robert Welles (1879-1942) (stories)

Journalist, novelist, adventurer. Born in Quincy, Illinois; died in Carmel, California.

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River, Uncle; pseudonym of Stephen Kaufman (1947- ) (stories)

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

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Roan, Tom [i.e., Thomas B. Roan] (1894-1958) (stories) (assoc.)

Born in Snead, Alabama; died in New Jersey; former peace officer who grew up in Alabama; prolific author of western stories for the pulps.

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Robbins, Jhan (1919-1996) (stories)

See www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/jhan-robbins-76-wrote-biographies.html

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Roberts, Morley (Charles) (1857-1942) (stories)

Born in London; educated at Owen’s College; went to Australia in 1876, working on cattle stations and sheep farms, then to California and South Africa, working at ports, sawmills; wrote more than 60 volumes of fiction.

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Roberts, (George Edward) Theodore Goodridge (1877-1953) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Goodridge_Roberts

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Roberts, W(alter) Adolphe (1886-1962) (stories)

Born in Kingston, Jamaica; newspaper and magazine editor; lived on Staten Island; died in London on a visit to England.

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Robertson, Colin (1906-1980) (stories)

Note: Born Colin Robertson Cooper in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, but the family name was changed to Robertson before the 1911 census.

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Robertson, Frank C(hester) (1890-1969) (stories) (assoc.)

Prolific writer of westerns; brother of Obe Robertson. Born in Moscow, Idaho; died in Springfield, Utah (?).

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Robertson, Morgan (Andrew) (1861-1915) (stories) (assoc.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Robertson

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Robertson, Obe (A.) (1884-?) (stories)

Writer; brother of Frank C. Robertson. Born in Idaho.

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Robinson, Lee (1890-1962) (stories)

Advertising manager, traveller. Born in North Carolina (?); died in New York City.

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Robinson, Thomas Heath (1869-1954) (art)

See www.lookandlearn.com/blog/10387/thomas-heath-robinson

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Roche, Arthur Somers (1883-1935) (stories)

Journalist and novelist. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts; studied law, but after practicing several years he became a journalist for the New York World in 1906; later lived in Florida and died in Palm Beach.

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Rochester, Geo(rge) E(rnest) (1898-1966) (stories)

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

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Rocklynne, Ross; pseudonym of Ross Louis Rocklin (1913-1988) (stories)

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

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Rodewald, Fred C(harles) (1905-1955) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Rodewald.html

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Rodney, [Colonel] George Brydges (1872-1950) (stories)

Cavalry officer, served in Spanish-American War; presumably related to Admiral George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792). Lived in San Antonio, Texas; died in Houston, Texas.

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Roe, Vingie E(ve) [Mrs. Raymond C. Lawton] (1879-1958) (stories)

Born in Oxford, Kansas.

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Rogers, (Reginald) Hubert (1898-1982) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Rogers.html

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Rogers, Joel Townsley (1896-1984) (stories)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/joel-townsley-rogers-1896-1984-part-one.html

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Rogers, Stanley (Reginald Harry) (1887-1961) (art)

Born in Nottingham, England; author and illustrator of more than 30 books on ships and the sea; died in Bronxville, New York.

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Rogers, Wayne; pseudonym of A. H. Bittner (1897-1966) (stories)

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

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Rohde, Robert H. (1889-?) (stories)

Reporter for New York Tribune.

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Rohde, William L. (1918-2000) (stories)

Born in Dallas. Living in Florida in 1950s.

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Ronald, James (1905-1972) (stories)

Born and died in Glasgow, but lived in Fairfield, Connecticut from 1938 to 1955, when he was deported.

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Roots, Tom (Smith, Jr.) (1909-1986) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Roots.html

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Rosaire, Forrest (1902-1977) (stories)

Born in Chicago; for some years an oil explorer, then short story writer in California.

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Roscoe, Theodore (1906-1992) (stories)

See pulpflakes.blogspot.com/2012/08/TheodoreRoscoe.html

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Rosner, Charles (1894-1975) (art)

See www.vallejogallery.com/artist.php?id=126&artist=Charles_ROSNER

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Ross, A(rthur) Leslie (Jr.) (1910-1989) (stories) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Ross.html

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Ross, Irwin (1919-2005) (stories)

See prabook.com/web/irwin.ross/10660

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Rossetti, Christina Georgina (1830-1894) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Rossetti

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Rouse, William Merriam (1884-1937) (stories)

Writer and journalist. Born in Alabany, New York; lived in Westport, New York.

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Rousseau, Victor; pseudonym of Victor Rousseau Emanuel (1879-1960) (stories) (assoc.)

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

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Roussel, Hubert (de Tavanne) (1897?-1980?) (stories)

Texas writer.

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Rowe, John G(abriel) (1873-1956) (stories)

Born and educated in Liverpool; editor, scenarist, novelist and historian. It appears he died as John Thomas Rowe; birth name uncertain.

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Rowell, Harry (1891-1961) (stories)

See www.prorodeohalloffame.com/inductees/by-category/stock-contractors/harry-rowell/

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Rowland, Henry C(ottrell) (1874-1933) (stories)

Born in New York City; died in Washington D.C.; studied medicine at Yale School of Medicine and elsewhere; practiced medicine in New York City and abroad; special agent of Intelligence Department in WWI; built a schooner and used it to cruise about the world.

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Rowland, Leon (1885?-1962) (stories)

Columnist and historian. Died in Santa Cruz, California.

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Roy, Gladys (1902?-1927) (stories) (assoc.)

See siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001˜!263289!0

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Roy, Robert (J.) (1899?-1927) (stories)

See troopers.ny.gov/Introduction/Wall_of_Honor/Wall_Detail_1920-1939.php

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Rozen, George J(erome) (1895-1973) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Rozen,G.html

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Rozen, Jerome G(eorge) (1895-1987) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Rozen,J.html

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Rubel, James L(yon, Jr.) (1894-1960) (stories)

Born in Louisville, Kentucky; graduated from Harvard in 1917; served as a pilot in WWI; lived in Newport Beach, California during his writing life; used the pseudonyms Mason Macrae and Timothy Hayes as well as his own name for numerous westerns; died in Orange, California.

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Rud, Anthony M(elville) (1893-1942) (stories)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/anthony-rud-and-tango-dancer-murder.html

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Rungius, Carl (Clemens Moritz) (1869-1959) (art)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Rungius

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Runyon, (Alfred) Damon (1880-1946) (stories)

Author, poet and journalist. Born in Manhattan, Kansas; died in New York City.

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Rush, William Marshall (1887-1950) (stories)

Writer, U.S. Forest Service Specialist, ranger. Born in New Haven, West Virginia; lived in Oregon.

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Russell, Charles M(arion) (1864-1926) (stories) (art) (assoc.)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Marion_Russell

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Russell, Robert Lowell (fl. 2010s) (stories)

See robertlowellrussell.blogspot.co.uk

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Russell, Roger W. (1941-2012) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nas’Naga

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Russell, W(illiam) Clark (1844-1911) (stories)

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

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Ruth, Rod(ney M.) (1912-1987) (art)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/rodney-m-ruth-1912-1987.html

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Sabin, Dewin L(egrand) (1870-1952) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_L._Sabin

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Sabin, Edwin L(egrand) (1870-1952) (stories)

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

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Sale, Richard (Bernard) (1911-1993) (stories)

Mystery novelist and short story writer. Born in New York City; lived in California.

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Samachson, Joseph (1906-1980) (stories)

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

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Sand, George; pseudonym of Amandine Aurore Lucie Dudevant (1804-1876) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Sand

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Sanders, Charles Wesley ({c}1876-1937?) (stories)

Born in Michigan and may be the Charles W. Sanders who died in Los Angeles in 1937.

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Sanford, Harry (Allen) (1929-1999) (stories)

Born in San Diego; died in Los Angeles.

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Santee, Ross (1889-1965) (stories) (art)

See www.arizonahistoricalsociety.org/wp-content/upLoads/library_Santee-Ross.pdf

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Santesson, Hans Stefan (1914-1975) (stories) (art)

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

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Sarett, Lew (R.) (1888-1954) (stories)

Professor of speech at Northwestern University; lecturer, writer, poet. Born in Chicago, Illinois; died in Gainesville, Florida.

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Saunders, Norman (Blaine) (1907-1989) (art)

See pulpartists.com/SN.html

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Savage, Les(lie Hunter), Jr. (1922-1958) (stories)

Prolific author of westerns.

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Savitt, Al(fred) (1922-2009) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Savitt-Al.html

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Savitt, Sam [born Sam Savitz] (1917-2000) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Savitt.html

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Saxby, Chester L(eigh) (1891-1969) (stories)

American writer, perhaps from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Social Security records state that he died in San Juan, Capistrano, California.

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Saxon, John A. (1886-1947) (stories)

Born in Minnesota; died in Alhambra, California; reporter on the New York World; court reporter in the Los Angeles Superior Court for 30 years; movie scriptwriter.

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Schaare, Chris(tian Richard, Jr.) (1893-1980) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Schaare.html

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Schaare, Harry (J.) (1922-2008) (art)

Born in Jamaica, Long Island, New York.

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Schachner, Nat(han) (1895-1955) (stories)

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

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Schaefer, Jack (Warner) (1907-1991) (stories)

See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Schaefer

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Schisgall, Oscar (1901-1984) (stories)

See tellersofweirdtales.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/two-belgian-authors.html

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Schlaikjer, J(es) W(illiam) (1897-1982) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Schlaikjer.html

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Schmidt, James Norman (1912-1983) (stories)

Newspaperman, writer, expert on Mexican history. Born in Chicago, Illinois.

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Schomburg, Alex (1905-1998) (art)

See pulpartists.com/Schomburg.html

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Schraff, Anne E(laine) (1939- ) (stories)

born in Cleveland, Ohio; earned a B.A. and M.A. from California State University, Northridge; teacher for ten years, now full-time writer.

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Schroeder, Louis G(erald) (1892-1983) (art)

See www.pulpartists.com/Schroeder.html

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Schultz, James Willard (1859-1947) (stories)

Born in New York; lived many years in Montana, but also lived in Colorado, California, and in Wyoming, where he died; prolific author, explorer, guide in Glacier National Park, and historian of Blackfoot Indians.

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