Category: Authors

Isabel Ostrander was a prolific writer in the early twentieth century, contributing more than thirty serials using three pseudonyms, and perhaps more under other names, to the Munsey and Street and Smith pulps in little over a decade before her untimely death. Many of these serials were later reprinted as novels, some with changed titles.… Continue reading Isabel Ostrander – Author

Continuing from last week’s The first blind detective in modern fiction Clinton Holland Stagg, the creator of the first fictional blind detective, was born on 22 November 1888 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey to William E. Stagg and Annie Stagg (neé Holland). There is no record of his father’s profession at the time of his… Continue reading Clinton H. Stagg – Author, Script Writer, News Reporter

I came across Rothvin Wallace’s name while reading The Cobra Woman in the Thrill Book, September 1 1919. A quick search turned up an obituary which I thought was worth sharing. A brief bio: Born: February 23 1882 in Christiana, Pennsylvania Died: November 14 1922 in Oceanport, New Jersey Of interest to the readers of… Continue reading Rothvin Wallace – Editor, Author

I came across John Randolph Phillips’ name when i was looking at an issue of  The Popular Magazine in the 1930s. At this time Popular was past its peak in the early 1900s-1919 or so, and was further handicapped by the death of its long time editor, Charles Agnew McLean, a couple of years earlier.… Continue reading John Randolph Phillips – author bio online

I first came across one of Don McGrew’s stories in The Frontier, a year ago. After reading one, i wanted more. Came across his other pirate story in The Frontier, thanks to Pulpmags.org. It was as good as the first one, and i got interested. Here’s what i found out about him. Donald Francis McGrew,… Continue reading Donald Francis McGrew – Author, Journalist

Elliott Chess c. 1926, courtesy the University of Texas at El Paso [Recently read Chess’ first story in Western Story magazine, The Sign of the Skull, an unusual western story of revenge set in a pirates’ inn in the Chihuahuan Desert. After reading the story, I wanted to learn more about the author and what… Continue reading Elliot W. Chess – Fighter pilot, Author