Category: Authors

Robert Leitfred was an author working in many different genres from aviation and war at the beginning of his career (the early 1930s) and moving to detective, speculative/weird fiction and general adventure fiction in the 1940s. He wasn’t a prolific author – close to a hundred stories in the Fictionmags index, and biographical details are… Continue reading Robert H. Leitfred – Author

Ray Millholland is pretty unknown today. Back in the day, he was famous for a series of stories in the Saturday Evening Post about a master machinist named Blue Chip Haggerty. Blue Chip is a master machinist who gets into a jam, and then out again while trying to meet the rigid specifications of the… Continue reading Ray Millholland – Engineer, Sailor, Author

Starting a new series of biographical articles about some authors who appeared in Short Stories magazine. I intend to review an issue of Short Stories where these authors had appearances, and in the process of reviewing the magazine, also took the time to unearth some biographical info about them.  The first author in this series… Continue reading Alfred Batson – Soldier, Journalist, Author

This article is dedicated to Matt Moring, the man behind the curtain at Altus Press, the publisher that is putting out a remarkable series of pulp reprints. Last time we met, we had talked about needing biographical information on this author. Here it is, Matt; only took around half a year. Berton E. Cook (1889-1958)… Continue reading Berton E. Cook – Sailor, Teacher, Author

[Another in the series of articles on authors appearing in Blue Book magazine. A much more comprehensive article on his life and the Red Wolf stories was written by Michael Ashley as the introduction to the collection of Red Wolf stories published by Black Dog Books, The Garden of TNT. This article originally appeared in… Continue reading William J. Makin – Journalist, Author

Another entry in the series of articles on authors that appeared in Blue Book magazine. Bigelow Neal was a writer from North Dakota, known for his wildlife stories. This article originally appeared in the Bismarck Tribune, February 22, 1930. Basic biographical factsBorn: 27 June, 1891 in Bismarck, North DakotaDied: August 21, 1962 in Ward County,… Continue reading Bigelow Neal – Author, North Dakota

This is another in the series of articles about authors that appeared in Blue Book magazine. Robert R Mill was a journalist who was a reporter for many newspapers, including the Syracuse Herald Tribune. He covered a lot of crime investigations with the New York State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  Using this… Continue reading Robert R. Mill – Journalist, Author

I’ve been working on reviewing an issue of Blue Book magazine, and as part of the review I’ve been digging up information on the authors and illustrators of that issue. The previous entry about Leland Jamieson was a result of that research, as is this article. Hope you enjoy it. Fulton T. Grant was an… Continue reading Fulton T. Grant – Author, Soldier, Newsman