From the April 10, 1920 issue of the magazine Advertising and Selling, comes this article about Charles Agnew Maclean, the editor of the Popular Magazine. The Men and Women Who Make Our Mediums: Charles Agnew MacLean One of a Series of Informal Visits with the Leading American Editors and Publishers with the Object of Interpreting… Continue reading Charles Agnew MacLean – Editor of the Popular Magazine
Category: Authors
Appeal: Author Gordon Young’s relatives – contact information
Some time ago, I wrote an article on the author Gordon Young on this blog. The author’s grand-daughter, Christine, left a comment on the blog: Greetings. This is Christine, the granddaughter of Gordon Young. My mother and I attended Pulpcon those so many years ago.I trust all is well with you.Thank you for your continued… Continue reading Appeal: Author Gordon Young’s relatives – contact information
William Corcoran – Editor, Author
This is an article in the series The Men Who Made The Argosy in The Argosy magazine from February 7, 1931. William Corcoran was the editor of Adventure magazine for a time. One of his novels is slated for republication this year by Murania Press. Author of The Death Ride, Muscle Man, The Dark Brotherhood… Continue reading William Corcoran – Editor, Author
Sidney Herschel Small – Author, Traveller
Sidney Herschel Small c. 1922 Sidney Herschel Small was a noted writer of stories set in Japan and China. Writing at a time when the Yellow Peril stories were a staple of the pulps, he created Chinese and Japanese characters that were good, bad and somewhere in between: in short, just like most people.… Continue reading Sidney Herschel Small – Author, Traveller
Charles B. Stilson – Author, Journalist
[Obituary appeared in the Rochester Democrat Chronicle, October 23, 1932] C. B. STILSON, NOVELIST AND EDITOR, DIES Devoted Life to Work of Newspapers and to Literature Charles B. Stilson, author Charles Billings Stilson, in point of service one of the oldest newspaper men in Rochester and a fiction writer whose work… Continue reading Charles B. Stilson – Author, Journalist
Interview with Gordon D. Shirreffs, Western writer
Gordon D. Shirreffs: An Interview with a Western Writer Carole Shirreffs Cox My father is Gordon D. Shirreffs. He has written 79 novels of the West as well as hundreds of short stories, pulps, and TV and movie scripts since he first began to sell what he wrote in the 1940s. He visited me in… Continue reading Interview with Gordon D. Shirreffs, Western writer
Leonard H. Nason – Soldier, Writer
Leonard H. Nason c. 1921 (Courtesy the Digital Collections of the Norwich University Archives) Allan Leonard Hastings Nason (his full birth name) was an untamed spirit, and it shows in his writing. He wrote about war and soldiers, and his characters are not respectful of authority. Typically, they are trying to find a way… Continue reading Leonard H. Nason – Soldier, Writer
Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey’s magazine editor, from 1920
This article originally appeared in Advertising and Selling, January 24, 1920. The Men and Women Who Make Our Mediums “BOB DAVIS OF MUNSEY’S” One of a Series of Informal Visits With the Leading American Editors and Publishers With the Object of Interpreting What They Mean to Advertisers. By WILLIAM C. LENGEL I HAVEN’T… Continue reading Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey’s magazine editor, from 1920
T.T. Flynn – Sailor, Railroadman, Author
Pulp Magazine Covers with stories from T.T. Flynn Theodore Thomas Flynn (better known as T.T. Flynn, western and detective fiction author) is nowadays remembered for his book, The Man from Laramie, which was made into a successful movie. He also wrote a series of stories about Mr. Maddox, a bookie detective, in Dime Detective; another… Continue reading T.T. Flynn – Sailor, Railroadman, Author
Gordon Ray Young – Author, Cowboy – Autobiography in Saturday Evening Post, March 7, 1942
Gordon Young was one of the top writers for Adventure magazine. Here’s an auto-biographical short article from him on that originally appeared in the March 7, 1942 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Gordon Ray Young GORDON RAY YOUNG, having written his first Post serial with Tall in the Saddle, goes back over his own… Continue reading Gordon Ray Young – Author, Cowboy – Autobiography in Saturday Evening Post, March 7, 1942