Tag: Author

Galen C. Colin: Popular Wild West author from Wichita

This profile of Galen C. Colin, prolific writer of westerns for Wild West Weekly, appeared in the Wichita Eagle in 1932. Colin started out as an author of weird tales, moved to the western genre soon after and stayed with it for over twenty years. During that time, he published over 350 stories, of which… Continue reading Galen C. Colin: Popular Wild West author from Wichita

Russell A. Bankson: The shooting star from Spokane

This profile of Russell A. Bankson, Spokane author, was originally published in 1935. Russell’s writing career in the pulps started in 1915 and ended in 1957, lasting almost as long as the pulps themselves. One of the authors who helped to fill the pulps, Bankson averaged about 3-5 stories a year, mostly westerns, over that… Continue reading Russell A. Bankson: The shooting star from Spokane

Secrets of a Fast Fiction Factory from T. T. Flynn

This article on then Santa-Fe resident author T. T. Flynn appeared in a local newspaper in 1929. Ted Flynn’s fiction factory has taken on new aspects of a prosperous growing industry with the addition of an Ediphone to Ted’s accessories for turning out quick copy to supply the demands of a string of some pulp… Continue reading Secrets of a Fast Fiction Factory from T. T. Flynn

Homesteading in the 1920s: part 3 by Cherry Wilson

Part 3 of a personal account of homesteading in the 1920s by western author Cherry Wilson. But to go back to those first glo­rious days of Spring, after the event­ful Winter; when the very air made one’s head light. The call of the out­door was so strong that while snow still lay in canyon pockets… Continue reading Homesteading in the 1920s: part 3 by Cherry Wilson

Homesteading in the 1920s: part 2 by Cherry Wilson

Part 2 of a personal account of homesteading in the 1920s by western author Cherry Wilson. Two days later, when order was established, we looked with pardon­able pride upon our work. For out of that rude shack we had made a home. The bare logs were hung with bright pennants, cheery cur­tains of cretonne draped… Continue reading Homesteading in the 1920s: part 2 by Cherry Wilson

Hidden Sex: The Origin of B. M. Bower

This article by and about B. M. Bower, author of Chip of the Flying U and many other novels and stories, appeared in the December 10, 1928 issue of Western Cattle Markets and News. My Own Tally SheetBy B. M. Bower Note—B. M. Bower, author of “Chip of the Flying U,” which was written in… Continue reading Hidden Sex: The Origin of B. M. Bower

Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator

Henry Bassett Comstock (1908 – 2003), the son of illustrator Enos Benjamin Comstock and Christine Frances Bassett, was an illustrator, journalist and editor of Munsey’s Railroad Magazine in the 1940s. This profile of him originally appeared in The Journal News, White Plains, New York, August 6, 1972. Locomotive tootles way into one man’s heartBY VIRGINIA… Continue reading Henry Bassett Comstock – Author, Editor, Illustrator

The Thrilling World of Robert C. Blackmon: Man of Mystery

The depression, back in 1932, made writing sink-or-swim prop­osition for Robert C. Blackmon. Cast out on his own after losing a comfortable clerical position with the Atlantic Coast Line rail road, Blackmon swam and to­day he blesses the day his work terminated with the railroad. Today, eight years later, Black­mon is recognized as one of… Continue reading The Thrilling World of Robert C. Blackmon: Man of Mystery

Mastering Mystery: The Intriguing World of G. T. Fleming-Roberts

THE EDITORS of Better Homes and Gardens magazine unwittingly played right into the hands of G. T. Fleming-Roberts of Brown County, Indiana, when they printed a piece of advice on picking lilies a few months ago. Pull off the stamens, the magazine suggested, and the lilies won’t stain themselves—surely as innocent a tip on gardening… Continue reading Mastering Mystery: The Intriguing World of G. T. Fleming-Roberts

Million word man: Utah writer Frank C. Robertson

Frank C. Robertson, of Springville, prolific western writer who is now hard at work on a new book, says he’ll be glad when the European war is over and the Britishers get back to their reading again. This Utah writer has had about 65 novels appear in book form in Great Britain, of which about… Continue reading Million word man: Utah writer Frank C. Robertson