Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000
by Allen J. Hubin


Addenda to the Revised Edition.

                                            New Addenda #15                                      Return to the Main Page.
                              
                                   (With special thanks again to John Herrington)


AIKEN, CLARK. (Adding a further story included in the 1930s volume in CFIV.)
    Three Miles from Murder. Also includes: “The Embalmers,” originally published in Dime Mystery Magazine as by Garry Grant

ALLEN, GERTRUDE M(ARY). 1893-   . Born in Medway area of Kent, England; script writer for films and theatre, then freelance journalist and writer of stories; may be the Gertrude M. Allen who lived in London and died there in 1965. (Adding the birth date and biographical details for the author of two 1934 novels in CFIV.),

BARCLAY, WILFRID. (Adding the setting of the 1938 novel in CFIV.)
    The Club of Skulls. [England]

BARTRAM, A. V. (Correcting the setting of the 1938 novel in CFIV.)
    Purple Shadows. [Iraq]

BIDERMAN, BOB [ROBERT ALLEN BIDERMAN]. 1940-2018. Grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Los Angeles, California; graduated in English literature from San Francisco State University; he and wife Joy Magezis performed political puppet shows across the U.S. and founded the magazine Puppetry in Education; moved to the U.K. in the 1980s; died in Cambridgeshire, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

BOURDAIN, ANTHONY (MICHAEL). 1956-2018 Died in Strasbourg, France. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

BRAZA, DAVID. (Adding the setting of the 1953 novel in CFIV.)
    The Man of Many Colours. [England]
 
BUDE, JOHN. (Correcting series characters in two 1950s novels.)
    Death on the Riviera. Add SC: Inspector Blampignon
    A Telegram from Le Touqet. Add SC: Inspector Blampignon and delete SC: Inspector Meredith

BUXTON, RAYMOND. (Adding the setting of the 1952 novel in CFIV.)
    The Black Wraith. [England]

CAMPBELL, DIANA. Donna R(ankin) Creekmore, 1942-    . (Adding the corrected name and date of the author of the 1982 novel “A Marriage of Inconvenience” in CFIV under the pseudonym.

CHISENHALE, MARY. Pseudonym of Moya Mary Blanche Winnie Stevens, 1895-1982; born Moya Mary Blanche Winnie Godfrey in London, England; married Richard Stevens in Baghdad in 1919; died in Worthing, Sussex; Edwina appears on her probate record so that may have been her preference over Winnie. (Adding the real name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1934 novel “Tiger’s Whisker” in CFIV.)

CLEWS, ROY. Born in London, evacuated to Redditch during the war and adopted there by Charles and Dulcie Clews; now living in Wales. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “The Target” in CFIV under the pseudonym Sara Fraser.)
 
COHEN, DANIEL (EDWARD). 1936-2018. Died in Cape May, New Jersey. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1980 collection “The Headless Roommate and other tales of terror” in CFIV.)

CONWAY, JILL (KATHRYN) KER. 1934-2018. Born in Australia and died in Boston, Massachusetts. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Elizabeth Kennan of the 2000 novel “Overnight Float” in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Clare Munnings.)

COUCH, ANTHONY. 1929-2008. Born in Hastings, England; died in Oxfordshire. (Adding the corrected dates and biographical details for the author of the 1984 collection “Memoirs of a Twelfth Man: The Recollections of J. A. P. Withers of the Stripford Rural Cricket Club” in CFIV.)

COUGHLIN, HANORAH. 1855-1905. (Adding corrected dates for the author of a 1904 novel  in CFIV and the setting of that novel.)
    Strange Fates; or, Detta. [Buffalo, New York]

COUGHLIN, PATRICIA (E.). 1958-    . (Confirming the birth year of the author of the 1993 novel “The Awakening” in CFIV.)

COUGHLIN, R(OBERT) T(HOMAS). 1915-1996. Born in Big Rapids, Michigan; a teacher in Detroit in the 1930s; died in Royal Oak, Michigan. (Adding the dates and biographical information for the author of the 1938 play “The Reefer Man” in CFIV.)

COULSON, THOMAS. 1886-1971. Born in South Shields, England; died in Delaware, Pennsylvania. (Correcting the death date and adding biographical details for the author of the 1935 volume “The Queen of Spies” in CFIV.)

COUNSEL, FIRTH. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the 1958 novel “Juvenile Jungle” in CFIV.)

COUNTESS, JEROME D. Born in New York; served in the infantry in WWII; living in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “Murder at the Jewish Federation” in CFIV.)

COUNTRYMAN, ALBERT J. (JR.). Licensed professional counselor in New Jersey, with degrees from Rutgers and La Salle Universities; also editor and publisher of the Gloucester City News.  (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1986 novel “-The Streets of Derry” in CFIV.)

COURTENAY, T(HOMAS) G(EORGE). 1903-1962. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1934 novel “The Fayolle Formula” in CFIV.)

COURTENEY, CECIL. (Adding the setting of the 1886 novel in CFIV.)
    Link by Link. [England]

COURTNEY, DONALD V. Has degrees in geology and journalism from Oklahoma University; smoke jumper who served with the CIA for some years overseas; now living in Montana as a volunteer fire lookout. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1985 novel “Simba Gold” in CFIV.)

COURTS, JOHNSON. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the 1996 novel “Collusion” in CFIV.)

COUTTS, TRISTRAM. Pseudonym of a “well-known financial journalist.” (Identifying the byline and setting of the 1899 novel in CFIV.)
    -A Comedy of Temptation. [England]

COVINGTON, JAMES. Possibly James Warren Covington, 1917-2004, Professor of History at the University of Tampa. (Adding possible dates and biographical details for the author of the 1981 novel “The Operative” in CFIV.)
   
COWARD, RICHARD. (Adding settings of novels in CFIV.)
    Castles in the Air. [England]
    A Dream Too Far. [Europe, 2005]

COWEN, WILLIAM JOYCE. 1886-1964. Born in New York; died in London, England. (Adding the corrected dates and biographical details for the author of the 1936 novel “They Gave Him a Gun” in CFIV.)

COWLEY, JASON. 1965-    . (Correcting the birth date of the author of the 2000 novel “Unknown Pleasures” in CFIV.)

COWPER, EDITH E(LISE). (Adding a further title for the author of the 1905 novel “-The Haunted Mill on Birley River” in CFIV.)
    -The Captain of the Waterguard. SPCK, 1911

COWPER, J. LEONARD. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1908 novel “In the Portion of Jezreel” in CFIV.)

COX, ARTHUR JEAN. 1929-2016. (Adding the death date of the author of two 1960s titles in CFIV under the pseudonym Gene Cross.)

COX, GERALD ANTHONY. Has a B.A. in English from Marist College and an M.A. in Speech and Drama from Hunter College; Associate Professor of English at Marist College, New York. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1990s plays in CFIV.)

COX, JONATHAN. Born in Lancashire, England, so evidently Jonathan M. R. Cox; studied English at Reading, University; living in London in 1981. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1981 novel “Kiss of the Raven” in CFIV.)

COX, MIKE [MICHAEL LEE COX]. 1948-    . Ref: CA. (Correcting the full name and birth year and adding the reference citation for the author of the 1991 novel “The Confessions of Henry Lee Lucas” in CFIV.)

COX, NETTIE. 1924-    . Apparently a New Zealand writer who once wrote as Marcia Cox. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1997 title “Deadly Harvest” in CFIV.)

COX, PHILIP (RICHARD). 1957-    . Born in Rochford, Essex, England; in 1993 had a management position with a financial institution; living in Surrey. (Adding the corrected birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1993 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    Sterling. [Los Angeles]
 
COX, THOMAS R[AY]. 1936-2012. Born and grew up in Mt. Vernon, Indiana; has an M.A. from Indiana State University; served in the Army and then worked in public education in Indianapolis for over 30 years. (Correcting the birth and death dates and adding a biographical detail for the author of the 1971 novel “Shadows of One Another” in CFIV.)

COYLE, HAROLD (WILLIAM). (Adding a further title for the author of four novels in CFIV.)
    The Ten Thousand. Simon, 1994 SC: Scott Dixon [future, Europe]

CRABB, (JULES) NED. 1939-2017. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1979 title “Ralph; or, What’s Eating the Folks in Fatchakulla County” in CFIV.)

CRACKANTHORPE, DAVID (MICHAEL FRANCIS). (Adding a setting detail for the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    Horseman, Pass By. [1975]

CRAGG, E. H. (Adding the setting of the 1886 title in CFIV.)
    Almack, the Detective, [London]

CRANDOLPH, AUGUSTUS JACOB. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1811 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    The Mysterious Hand; or, Subterranean Horrours! [France]

CRANE, LEONARD. Born in Auckland, New Zealand; a physicist with a doctorate in quantum optics from the University of Queensland, Australia; post-doctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology;  living in Pasadena, California. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “The Ninth Day of Creation” in CFIV.)    

CRANE, MICHAEL (A.). 1982-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 2000 novel “When Darkness Falls” in CFIV.)

CRANE, SADIE. A person of this name in England had 1902-1973 dates and may be a better possibility than the earlier suggestion for the author of four titles in CFIV.

CRANFORD, BEAUFORT. Born in Georgia; living in Dearborn, Michigan; Editorial Director of Wayne State University’s Marketing and Communications Department; gardener and naturalist. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1990 novel “The Rattlesnake Master” in CFIV.)
 
CRAVEN, WES(LEY EARL). 1939-2015. Ref: CA. Died in Los Angles, California. (Adding the reference citation and death date and place for the author of the 1999 novel “Fountain Society” in CFIV.)

CRAWFORD, DAN(IEL R.). 1958-   . (Adding the birth year of the author of the 1994 novel in CFIV and a series character in that novel.)
    The Sure Death of a Mouse. SC: Polijn

CRAWFORD, RICHARD. Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland; civil servant in the Department of the Environment; novelist turned screenwriter. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

CRAWFORD, SID. Despite the listing of both books in Amazon, neither is in any British library nor any available on abebooks, so their real existence is in considerable doubt. (Adding information about two 1990s titles in CFIV.)

CREASEY, CAROL M(AUREEN). Born and lived most of her life in Kent, England. (Adding her middle name, biographical details, and a note on the 1995 novel in CFIV.)
    Fatal Obsession. Although this title is listed on Amazon and on her biographical sketch, no copy is in any British library and none is available on abebooks.

CREEKMORE, DONNA R(ANKIN). 1942-    . Born Donna Kay Rankin in Texas; now living in Plantation, Florida. (Adding the middle/maiden name, correct birth year and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under this name and a 1982 novel under the pseudonym Diana Campbell.)

CREER, GARETH (C.). Born in Salford, Lancashire, England; taught creative writing at Liverpool John Moores University for fourteen years. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)

CREIGHTON, JEAN SCOTT. Born in Buffalo, New York; has degrees from the University of Buffalo. (Adding further biographical details for the author of numerous titles in CFIV under the pseudonym J. S. Borthwick.)

CREIGHTON, MILT. A person of this name, born in 1929, lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Adding probable biographical details for the author of two 1988 Sherlock Holmes game books in CFIV.)

CRESSWELL, HENRY. (Adding further titles for the author of the 1897 novel “Without Issue” in CIFV.)
    -Cancelled Bonds. Hurst, 1895 [England]
    -A Precious Scamp. [England]
    -The Survivors. Hurst, 1886 [England]
    -A Wily Widow. Hurst, 1888 [England]

CREWE, GEORGE. 1932-2006. Born and raised in England; graduate of the Royal Technical College of Salford; served in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army of Occupation in Westphalia, Prussia; died in Salford. (Adding the dates and biographical details fof the author of the 1990 novel in CFIV and its setting.)
    A Murder of Convenience. [London, England]

CRICHTON, C(ONSTANTINE) H(OTHAM). 1876-1946. Adding the dates for the author of the 1922 collection “Tales of Love and Hate” in CFIV.)

CRIGHTON, RICHARD E(MILE). 1921-2000. Died in Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1980s titles in CFIV.)

CRISP, WILLIAM (G.). Served as a rifle platoon leader in Vietnam, then a U.S. Foreign Service Officer in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, then 25 years in Vienna as an East European business specialist; now retired to Staunton, Virginia. (Adding further biographical details for the author of three 1980s novels in CFIV.)

CROFT, ELIZABETH. Neither title in CFIV is held in any British library. (Adding a note on the two titles listed.)

CROFT, TOM [THOMAS STEWART CROFT]. 1948-    . Graduate of Shepherd University, Hagestown Community College, and Maryland College of Art and Design; has been a business analyst, operated an advertising agency; owned and operated a trout farm; and operated a delicatessen restaurant; living in Middletown, Maryland. (Adding the full name, birth year, and biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “Ocean City M.D.” in CFIV.)
 
CROFTS, ANDREW (JOHN). Born in Uckfield, Sussex, England. (Adding the middle name and biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV under this name and others under different bylines.).

CROOKENDEN, ISAAC. 1777-1808. (Adding the dates of the author of ten titles in CFIV.)

CROOKS, KEVIN M(ICHAEL). 1946-2011. Born in Derby, Derbyshire, England; died in Northampton. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “Serious Magnums” in CFIV.)
 
CROOKS, LLOYD HOLLIS. Born in Fyzabad in Trinidad and Tobago; attended Oxford Commercial College in Trinidad & Tobago and Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York; was employed as a court reporter and legal secretary of Wall Street law firms; living in Brooklyn. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “Grenada Ghost” in CFIV.)

CROSBIE, JOHN. (Adding the setting of the 1938 novel in CFIV.)
    -The Lion Men. [Kenya]

CROSBY, G(EORGE) S.  (Adding the setting of the 1875 novel in CFIV.)
    -The Mystery; or, Platonic Love. [New England]

CROSBY, VIRGINIA. 1917-2016. Died in Pomona, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1990 novel “The Fast Death Factor” in CFIV.)

CROSS, CHARLENE (M.). 1947-    . Living in Missouri. (Adding the birth year and biographical detail for the author of two 1990s titles in CFIV.)

CROSS, D(ONALD) A(RTHUR). (Correcting the setting of the 1987 novel in CFIV).
    -The Last Case. [London, England]

CROSS, GENE. Arthur Jean Cox, 1929-2016. (Adding the death date of the author of two titles in CFIV under the pseudonym, and adding a third title.)
    -Nude in Orbit. Corinth pb, 1968
 
CROSS, MARY. (Adding the setting of the 1890 novel in CFIV.)
    Under Sentence. [Scotland]

CROSS, RALPH D(ONALD). 1931-2010. Died in Marietta, Georgia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

CROSS, SETON. Probable pseudonym of a woman writer. (Adding information about the author of the 1916 novel “The Twelfth Crime” in CFIV,)

CROSSMAN, D(AVID) A(RTHUR). Lyricist, screenwriter, poet, television and video producer, not longer living in Maine. (Adding further biographical details and a reprint edition of the 1994 title in CFIV and its series character, as well as a new title not in CFIV.)
    Murder in a Minor Key. Also published as: Requiem for Ashes. Alibi Folio, 2012 SC: Albert, also in several subsequent novels
    The Secret of the Missing Grave. Down East pb, 1999 [Maine] SC: Bean & Ab (Bean Carver and Abigail “Ab” Peterson), also in subsequent novels, likewise intended for younger readers
   
CROSSWELL, JACK. 1929-    . Retired ATF agent, reporter and police chief; lived mostly in North Carolina but now living in Alabama. (Adding the corrected birth year and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Murder of a Brother” in CFIV.)

CROUDACE, GLENN (HENRY). Married Lynette Suzanne Jooste in Christchurch, Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa; she died in 2007 in South Africa; he has also died but date not found. (Adding biographical details for the author of six titles in CFIV.)

CROWLEY, DUANE (ELMER). 1922-2017.  Born in Kansas; served in the U.S. Air Force in WWII and during Korea, died in Austin, Texas. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1987 novel “Riddle Me a Murder” in CFIV.)
   
CROWN, FRANK. (Adding a note on the 1940 title in CFIV.)
    Daredevil Donovan. No trace of this volume can now be found; there is no listing on AustLit (the Australian bibliography), but a horse-racing title “Under the Whip” by the same author is cited.

CULLEN, (GEORGE) IAN. Born in West Bolden, County Durham, England. (Adding the first name and biographical details for the co-author with Catherine Arley of the 1982 play “Tantalus” in CFIV.)

CULVER, MAJOR HENRY C. George P. Farley, 1853(?)-1925(?). (A person of this name and dates who was born and died in Connecticut might be the author of the 1894 novel “The Pullman Car Detective” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CULVERWELL, DAVID (HOLMES). 1953-2015. Born in Bristol, England; educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge; traveled widely in the Far East and was living in the Philippines at the time described in his novel.. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1987 novel “Days of Yellow” in CFIV.)

CUMMINGS, JACK. Correct to Cummings, John W(illiam, Jr. (Correcting the byline  for the 1978 novel “The Venture” in CFIV.)

CUMMINGS, JOHN W(ILLIAM, JR). (Adding a further title not in CFIV.)
    Lauderdale Run. Manor pb, 1979 [ship]

CUMMINS, RICK [RICHARD L. CUMMINS]. Has an M.D. from the University of  Pennsylvania School of Medicine; staff physician turned writer/composer for theatre; living in New York. (Adding biographical details for the co-author with John Forster and Greer Woodward of the 1989 play “Sherlock Holmes and the Red-Headed League” in CFIV.)

CUNNINGHAM, JERE(MIAH PEARSON, JR.). 1943-2018. Screenwriter and novelist; died in Pinnacle, North Carolina. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1970s novels in CFIV.)

CUNNINGHAM, WILL(IAM WELDON). Born in California; professional counselor and camp director living in Branson, Missouri. (Adding biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)
 
CUNNINGTON, MARK (P.). (Adding series characters for the 2000 novel in CFIV.)
    The Syndicate. SC: Matt Williams and Rambo (Timothy Eugene “Rambo” Ramsbottom), also in several subsequent novels

CUOMO, GEORGE (MICHAEL). 1929-2015. Died in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

CURREY. JOSEPH C(HARLES). 1925-2011. Served in the U.S. Navy in WWII; was a special investigator for district attorneys; died in Encinitas, California. (Adding the death date and place and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel ”The Nutt House” in CFIV.)
 
CURTIN, MICHAEL. 1942-2016. Died in Limerick, Ireland. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1997 novel “The League Against Christmas” in CFIV.)
   
CURTIS, GEORGE and JOSEPHINE DENVER CURTIS. (Adding the setting of the 1926 novel in CFIV.)
    Chivalry and the Gibbet. [Virginia]

CURTIS, JACK (JENNINGS). 1922-2002. Died in Monterey, California. (Adding the middle name and death date and place for the author of six novels in CFIV.)

CURTIS, JAMES. Godfrey Basil Maiden, 1907-1977. (Confirming the death date in London of the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseuodnym.)

CURTIS, SUSANNAH. Helen Ruby Upshall, 1926-2017.  (Adding the death date for the author of the 1973 novel ”The Monk’s Retreat” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

CUSHING, E(NID) LOUISE. Born and died in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Adding biographical details for the author of four 1950s novels in CFIV.)

CUSTER, ALETA (ANN). 1943-2016. Born Aleta Ann Roberts in Chico, California; married Max Custer in 1962; died in Hesperia, California. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Randum Evil” in CFIV.)

CUTLER, ROLAND. (Correcting the authorship of the 1984 novel in CFIV.)
    The Seventh Sacrament. Move to Ron(ald) Cutler entry

CUTLER, RONALD. (Correcting the authorship of the 1983 novel in CFIV.)
    The Medusa Syndrome. Move to Roland Cutler entry

DALE, LEE. (Adding the setting of the 1949 novel in CFIV.)
    The Dark Curtain. [Georgia]

DALE, RICHARD Z. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the 1914 novel “-In a County Asylum” in CFIV.)

DALE, THORNTON. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline of the undated novel “Murder at Midnight” in CFIV.)

DALGLISH, ROBERT. COPAC gives his birth as 1964, which does not appear as such in Freebmd; he is described as a British writer and translator living in Moscow since 1992. (Adding information about the author of the 1998 novel “Lenin’s Casino” in CFIV.)

DALI, LORENZO. (Adding a reprint edition of the 1998 novel in CFIV.)
    -Spiderous. Also published as: Spiderous Lancaster. Lulu pb, 2014

DALLING, MARGARET L. Although a person of this name, born 1926 in Swansea, Wales, can be found, no trace can now be found of the 1987 novel “-The Quest” in CFIV.)

DALMAINE, JAMES. A person of this name was born in England in 1877, but no further trace found. (Adding a note about the byline of the 1927 novel “-The Vengeance of Science” in CFIV.)

DALTON, JOHN. 1924-1980. Reporter with Australian United Press. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1962 novel “Walk Back with Me” in CFIV.)
   
DALTON, MARGARET. Phyllis Strobel, 1946-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DALTON, MARK MAXWELL. Pseudonym of Tracy-March McDonald, 1967-2012. (Adding the full name and death date for the author of the 1993 collection “Downeast Detectives” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

D’ALTON, MARTINA. 1946-2014. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1982 novel “Fatal Finish” in CFIV.)

DALY, MICHAEL. Graduate of Yale; correspondent with Newsweek, formerly a columnist with the New York Daily News and staff writer with New York Magazine, and before that was with Flatbush Life and the Village Voice.; long resident in Brooklyn. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Under Ground” in CFIV.)

DAMALAS, HOLLY (ANN). Loan officer of a bank in Virginia Beach, Virginia. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “Trustmate” in CFIV.)

DAMER, ANN. Pseudonym of Anne Hilda Harrisson Symonds, 1916-2017, for 30 years a broadcaster on culture and politics on BBC World Service; born Anne Hilda Harrisson in Liverpool, England; married Richard Symonds in 1940. (Correcting the entry of the co-author with Jack Denton Scott of the 1945 novel “Too Lively to Live” in CFIV.)
 
DAMIEN, PAUL. (Adding the reprint of the 1994 novel in CFIV.)
    Death in C Minor. Also published as “Nannerl’s Symphony”, KrazeeMedia, 2013  [Atlanta, Georgia]

DAMON, DUANE (CAREY). 1951-    . Living in Florida. (Adding the middle name, birth year and residence of the author of 1990s Sherlockian pastiches in CFIV.)

DAMRELL, JOSEPH (DAVID). Born in Highland Park, Michigan; grew up in Colorado and California; earned a B.A. from California State University, Sacramento, and a Ph.D. at the University of California, Davis; musician and Professor of Sociology at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1992 novel “Gift” in CFIV.)

DAMYANOFF, DAMYAN “DAN”. 1940-2017. Born in Sophia, Bulgaria; came to the U.S by himself at age 18; earned an engineering degree at the University of Tennessee; worked for General Electric for 25 years, then a stock broker, day trader, and realtor; died in Hobe Sound, Florida. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “The Killfile” in CFIV under the pseudonym Dan Danov.)

DANE, DAN(IEL). 1944-2016. Died in Midland, Texas. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel ”Fireflies in the Delta” in CFIV.)

DANE, DANIEL. (Adding the setting of the 1890 novel in CFIV.)
    Vengance Is Mine. [London]

DANE, ELLIOTT. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the 1948 novel “Crime Takes the Count” in CFIV.)

DANE, STEVE. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the 1930 novel “An Imposter’s Win” in CFIV.)

DANFORD, MIKE [MICHAEL HOLMES DANFORD]. Born in Duval, Texas; grew up in Wichita, Kansas; retired corporate bureaucrat living in Everett, Washington. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Newt” in CFIV.)

DANGANA, MOSES (JIYAH). Solicitor and advocate in Abuja, Nigeria. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “The New Dawn” in CFIV.)

DANIEL. Pseudonym. (Identifying the byline for the novel “Fat Man in America” in CFIV.)

DANIEL, ROBIN. (Adding the setting of the 1960 novel in CFIV.)
    Death by Drowning. [England]

DANIELS, A(LBERT) FREDERICK. Possibly the person of this name born 1926 and died 1989 in England. (Adding possible dates and further plays for the author of three plays in CFIV.)
    The Fourth man. New Playwrights’ Network, 1983 (1-act play.)
    -The Man Upstairs. Leonard’s, 1955 (Play.)
     The Unrighteous. New Playwrights’ Network, 1986 (1-act play.)

DANOV, DAN. Damyan “Dan” Damyanoff, 1940-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of the 2000 novel “The Killfile” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DAWES, EDNA. Possibly the Edna May Dawes who died in 2013. (Adding a possible middle name and death date for the author in CFIV under pseudonyms Eva Dane and Eleanor Drew.)

DOZOIS, GARDNER (RAYMOND). 1947-2018. Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with George Alec Effinger of the 1975 novel “Nightmare Blue” in CFIV.)

DREW, SIDNEY. Edgar Joyce Murray, 1878-1935. (Adding the death date of the author of numerous titles in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

DUCKWORTH, ALAN. Reference librarian in Lancashire, England; retired in 2013. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “-Spiderous” in CFIV under the pseudonym Lorenzo Dali.)

EGAN, KEVIN. Ref: CA. (Adding the reference citation for the author of three novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Conor Daly.)

ELLIS, MARGARET BOLAND. 1925-2017. Born in Meridian, Mississippi; graduate in English and Journalism from the University of Mississippi; author, teacher, coach and pilot; died in Birmingham, Alabama. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1998 novel “The Shamrock Diary” in CFIV under the pseudonym Megan O’Meara.)
 
ELLISON, HARLAN (JAY). 1934-2018. Died in Los Angeles, California. (Adding the death date and place for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)

EPSTEIN, WILLIAM C., JR. Born in Dayton, Ohio; served in the U.S. Army in WWII; graduate of Ohio State University; last sighting was emigrating to Rio de Janeiro in 1962. (Adding biographical details for the co-author with Newt Mitzman of two plays in CFIV under the pseudonym of William Dalzell, which was his mother’s maiden name.)

FARLEY, GEORGE P. A person of this name was born in Connecticut in 1853 and died there in 1924–possibly the author of the 1894 novel “The Pullman Car Detective” in CFIV under the pseudonym Major Henry C. Culver.
 
FARNOL, (JOHN) JEFFERY. (Correcting the year setting of the 1955 novel in CFIV.)
    Justice by Midnight. [1685]

FOX, EDITH LONG. 1857-1928. Born in Fairwater, Gloucestershire, England; died in Bath, Somerset. (Adding a new byline and title not in CFIV.)
    The Combe Park Tragedy. Baker, 1895 novelets (criminous = *): *The Combe Park Tragedy / Master’s Sweetheart / A New Woman’s Idol

FURST, VIKTOR. 1919-1978(?).  Pseudonym: Victor Trefus, q.v. (Adding a new byline and pseudonym not in CFIV.)

GADNEY, REG [REGINALD BERNARD JOHN GADNEY]. 1941-2018. Died in London, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of eleven novels in CFIV.)

GARDNER, RICHARD (MAURICE). 1931-2015. Prolific author under various bylines; died in Saugerties, New York.  (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1976 novel “The Dragon Breath Papers” in CFIV.)
 
GARGANTINI, IRENE A. [IRENE A. GARBANTINI-STRYBOSCH]. Born in Milan, Italy; studied physical sciences and then computer programming at the University of Milan; was offered at job at the University of Western Ontario, where she taught for 32 years; married Martin Strybosch in 1978; now Professor Emeritus and retired to writing novels and living in Strathroy, Ontario. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “Mountains of Dawn” in CFIV under the pseudonym Rene Natan.)
   
GILES, DOROTHY (HALDERE). 1892-1960. Died in Cold Spring, New York. (Adding the death date and place for the co-author with Laura Spencer Porter Pope of two 1930s novels in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Rayburn Crawley.)

HERVEY, MICHAEL. (Adding a further novel for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)
    -Strange Hunger. Hamilton Stafford pb, 1948

HICKMAN, GAIL MORGAN. 1948-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 1976 novelization “The Enforcer” in CFIV under the pseudonym Wesley Morgan.)

HOLDER, BOB N. No trace can now be found of this byline or the 1985 book “Darts of Death”  listed in CFIV. (Adding notice of the apparent nonexistence of the book, byline and listed real name.)
     
JACOBS, T(HOMAS) C(URTIS) H(ICKS) . (Adding a further novel for the author of numerous titles in CFIV.)
    Murder Involved. Paladin Press pb (London), n.d. SC: Slim Sullivan, also in “Adventure in Paris” if this actually published

KELLEY, THOMAS P(ATRICK). (Adding a British distributor of the 1946 Canadian title in CFIV.  
    Tapestry Triangle. Pemberton pb, n.d. [Canada, Brazil]

KENNAN, ELIZABETH TOPHAM. Married Michael Burns in 1986; now living in Kentucky. (Adding biographical details for the co-author with Jill Ker Conway of the 2000 novel “Overnight Float” in CFIV under the pseudonym Clare Munnings.)

KNYE, CASSANDRA. (Deleting a 1974 title wrongly listed here; correctly listed as by Cassandra Nye.)
    Steps to the Grotto. Delete
 
LAWLER, LAWRENCE ARTHUR CHARLES. 1902-1976. Born in Wandsworth, England; died in Surrey South East. (Adding the name, dates and biographical details for the author of the 1939 novel “The Crime Squadron” in CFIV under the pseudonym Bruce Waller.)

LAWLER, MICHAEL. (Adding a new byline and title not in CFIV.)
    The Hooked Cross. Rich & Cowan, 1939

McARTHUR, ALEXANDER. Lillian McArthur Nicchia, ca.1870-1945. (Correcting the spelling of the pseudonym and real name and adding the death date of the author of the 1893 novel “-Irish Rebels” in CFIV.)

McCOY, TRENT. (Adding a further title for the author of five novels in CFIV.)
    Order a Coffin Now! Hamilton pb, 1952

McCURTIN, PETER (JOSEPH). Pseudonym: J. W. O’Dell, q.v. (Adding a further byline and the setting of the 1974 novel in CFIV.)
    The Pleasure Principle. [Maine]

McDONALD, TRACY-MARCH. 1967-2012. Pseudonym: Mark Maxwell Dalton, q.v. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1993 collection “Downeast Detectives” in CFIV.)

McQUAY, MIKE. (Giving the full titles and correct series character name in four 1981-2 novels in CFIV.)
    Mathew Swain: The Deadliest Show in Town
    Mathew Swain: Hot Time in Old Town
    Mathew Swain: The Odds Are Murder
    Mathew Swain: When Trouble Beckons

McHUGH, EDNA (JUNE CANTOR). 1919-2003. Daughter of performer Eddie Cantor; died in Los Angeles, California. (Adding the death date and place and biographical details for the co-author with Amelia Reynolds Long of the 1946 novel “Murder Most Foul” in CFIV under the joint pseudonym Kathleen Buddington Coxe.)

MAIDEN, GEOFFREY BASIL. 1907-1977. (Confirming the death date of the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseudonym James Curtis.)

MAIS, S(TUART) P(ETRE) B(RODIE). (Adding a series character in the 1949 novel in CFIV.)
    Who Dies. SC: Mr. Prosper (in minor role)

MANN, JACK. (Correcting one publication date and the settings of some 1930s novels in CFIV.)
    Coulson Alone. [East Indies, ship]
    Coulson Goes South. [Africa]
    Detective Coulson. Publication date: 1935 [prison]
    Egyptian Nights. [ship]
    Maker of Shadows. [Scotland]
    Reckless Coulson. [China]

MEGLIN, NICK. 1935-2018. Died in Durham, North Carolina. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1976 graphic novel ”Honor the Godfather” in CFIV.)

MOEN, RUTH RUTH. Birth name given in some records as Cumanda Ruth Raby, or as Ruth Florence Raby; married Allan Roy O’Loughlin in 1958 and divorced him in 1979; married Arnold Moen in 1993; living in Sedro Woolley, Washington. (Adding biographical details for the author of three 1990s titles in CFIV.)

MOLLOY, TONY [ANTHONY]. 1911-1952. Born in Swineford, Ireland; died in Dublin. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of two 1940s titles in CFIV intended for younger readers.)

MONROE, ROY. Pseudonym of a man who “until recently was connected with the law; admitted to the Ohio bar in 1937; engaged in general practice, was employed by the U.S. government and specialized in tax laws,” possibly Richard K. Willison, 1913-1984, a lawyer who was born in Ohio and died in Colorado. (Adding information about the author of the 1958 novel “The Judge Speaks” in CFIV.)
 
MONTAGNES, ANNE. Born Anne Franks in Toronto, Canada; married editor/publisher Edward Ian Montagues (and later apparently Albert E. Boyer, Jr.); earned an M.A. at the University of Toronto. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1995 novel “Jade Slash Laverna” in CFIV.)

MONTAGUE, RICHARD. 1925-2014. Died, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1979 novel “-Frank Faces of the Dead” in CFIV.)

MONTGOMERY, MARY (GOLDIE MESSENGER). 1883-1975. Born in Ohio; a teacher of music. (Adding the birth year and biographical details for the author of the 1960 novel “Somebody Knew” in CFIV.)

MONTGOMERY, MICHAEL (STEPHEN JULIAN). 1937-   . Born in Newton Abbot, England; now living in Oxfordshire. (Adding the full name, corrected birth year, and biographical details for the author of the 1994 novel “Fifth Men” in CFIV.)

MONTGOMERY, W(ALTER) JOSEPH.  Born in Pennsylvania, and now living there in Landenberg. (Adding the first name and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Murder at Low Tide” in CFIV.)

MOORE, DONALD L(LOYD). Born Donald Moore in Chicago; appears to have added the middle name (his father’s first name); living in Glendale Heights, Illinois. (Deleting the death date and adding biographical details for the author of the 1978 novel “Mirrors of the Apocalypse” in CFIV.)

MOORE, GEORGINA MARY GALBRAITH. 1930-2017. Died in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Helena Osborne.)

MOORE, STANFORD W(ILLIAM, JR.). 1951-2018. Born in Wilson, Oklahoma; raised in Themopolois, Wyoming; earned a degree in science from Casper Wyoming College; died in Norman, Oklahoma. (Adding the death date and further biographical details for the author of four 2000 novels in CFIV.)

MOORHEAD, FINOLA. Born in Mornington, Victoria, Australia; graduate in arts from the University of Tasmania; playwright, poet and novelist; listed on electoral rolls as Finola Russell P. Moorhead. (Adding biographical details for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

MOORHOUSE, FRANK (THOMAS). (Adding the middle name of the author of the 1977 collection “Tales of Mystery and Romance” in CFIV.)

MORGAN, LORNA NICHOLL. 1913-1993. Born Lorna Bennett in Kingston, Surrey, England; married Lt. Geoffrey Charles Nicholl Morgan in 1937; died in Hastings, Sussex. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of four 1940s novels in CFIV.)

MORGAN, WESLEY. Gail Morgan Hickman, 1948-    . (Correcting the birth year of the author of the 1976 novelization “The Enforcer” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

MORRELL, KENNETH C(HESTER). 1930-2004. Born in Hawthorne, New Jersey; had a 21 -year career in the Air Force; retired from Suntrust Bank in 1995; died in Williamsburg, Virginia. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 2000 novel “Counter Power” in CFIV.)

MORTIMER, LESLIE. (Adding a further title for the author of the 1911 novel “Torch of Venus” in CFIV.)
    The Sin of Youth. Long, 1912 [France, Scotland]

MORTON, DESMOND FREDERICK. Was apparently in Rhodesia in 1958 and in Barberton, South Africa in 1985. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1962 novel “The Potter’s Pool Mysteries” in CFIV.)

MORTON, MICHAEL. Note: Some records give his birth as 1861-1862, instead of 1864. (Adding a biographical detail for the author of the 1929 play “Alibi” in CFIV.)

MORTON, VICTORIA. 1869-1935. Death registered in New York as Victoria Favary. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two titles in CFIV.)

MOSS, BARON. (Adding a further title for the author of the 1978 novel “Chains” in CFIV.)
    -The Big Wall. Bachman, 1979 [Mexico]

MOSS, PETER. Born in Allahabad, India, into an Anglo-Indian family; educated in England; journalist with the Malay Mail (Malaya), then to Hong Kong as an information officer with the government; now living in the Philippines. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1991 novel “-The Singing Tree” in CFIV.)

MOUNCE, DAVID R(OSS). 1931-1986. (Adding the middle name and dates for the author of four novels in CFIV.)

MOYNIHAN, T. F. His full name is not known for certain; there are many possibilities, one of the best might be Thomas F. Moynihan, 1901-1960, who died in London, but the byline might well be a pseudonym. (Adding information about the author of two titles in CFIV and one added in New Addenda #3.)

MULLARKY, TAYLOR. Not trace can now be found of such a person, nor of the volume “Darts of Death” listed as published in 1985 under the pseudonym Bob N. Holder. (Adding an indication that the byline and book are nonexistent.)

MULLEN, JACK [JOHN VINCENT MULLEN]. 1934-2011 Born in New York; a policeman in San Diego; died in Bandon, Oregon. (Adding the correct dates and full name for the author of two 1990s novels I n CFIV.)

MUNAFO, FRANK J. 1932-2018. Born in Harlem, New York; served in the U.S. Army in Korea; earned a degree from the Academy of Aeronautics; worked as a technical writer with Douglas Aircraft in St. Louis; also worked at Republic Aircraft and Grumman Aircraft in New York; died in Tarpon Springs, Florida. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1999 novel “The Gown and the Hood” in CFIV.)

MURPHY, ROBERTA T(AYLOR). Living in Centreville, Virginia. (Adding the maiden name and biographical detail for the author of two novels in CFIV.)

MURRAY, A(UDREY) A(LISON). Born Audrey Alison Turner in Kimberley, South Africa; married Robert Everitt King Murray in 1933; he died in France in 1991 so it’s likely she died there too. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1957 novel “The Blanket” in CFIV.)

MURRAY, (ALFRED) EVANDER (MACKENZIE). 1894-1964. A military man, born in India, married in Durban, South Africa, in 1918, and died in South Africa. (Adding the full name and dates and biographical details for the author of the 1930 novel “The Peering One” in CFIV.)

MURRAY, EDGAR JOYCE. 1878-1935.  Died in Chelsea, London, England. Joyce was not one of his birth names. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of numerous titles in CFIV, all listed as published anonymously.)

MURRAY, KENNETH S(OMERSET). 1932-2016.  Died in Winter Park, Florida. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 2000 novel “The Final Plan” in CFIV.)

MUSARRA, RUSS [ROSARIO FRANCES MUSARRA]. Journalist, for 30 years with the Akron Beacon Journal; living in Streetsboro, Ohio. (Adding the corrected spelling of the last name, the full name, and biographical details for the co-author with Robert L. Bolton of the 1985 novel “Sleep with the Angels” in CFIV.)

MUSTIN, BOB [BOBBY DONALD MUSTIN]. Born in Bossier City, Louisiana; civil engineer in Georgia for many years, then literary editor and writer-in-residence at Peace College in North Carolina. (Adding the full name and biographical details for the author of the 1996 novel “A Reason to Tremble” in CFIV.)

NARUS, DON(ALD JOHN). Born in Ohio; a historian of Chrysler automobiles; divides his time between New Albany, Ohio, and Palm Harbor, Florida; author of three mystery novels besides that in CFIV. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 2000 title “Apparent Suicide” in CFIV.)

NASH, DANIEL. (Adding a further novel for the author of the 1956 title “Not Yours the Island” in CFIV.)
    My Son Is in the Mountains. Cape, 1955 [Greece]

NASH, FRANK. Highly probable that the author of the novel “The House Cried Murder” was Francis Henry Nash, more often known as Frank Nash and a magazine writer in New York in the 1940 census, born in Manhattan in 1912 and died in New York in 1978. (Identifying the author of the 1952 novel in CFIV.)

NASSR, DONALD (GREGORY). 1932-2016. Born in Canada, graduate in 1960 from the University of Western Ontario Medical School; a psychiatrist in the Windsor, Ontario area, then Director of Psychiatry at the Medical Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky; died in Windsor. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of two 1990s novels in CFIV.)
   
NATAN, RENE. (Adding to the setting of the 1999 novel in CFIV.)
    Mountains of Dawn. [Italy]

NATHAN, GUY. No 1939 birth can be found for such a name, and no copies of any of the three books in CFIV can be found, though Amazon lists them all (as unavailable); no copies are in the British Library but other works by such a person born in 1939 are listed; so, a pseudonym? (Adding some information about the byline in CFIV for three 1993 titles.)

NAUGHTON, EDMUND (J.). 1926-2013. Born in New York City; earned degrees from Boston College and Fordham University; was a police reporter in Louisville, Kentucky, then in 1958 went to Paris, France, where he was a reporter and English teacher and continued writing novels (some published only in French). (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of three novels in CFIV.)

NEILAN, SARAH. Confusion abounds for this author. Her Contemporary Authors entry says she was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in 1936; no such birth has been found; a Sarah Jane Kenneway Neilan was born in 1941 and married in Glasgow, Scotland; the Sarah Neilan whose 1918-1998 dates are suggested in New Addenda #9 was born in Ireland and died in England; a reviewer of one of Neilan’s books says she was born in Canada; a Sarah Neilan who died in 1993 was buried  in Dover, Kent, England; the Neilan CA entry further indicates that she has traveled widely, including at least one visit to Canada; no clear picture yet emerging for the author of two 1970s novels in CFIV.

NEVIN, JACK. Apparently a pseudonym (of Brian Morris or Brian Morrison?); had an adventurous career taking him to trouble spots of Eastern Europe and the Middle East; now a full time writer living near Exmoor, England. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1997 novel “Past Recall” in CFIV.)
    
NEVITT, BRIAN. Possibly born 1929 or 1939; living Turweston, Northants, England in 2011. (Deleting the suggested dates for the author of the 1978 play “The Texts of Dime” in CFIV, and adding other information.)

NEWILL, HENRY. In addition to the solicitor Henry (Starr) Newill, 1840-1906, suggested in CFIV as author of the 1892 collection “In the Tilt-Yard of Life,” another possibility is Henry Howard Newill, 1864-1909, born in Madras, India, went to Maine in 1901 and ended dying in Vancouver.

NICCHIA, LILLIAN McARTHUR. ca.1870-1945. Born in Russia (according to the obit) or Ireland (according to censuses) on dates ranging from 1870 to early 1880s; died in Boonton, New Jersey. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the author of the 1893 novel “-Irish Rebels” in CFIV under the pseudonym Alexander McArthur.)

NICHOLAS, J(OHN) W(ILLIAM). 1862-1931. Lawyer, provider of fine art galleries, novelist of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. (Adding the dates and biographical details for the aluthor of six titles in CFIV.)

NOBLE, HUGH M(ACASKILL). 1934-    . Born and living in Scotland; a glaciologist with a Ph.D. from Aston University in 1969. (Adding the birth date, middle name, and biographical details for the author of the 1994 novel “The Saga Tree” in CFIV.)
 
    NORTH, WILFRED. Name apparently more correctly spelled Wilfrid North, and he may be the
actor/director of this name born 1863 in London and died 1935 in Hollywood,  California. (Adding information about the author of the 1895 collection, and adding its co-author.)
    Of a Fool and His Folly. Adding co-author: Michael Howe
 
NYE, CASSANDRA. Pseudonym of Charles Dodd Naylor, 1941-2005. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1974 novel “Steps to the Grotto” under the pseudonym.)

NYE, (DR.) E(DWIN) R(ICHARD). 1926-2017. Earned a Ph.D. in tropical medicine; died in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Adding a further biographical detail and death date and place for the author of the 2000 Sherlockian collection “The Adventure of the Teddy Bear’s Ribbon and other tales” in CFIV.)

OAKLEY, ANNIE ELIZA. 1874-1959. Pseudonym: Nancy Oakley. (Confirming the real name of the author.)

OAKLEY, E(DWARD) D(ANIEL). 1877-1962. Born and died in Warmambool, Victoria, Australia; dairy and wheat farmer and shop keeper. (Adding the correct name and dates and biographical details for the author of the 1938 novel “Jimmy of ‘Murrumbar’” in CFIV.)

OAKLEY, NANCY. Pseudonym of Annie Eliza Oakley, 1874-1959. (Confirming the real name but correcting the order of the first names for the co-author with John Oakley of two titles in CFIV.)

OBERHOLTZER, ALBERT HENRY. (Adding the middle name of the author in CFIV under the pseudonym Stephen S. Cook Damon as co-author with M. T. Oberholtzer of the 1997 play “The Late Fourth Partner”.)

O’BRYAN, SOFI. 1918-2016. Born Sofi Kondos in Illinois; married James O’Bryan; lived in New York, but died in Waterbury, Connecticut. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of the 1975 novel “The Secret of the Priory” in CFIV.)

O’DELL, J. W.  Also a byline used by Peter (Joseph) McCurtin, 1929-1997. (Correcting the authorship of 1975 titles in CFIV.)
    The Faces of Murder. (by Peter McCurtin.)
    A Walk on the Blind Side. (by Peter McCurtin.)

O’DONNELL, P(HILIP) J(AMES). 1894-1974. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand; went to Australia around 1930, where he was described over the years as a cleaner and laborer; died in Brisbane. (Adding dates and biographical details for the author of the 1941 novel “Secret Weapons” in CFIV.)

O’HARA, PATRICK. Lived in Aberdeen, Scotland. (Adding a biographical detail for the author of two 1970s novels in CFIV.)

OLGIN, HOWARD A(ARON). 1939-2015. Born in New Jersey; studied philosophy at Princeton, then medicine at Penn and became a general surgeon and family practice physician; died in Cathedral City, California. (Adding the death date and biographical details for the author of five novels in CFIV.)

OLIVER, J(OHN) H(ARTMAN). 1871-1950. Born in Mevagissey, Cornwall; died in Hertfordshire; a shorthand teacher in the 1911 census. (Adding the corrected death date and biographical details for the author of the 1905 novel “The Wrong Man” in CFIV.)
 
OLLERENSHAW, OLIVER. Was  from Chelmorton in Derbyshire, so evidently not Alice Oliver Ollerenshaw, suggested in CFIV, who was from Cheshire. (Adding information about the author of the 1880 volume “Crankford; or, A Semi-Detached Ghost” in CFIV.)

O’MEARA, MEGAN.  Margaret Boland Ellis, 1925-2017. (Adding the death date of the author of the 1998 novel “The Shamrock Diary” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

O’NEILL, DOROTHY P(ENTZ). 1915-2017. Novelist, poet, columnist, advertising copywriter; died in Mooresville, North Carolina; in addition to the title in CFIV she wrote an 8-volume series about sleuth Liz Rooney, 2001-2010. (Adding the death date and place and further biographical details for the author of the 1994 novel “Beyond Endearment” in CFIV.)

O’NEILL, EDWARD A(LOYSIUS). 1912-1995. Born in Philadelphia; reporter in Pennsylvania and Connecticut before WWII; served in the Army during the war; then reporter and city editor in Louisville, Kentucky; entered foreign service in 1955, based in Washington and in New Delhi, India; retired in 1968; freelance writer and editor in Washington before moving to Ireland; died in Kerry, Ireland. (Adding the corrected dates and biographical details for the author of the 1975 novel “The Rotterdam Delivery” in CFIV.)

OSBORNE, HELENA. Georgina Mary Galbraith Moore, 1930-2017. Died in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of four novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

OSTRANDER, KATE. Pseudonym of Katherine E. Yehle Swartout, 1907-1994. (Adding the corrected real name and dates for the author of eight novels in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

O’SULLIVAN, DENIS/DENNIS. Name of the author of two titles in CFIV is spelled both ways, so possibly a pseudonym. (Adding information about the author of two 1880s titles in CFIV.)

O’SULLIVAN, RICHARD. Possibly the Irish journalist and editor born ca.1840 in Ireland who died in 1880 in San Francisco, California. (Adding possible dates and details for the author of the collection in CFIV, and an adjusted publication date  for it.)
    Three Stories for the Fireside. Dublin: Sullivan, 1880

PAGE, MICHAEL F(ITZGERALD). 1922-2014. Died in Adelaide, South Australia. (Adding the death date and place for the author of two 1950s novels in CFIV.)

PAGE, STANLEY HART. 1902-1979. (Confirming the dates for the author of five 1930s novels in CFIV.)

PALK, ARTHUR J(OSEPH). 1899-1986. Died in South Australia, probably Pasadena, Mitcham City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1943 novel “The Black Kangaroo” in CFIV.)
        
PARK, JACQUELINE (ROSEN). 1925-    . (Adding the maiden name and confirming  the birth year of the author of the 1975 novel in CFIV, and adding its setting.)
    Charlie’s Back in Town. [Canada]
   
PARK, J(AMES) A(LLAN). Had been a schoolmaster, private tutor, bank clerk and bar tender by the time of his 1933 book; married American Marjorie H,. De Witt (1911-1964) in 1936; last definite sighting of him is traveling to Rio de Janeiro in 1953 as an airline executive; only slightly possible death date is in England in 2014. (Adding biographical details for the author of the novel “Strange Occupation” in CFIV.)

PARKER, JAMES C(ARROLL). 1912-1985. Born and died in Memphis, Tennessee. (Adding the correct dates and biographical details for the author of the 1935 play “The Marlenburg Necklace” in CFIV.)

PARKER, KEN(NETH FULLER). 1921-1991. (Confirming the dates for the author of two plays  in CFIV.)

PATTISON, RUTH. Born Ruth Abbey in Wetherby, Yorkshire; married Harry M. Pattison in 1946; may well be the Ruth Pattison who died in 2017. (Adding biographical details for the author of seven 1970s titles in CFIV.)

PECK, RICHARD (WAYNE). 1934-2018. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author in CFIV for the 1976 novel “Are You in the House Alone”.)

POWER, (WILMA) JO-ANN. Ref: CA. (Adding a reference citation for the author of six 1990s novels in CFIV as well as two under the joint pseudonym Ann Crowleigh.)

REID, STEPHEN. 1950-2018. Born in Massey, Ontario, Canada; served time for bank robberies in some 20 U.S. and Canadian prisons; died in Masset, British Columbia. (Adding the death date and place and further biographical details for the author of the 1986 novel “Jackrabbit Parole” in CFIV.)

SINCLAIR, CLIVE (JOHN). 1948-2018. Died in London, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of a novel and two short story collections in CFIV.)

STEVENS, MOYA MARY BLANCHE WINNIE. 1895-1982. Pseudonym: Mary Chisenhale. (Adding the real name and dates of the author of the 1934 novel “Tiger’s Whisker” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)
 
STROBEL, PHYLLIS. 1946-    . Living in Redcliff, Albert, Canada. (Correcting the birth date and adding a biographical details for the author of six novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Margaret Dalton.)

STYLES, (FRANK) SHOWELL. (Adding a series character to 1940s novels in CFIV, and correcting a publication date)
    Hammer Island. Add SC: Gideon Hazel
    Kidnap Castle. Add SC: Gideon Hazel
    Traitor’s Mountain. Publication date: 1944; add SC: Gideon Hazel (in a lesser role)

SWARTOUT, KATHERINE E. YEHLE. 1907-1994. Born in New York; had bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Syracuse University; taught English at Eastwood High School in Syracuse and was for many years a vocational education teacher in Syracuse; died in Towson, Maryland. (Adding the real name and dates and biographical details for the author of eight novels in CFIV under the pseudonym Kate Ostrander.)
 
SWARTOUT, MARIE M.  Delete. (Wrongly identified as the real name of Kate Ostrander.)

SYMONDS, ANNE HILDA HARRISSON. 1916-2017. Pseudonym: Anne Damer, q.v. (Adding the real name of the co-author with Jack Denton Scott of the 1945 novel “Too Lively to Live” in CFIV.)

TREFUS, VICTOR. Pseudonym of Viktor Furst, 1919-1978(?). (Adding a new byline not in CFIV)
    But No Man Seen. Methuen, 1935 [Vienna]

UPSHALL, HELEN RUBY. 1926-2017. Born and died in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1973 novel “The Monk’s Retreat” in CFIV under the pseudonym Susannah Curtis.)

WALLER, BRUCE. Pseudonym of Lawrence Arthur Charles Lawler, 1902-1976. (Adding the real name and dates for the author of the 1939 novel “The Crime Squadron” in CFIV under the pseudonym.)

WILLIAMS, HAROLD. Graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1978; returned from European travel and established his medical practice in Boston; he was professor of the Diseases of Children at Tufts Medical School, 1894-1899; dean of Tufts medical and dental schools, 1898-1913; died in St. Augustine, Florida. (Adding biographical details for the author of the 1885 novel “Silken Threads” in CFIV under the pseudonym George Afterem.) 

WOLFE, TOM [THOMAS KENNERLY WOLFE, JR.]. 1930-2018. Died in New York City. (Adding the death date and place for the author of the 1998 novel “A Man in Full” in CFIV.)



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