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Johnson, Ryerson, 1901-1995

LC control no.n 50039246
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LC classificationPS3519.O28614
Personal name headingJohnson, Ryerson, 1901-1995
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Variant(s)Johnson, W. Ryerson, 1901-1995
Johnson, Walter Ryerson, 1901-
See alsoFor works of this author written in collaboration with Davis Dresser, search also under Blood, Matthew.
Blood, Matthew
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Robeson, Kenneth
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Halliday, Brett
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Birth date1901-10-19
Death date1995-05-24
Place of birthDivernon (Ill.)
Place of deathFlorida
Field of activityPulp literature, American
Profession or occupationAuthors Novelists
Special noteNon-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found inHis South to Sonoro, 1946.
His Let's walk up the wall, 1967: t.p. (Ryerson Johnson)
LC data base, 7/23/85 (hdg.: Johnson, Walter Ryerson, 1901- ; usage: Ryerson Johnson)
Cont, auth., new rev. series, v. 49, c1995 (Dresser, Davis, 1904-1977; pseuds.: Asa Baker, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Peter Field, Brett Halliday, Anthony Scott, Anderson Wayne; jt. pseuds.: Matthew Blood (with Ryerson Johnson), Hal Debrett (with Kathleen Rollins)
Johnson, Ryerson. Gozo's wonderful kite, 1951: title page (W. Ryerson Johnson)
Johnson, Ryerson. Kenji and the magic geese, 1992: title page (Ryerson Johnson)
Wikipedia, November 7, 2015: W. Ryerson Johnson (Walter Ryerson Johnson (October 19 1901--May 24, 1995) was an American pulp fiction writer and editor. He wrote in many genres, but is probably best known at having been one of the men who wrote Doc Savage novels, under the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson. He also published works under the names "Matthew Blood" and "Peter Field." ... He wrote numerous western stories for pulps like Western Story Magazine ... He wrote horror stories for Dime Mystery Magazine ... He also wrote several crime novels, two under his own name, the others under various pseudonyms ... In 1963, he wrote a series of juvenile novels, the Bob Blake Adventures, which had 4 volumes: The Trail of the Moaning Ghost, The Trail of the Witchwood Treasure, The Trail of the Golden Feather, and The Trail of the Deadly Image. These appeared under his own name ... Johnson was born in Divernon, Illinois, and died in Florida ...)
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Hubin, A.J. Crime fiction IV (CD-ROM), 2005 (Johnson, (Walter) Ryerson (1901-1995); wrote 2 novels as by Brett Halliday and 3 as by Kenneth Robeson)
Contemporary Authors Online, accessed November 7, 2015: "(Walter) Ryerson Johnson." Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, 2004. (...Born October 19, 1901, in Divernon, IL; died May 24, 1995 ... Memberships: Mystery Writers of America (former regional officer), Writers Guild of America West, Authors League of America (former president, Pulp Writers section))
Johnson, Ryerson. 猿と荒れた、荒れた風 = The monkey and the wild, wild wind [ER], 2021? : cover image (by Ryerson Johnson)