Author George F. Krull (1911-1963) utilized the pseudonym Dean Evans to author shorts for the pulps from 1948 through 1954. During his shor...

Thomas Adcock's writing career began with the Detroit Free Press . As a journalist, he authored articles for newspapers like Chicago Tod...

British author Geoffrey Horne (1916-1988) used the pseudonym Gil North to author an 11-book series of crime-fiction novels starring Sergeant...

Way back on Episode 65 we covered the horror sensation of Paperbacks from Hell . This remains one of our most beloved features. What better...

The August 1963 issue of Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories featured stories by powerhouse authors like Robert Silverberg , Frank Belkn...

Many of Guyana-born, British author Christopher Nicole’s historic adventures take place in England’s Caribbean colonies in the 1700s and 180...

In the non-fiction book Hillary Waugh's Guide to Mysteries & Mystery Writing , Waugh , a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master, fo...

Today's episode examines the intriguing police procedural sub-genre of crime-fiction. Eric presents an exciting feature on one of the ge...

The Doctor Death pulp character has a rather strange history. The first incarnation was in the pages of All Detective Magazine where the ...

Donald Bayne Hobart (1898-1970) began his writing career in the pulps. He authored shorts for magazines like Popular Detective , Texas Range...

Dennis Lynds (1924-2005) was born in St. Louis, grew up in New York, and later earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service during ...

Orrie Hitt (1916-1975) was an Upstate New York author of sleaze paperbacks who made a living writing a lot of books very quickly. The upsh...

Railroad Stories #12: The Silver Switch Key was published by Bold Venture Press in late 2023. I've enjoyed the publisher's efforts ...

By 1980, New Zealand author Dorothy Eden (1912-1982) was considered one of the 10 best-selling novelists in the world. She specialized in su...

Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901-1978) was an American historian and author from Boston who was a World War One veteran and Harvard graduate. H...

The Paperback Warrior Podcast is back! On this episode, Eric explains the show's new format while also presenting features on pulp autho...

Glenn Lord (1931-2011) became a literary agent for the Robert E. Howard  estate in 1965, a role he served in for over 25 years. Lord was ins...

According to Mysteryfile.com, there isn't a lot of information about author Robert Ames. Apparently Ames was a pseudonym used by Charles...

Elizabeth Jane Phillips, better known as her pseudonym Elizabeth Fenwick , authored three standard detective novels in the 1940s. In the fol...

Stephen Greenleaf (b. 1942) graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and earned a law degree from the University of Californ...