Henry Bedford-Jones

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H. Bedford-Jones
Born(1887-04-29)April 29, 1887
Fantasy

Henry James O'Brien Bedford-Jones (April 29, 1887 – May 6, 1949) was a Canadian-American

fantasy, science fiction, crime and Western
writer who became a naturalized United States citizen in 1908.

Biography

Bedford-Jones was born in

All-Story Weekly, Argosy, Short Stories, Top-Notch Magazine, The Magic Carpet/Oriental Stories, Golden Fleece Historical Adventure, Ace-High Magazine, People's Story Magazine, Hutchinson's Adventure-Story Magazine, Detective Fiction Weekly, Western Story Magazine, and Weird Tales
.

Bedford-Jones wrote numerous works of historical fiction dealing with several different eras, including

Viking era, seventeenth century France and Canada during the "New France" era.[3] Bedford-Jones produced several fantasy novels revolving around Lost Worlds, including The Temple of the Ten (1921, with W. C. Robertson).[3]

In addition to writing fiction, Bedford-Jones also worked as a journalist for the

Boston Globe, and wrote poetry.[3] Bedford-Jones was a friend of Erle Stanley Gardner, Vincent Starrett,[5][6] and Lemuel de Bra.[7]

Works

partial list

Non-fiction

  • This Fiction Business (1922, revised 1929)
  • The Graduate Fictioneer (1932)
  • Money Brawl: How to Write for Money and This Fiction Business (with Jack Woodford; introduction by Richard A. Lupoff 2012)

Gallery

  • Bedford-Jones's "Comrade Island" was the cover story in the January 1916 issue of The Argosy
    Bedford-Jones's "Comrade Island" was the cover story in the January 1916 issue of The Argosy
  • Bedford-Jones's novelette "Pearls from Macao" took the cover of the July 1933 issue of Magic Carpet
    Bedford-Jones's novelette "Pearls from Macao" took the cover of the July 1933 issue of
    Magic Carpet
  • Bedford-Jones's "The Artificial Honeymoon" was the cover story in the July 1940 Weird Tales
    Bedford-Jones's "The Artificial Honeymoon" was the cover story in the July 1940 Weird Tales

References

  1. ^ Ashley, Michael (1978). Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction. Elm tree Books. p. 30. ISB0-241-89528-6.
  2. ISBN 0-312-13486-X
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 1-55862-205-5
    , p. 51-3.
  4. ISBN 0-7864-4179-8
    (pp. 43-44).
  5. ^ H. Bedford-Jones: "King of the Pulps" by Peter Ruber Archived January 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Vincent Starrett, Born in a bookshop; chapters from the Chicago Renascence." Norman, University of Oklahoma Press,1965.
  7. ^ "The Government Agent in Fiction by Lemuel L. de Bra, Former Government Agent", Story World and Photodramatist, vol. 5, Issues 1-5 (1923), pp. 51–53

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