Manning Lee Stokes

Manning Lee Stokes
Born June 21, 1911
St. Louis, Missouri
Died January 5, 1976(1976-01-05) (aged 64)
Peekskill, New York
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Genre Fiction

Manning Lee Stokes (21 June 1911 – 5 January 1976) was an American novelist who worked under a large number of pseudonyms. He specialized in pulp fiction, especially in the genres of mystery, detective fiction, westerns, sleaze, spy fiction and science fiction. Stokes is also notable as one of the innovators of the graphic novel.

Biography

Stokes was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on 21 June 1911 and died at his home in Peekskill, now a part of Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York on 5 January 1976. He is buried in a National Cemetery located in Farmingdale, New York.

His father was William John Stokes and his mother was Bearnice Lee. He married March Lurea Marlow on 26 September 1959 who was previously married to his brother, Ben McCutchen Stokes (15 April 1919 – 22 September 1957). They had no children of their own but March and Ben had two children, Bearnice Lee Stokes and Benita McCutchen Stokes.[1]

Works

Starting in 1945, Stokes published under his own name and at least 9 different pseudonyms.

Under own name:

Under pseudonym:

As Nick Carter
Publisher: Award Books

As Paul Edwards
John Eagle “Expeditor”
Publisher: Pyramid Books

As Jeffrey Lord
Richard Blade
Publisher: Pinnacle Books

As Bernice Ludwell
Published by Arcadia House

As March Marlowe
Published by Arcadia House

As Ken Stanton[6]
The Aquanauts
Publisher: Manor Books, Inc

As Kermit Welles

As Kirk Westley

As Ford Worth

Other information

Pleasure Bound (Kermit Welles) = Man-Chaser (Kirk Westley)
Sin Preferred (Kermit Welles) = Shanty Boat Girl (Kirk Westley)
Wild Sister (Kermit Welles) = The Innocent Wanton (Kirk Westley)

References

  1. "Chapter Three". Opapesch.net. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  2. "PHOENIX PRESS, 1945-49". Lendinglibmystery.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  3. ""The Criminal Record", The Saturday Review, October 19, 1946, p. 47". Unz.org. 1946-10-19. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  4. "» Archived Review: MANNING LEE STOKES – The Dying Room". Mysteryfile.com. 2008-07-11. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  5. "PHOENIX PRESS, 1950-52". Lendinglibmystery.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  6. Forge in the Forest, The by Michael Scott Rohan (2013-08-13). "Authors : Stokes, Manning Lee : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia". Sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  7. "English Romance Library #80". AusReprints. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
  8. Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997)Stokes, Manning Lee. "Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997) – Stokes, Manning Lee". Sf-encyclopedia.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-01-02.
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