Frank Owen (author)

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Frank Owen
Born 1893
Died October 13, 1968
Pen name Roswell Williams
Occupation author, novelist, anthologist
Nationality United States

Frank Owen is a United States author, novelist and anthologist. He wrote 10 novels in the 1930s under the pseudonym Roswell Williams, a name which is sometimes erroneously listed as his real name[1]. Owen is best known for his oriental fantasy short stories[1], many of which appeared in the magazine Weird Tales[2]. Owen also co-wrote several children's collections with his wife, Ethel Owen[1].

Contents

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Novels and Collections

  • Coat Tales from the Pockets of the Happy Giant (with Ethel Owen, collection, 1927)
  • The Dream Hills of Happy Country (with Ethel Owen, collection, 1928)
  • House Mother (1929)
  • Pale Pink Porcelain (1929)
  • The Wind that Tramps the World (1929)
  • The Purple Sea (collection, 1930)
  • Windblown Stories (with Ethel Owen, collection, 1930)
  • Della Wu, Chinese Courtesan (collection, 1931)
  • Rare Earth (1931)
  • The Blue Highway (with Ethel Owen, collection, 1932)
  • Madonna of the Damned (as Roswell Williams, 1935)
  • Lovers of La Fab (as Roswell Williams, 1935)
  • A Husband for Kutani (collection, 1938)
  • The Scarlet Hill (1941)
  • The Porcelain Magician (1948)

[edit] Anthologies

  • Murder for Millions (1946)
  • Fireside Mystery Book (1947)
  • Teen-age Mystery Stories (1948)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press, 739. ISBN 0-88184-708-9. 
  2. ^ Jaffery, Sheldon; Fred Cook (1985). The Collectors Index to Weird Tales. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 109. ISBN 0-87972-284-3. 

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