John R. Coryell

John R. Coryell
Born
John Russell Coryell

(1851-12-15)December 15, 1851
New York City
DiedJuly 15, 1924(1924-07-15) (aged 72)
Readfield, Maine
NationalityAmerican
OccupationAuthor
Known forCreator of fictional detective Nick Carter; co-creator of the first-person confessional magazine format with True Story

John Russell Coryell (December 15, 1851,[1] in New York City – July 15, 1924, in Readfield, Maine) was an American dime novel author. He wrote under the Nicholas Carter and Bertha M. Clay house pseudonyms, and, like many of his fellow dime novelists under many other pseudonyms, including Tyman Currio, Lillian R. Drayton, Julia Edwards, Geraldine Fleming, Margaret Grant, Barbara Howard, Harry Dubois Milman, Milton Quarterly, and Lucy May Russell.[2]

  1. ^ Numerous official documents, e.g. census records, put his birth year at 1851. His NYT obit erroneously listed his age as 76 rather than 72.
  2. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 193.