(123) HOPPER, JAMES MARIE. Born in Paris, July 23, 1876. Came to America in 1887. Educated at University of California. Has practised law, been newspaper reporter, college instructor, editor and war correspondent. Author of “Caybigan,” 1906; “Goosie,” 1910; “Freshman,” 1912; “What Happened in the Night,” 1913. Lives at Carmel, California. Ship in the Bottle. HULL, ALEXANDER. Born at Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1887. Educated at Muskingum College and University of Pennsylvania. Head of Music Department, Pacific College. Married. Musical composer. First story “The Lilac Scented Envelope,” All-Story Weekly, November 6, 1915. Lives at Newberg, Oregon. Bain’s Hole. HUNT, LIAN. Born at Glen Gardner, New Jersey. Spent childhood in Roanoke, Virginia. High school education. Special student at Columbia University. Lives at Port Washington, Long Island, New York. King of the Reef. JITRO, WILLIAM C. G. Born near Lansing, Michigan, December 29, 1890. Education by private study. Has been publishing stories under several signatures since 1910. Lives in Detroit, Michigan. Resurrection and the Life. KILMAN, JULIAN. Born at Drummondsville, Canada, March 26, 1878. Studied law at University of Michigan. Practised law at Buffalo. Now engaged in Bureau of Naturalization at Buffalo. First story “Dan Alders’ Revenge,” Short Stories, September, 1914. Lives at Buffalo, New York. Laugh. (78) KOMROFF, MANUEL (_for biography_, _see_ 1921). Burning Beard. LANE, ROSE WILDER. Born at De Smet, Dakota Territory, December 5, 1877. Public school education. Author of “Henry Ford’s Own Story,” 1917; “Diverging Roads,” 1919; (with Frederick O’Brien) “White Shadows In the South Seas,” 1919; “The Making of Herbert Hoover,” 1920. Lives at Mansfield, Missouri. Innocence. LARDNER, RING W. Born at Niles, Michigan, March 6, 1885. Educated in public schools and at Armour Institute of Technology. Married. Sporting writer and editor for American newspapers since 1907. Author of “Bib Ballads,” 1915; “You Know Me, Al,” 1915; “Gullibles Travels,” 1917; “Own Your Own Home,” 1917; “Treat ’Em Rough,” 1918; “The Real Dope,” 1918; “My Four Weeks in France,” 1918; “The Young Immigrants,” 1919; “Symptoms of Being 35,” 1921; “The Big Town,” 1921. Lives at Great Neck, New York. Golden Honeymoon. (4) LEE, JENNETTE (_for biography_, _see_ 1917). Man Who Made Poetry Hum. MCPEAK, IVAL. Born near Fulton, Iowa, May 10, 1889. Educated at State University of Iowa. Engaged in public health publicity and education. First story “Long--Short--and a Long,” Midland, October, 1915. Lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Prairie Symphony.