Rogers Terrill (c. 1901 - March 1, 1963) was a pulp magazine editor, author, and literary agent. He worked for

Fiction House Fiction House was an American publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. It was founded by John B. "Jack" Kelly and John W. Glenister.Saunders, David"JACK BYRNE (1902-1972),"Field Guide to Wild American ...

as editor of ''

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'', '' Action Stories'', and ''

Fight Stories ''Fight Stories'' was a pulp magazine devoted to stories of boxing. Published by Fiction House, it ran 47 issues cover-date The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of ...

'', among other titles, and moved to

Popular Publications Popular Publications was one of the largest publishers of pulp magazines during its existence, at one point publishing 42 different titles per month. Company titles included detective fiction, detective, adventure novel, adventure, Romance nove ...

when Fiction House temporarily ceased operations. He remained with Popular until the end of the 1940s, and then became a literary agent. Pulp magazine historian Robert Kenneth Jones describes him as a very successful editor, comparing him to

Leo Margulies Leo Margulies (June 22, 1900 – December 26, 1975) was an American editor and publisher of science fiction and fantasy pulp magazines and paperback books. Biography Margulies was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, but was raised in ...

, a competitor of Popular's at

Thrilling Publications Thrilling Publications, also known as Beacon Magazines (1936–37), Better Publications (1937–43) and Standard Magazines (1943–55), was a pulp magazine publisher run by Ned Pines, publishing such titles as ''Startling Stories'' and ...

, and pulp author

Wyatt Blassingame Wyatt Rainey Blassingame (6 February 1909 – 1985), a.k.a. W.B. Rainey, was the author of many short stories and articles for national magazines, four adult novels and dozens of juvenile nonfiction books. Early years Blassingame was born ...

described him as one of the best pulp editors.Jones (1975), pp. 17-18. He was reputed to particularly hate plagiarism, and Jones relates that an author who submitted to Terrill, as his own work, a story that Terrill himself had written fifteen years earlier, was invited to the publisher's office. According to Jones, "he left Terrill's office practically on his hands and knees".

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