Author: James Plimell Webb
Alternate names: Jason Spain
Born: 1903
Died: 1955
Dates: March 28, 2010
Bio: Mr. Webb was born in Science Hill, Ky. He married Lottie Taylor in 1935. They had one child, Sidney Webb. 

Mr. Webb wrote short stories primarily for western genre pulp magazines as well as mystery stories for other magazines. Dodd Mead published his first novel, Riley Dawson, in 1950. 

He finished a second novel, Tommy, shortly before his death. That book was published in 2009. Mr. Webb spent most of his working life as a ticket agent for the Greyhound bus line.