Hugh C. Weir

> Hugh Cosgro Weir (1884-1934) was born in Illinois but moved to Ohio where he worked as a journalist at the young age of 16 in Springfield. He also began writing screenplays early on, but eventually set up his own combo advertising agency and magazine publishing house. He was a prolific writer of pulp short stories but is mainly known today for his anthology published in 1914, <a href=https://archive.org/details/missmadelynmack00massgoog/> *Miss Madelyn Mack, Detective*</a>.