(1889-1969)
Quinn's character Jules de Grandin (a Weird Tales
favorite) is mentioned in Howard's "A Weird Ballad."
REH to "The Eyrie" (Weird
Tales), February 1926:
“Robert E. Howard, of Cross Plains, Texas, writes concerning Mr. Quinn’s
stories of Jules de Grandin: ‘These are sheer masterpieces. The
little Frenchman is one of those characters who live in fiction.
I look forward with pleasurable anticipations to further meetings
with him.’”
REH to Wilfred B. Talman, ca. September 1931: "I
notice you mention having met Quinn, the king-favorite of Weird
Tales fans. I'd be
interested in your impressions of him; for some unknown reason,
I've always pictured him as a tall, powerfully built man with a
leonine head and a full beard."
REH
to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. September 1931 [SL 2 #56]:
"He's [Talman] met Quinn (alias Jules de Grandin) and says
he's a courteous gent of middle age, with a Southern accent.
He says Quinn is independent and knows how to twist the
editors. Says he
recently turned down a big contract from Street & Smith,
reported valued at $10,000. A
gent can afford to be independent when he already has jack."
REH to Wilfred B. Talman, ca. September 1931 [SL 2
#57]: "I'm very interested in your account of Quinn.
He must be a fascinating character."
REH to H.P. Lovecraft, ca. 9 August 1932: "I
don't know [how] much slaughter and butchery the readers will
endure. Their
capacity for grisly details seems unlimited, when the cruelty is
the torturing of some naked girl, such as Quinn's stories abound
in—no reflection intended on Quinn; he knows what they want and
gives it to them."
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