Curry was paid $25.00 for his first story to be published, "Diamond in the Rough", which appeared in the March 1921 edition of
pulp magazine ''People's Favorite'' In 1923 he was a crime reporter for the
New York American. Curry's stories have appeared in over 400 pulp magazines including
Argosy,
Black Mask,
The Blue Book Magazine,
Short Stories and several
Thrilling Publications including
Texas Rangers,
Thrilling Adventures,
Thrilling Ranch Stories and
Thrilling Western The Rio Kid In 1939 Curry created his most well known character, The Rio Kid, bringing an element of
historical fiction to the genre with his lead character interacting with actual historical events and people. This series had its own magazine devoted to it from 1939 through 1953 As was not uncommon in the genre, in addition to writing under his own name Curry would also write under
pseudonyms including Jackson Cole, Bradford Scott (
house names for
Texas Ranger Magazine) and John Benton (
house name for
Thrilling Publications and sometimes
ghostwrite for others such as
Romer Zane Grey, eldest son of
Zane Grey. Curry was a prominent member of
Western Writers of America for 50 years.
Selected works ==State register==