[1] In 1923, he worked as a crime reporter for William Randolph Hearst's newspaper the New York American.

[3] 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[5] In 1923 he was a crime reporter for the New York American.

[6] 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,[7] Thrilling Adventures, Thrilling Ranch Stories and Thrilling Western[8][9] 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[8] 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[5] and sometimes ghostwrite for others such as Romer Zane Grey, eldest son of Zane Grey.

[3] Curry's former home in Norwalk, CT is listed on the Connecticut State Register of Historic Places.