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Gwendoline Butler

19 August 1922 - 05 January 2013

Gwendoline Williams was born on 19 August 1922 in Blackheath, South London, England, UK, daughter of Alice (Lee) and Alfred Edward Williams, her younger twin brothers are also authors. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History, and later lectured there. On 16th October 1949, she married Dr Lionel Harry Butler (1923-1981), a professor of medieval history at University of St. Andrews and historian, Fellow of All Souls and Principal of Royal Holloway College. The marriage had a daughter, Lucilla Butler.

In 1956, she started to published John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided used her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sing her Charmian Daniels novels. She was credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural". In addition to her mystery series, she also wrote romantic novels. In 1981, her novel The Red Staircase won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.

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  • Cover of: Death lives next door

    First published in 1960 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition deathlivesnextdo00butl_0
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    First published in 1964 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1994 6 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition coffintree00butl_1 Cover of edition coffintree0000butl_t7m4
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    First published in 1989 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition coffininblackmus0000butl_r6u5
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    First published in 1986 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition coffinonwater0000butl
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    First published in 1992 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition crackingopencoff00butl_0 Cover of edition crackingopencoff0000butl
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    First published in 1987 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1988 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1981 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2002 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition coffinknowsanswe00butl_0 Cover of edition coffinknowsanswe0000butl_b4r1
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    First published in 1993 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1990 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition footstepsinblood00melv
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  • Cover of: A grave Coffin: a Commander John Coffin mystery

    First published in 1998 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition gravecoffincomma00butl
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Subjects
Fiction, Police, London (england), fiction, England, fiction, John Coffin (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Coffin, john (fictitious character), fiction, Daniels, charmian (fictitious character), fiction, Policewomen, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Charmian Daniels (Fictitious character), Large type books, Policewomen, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Mystery, Fiction in English, Detective and mystery stories, 1960s, Fiction, gothic, 1980s, Fiction, general, History, Investigation, Murder, 1970s
Places
England, London (England), London, England) Windsor (Berkshire, Germany, Great Britain, Malta, Windsor, Windsor (Berkshire, England), Windsor (England)
People
John Coffin, Aaron Tyler, Bill Egan, Camilla, Daisy, Errol Vesey, Ezra Barton, Gaby Glass, Joyo Beaufort, Lady Geraldine, Marion Manning, Martin Kelly, Olivia, Phyllis Henley, Prince Frederick, Rachel, Rachel Esthart, Rose Hilaire, Sheila Daly, Terry Place, Thomas Barr, Tony Young, Trelawney Adair, timothy dean
Time
1978, 19th century, George IV, 1820-1830

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  • Gwendoline Williams Butler
  • Gwendoline Butler
  • Jennie Melville

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August 21, 2012 Edited by CGN Added new photo