Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013)
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Gwendoline Butler, née Williams was born on August 19, 1922 in South London, England. She was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels since 1956. She also used the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural", is well known for her series of toon meer Inspector John Coffin novels as Gwendoline Butler, and by female detective Charmian Daniels as Jennie Melville. She was educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History, and later lectured there. In 1956, she started to publish John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided to use her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sign her Charmian Daniels novels. 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. Her titles include Receipt for Murder, Coffin Following, Coffin's Ghost, Coffin Knows the Answer and Loving Murder. She died on January 5, 2013. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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(eng) Gwendoline Butler aka Jennie Melville
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Coffin for Coffin 1 exemplaar
The Sisterhood [short fiction] 1 exemplaar
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- Officiële naam
- Butler, Gwendoline Williams
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Butler, Gwendoline
Melville, Jennie - Geboortedatum
- 1922-08-19
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2013-01-05
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Deptford, London, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- London, England, UK
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Surrey, England, UK - Opleiding
- Oxford University (Lady Margaret Hall)
- Beroepen
- academic (Oxford University, Oxford, England, UK)
- Relaties
- Butler, Lionel (husband)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Crime Writers’ Association’s Silver Dagger Award
top two hundred crime writers in the world by The London Times. - Korte biografie
- Gwendoline Williams was born on 19th August 1922 in 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 sign 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. - Ontwarringsbericht
- Gwendoline Butler aka Jennie Melville
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