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Gwendoline Butler (British crime writer)

  • Gwendoline Williams
  • Jennie Melville
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Butler, Gwendoline
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Person
Gender
Female
Date of birth
1922-08-19
Place of birth
London
Date of death
2013-01-05
Place of death
Birmingham

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Gwendoline Williams Butler (née Williams; 19 August 1922 – 5 January 2013) was a British writer known for her mystery fiction and romance novels. She began her writing career in 1956 and also wrote under the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited with inventing the "woman's police procedural," Butler gained recognition for her works, especially the Inspector John Coffin series penned under her own name, and the Charmian Daniels series published under the Jennie Melville pseudonym.

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208114628
Wikidata ID
Q299539

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2025-10-09