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Gwendoline Butler

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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British writer

Born 19 August 1922
Died 05 January 2013

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  • Cover of: Receipt for murder.

    First published in 1956 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Coffin and the Paper Man

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British writer

Born 19 August 1922
Died 05 January 2013
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, general, Fiction, gothic, 1980s, 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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Alternative names

  • Gwendoline Williams Butler
  • Gwendoline Butler
  • Jennie Melville

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