Gwendoline Butler
Gwendoline 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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