Dorothy Gilman
Author · 25 June 1923 – 2 February 2012

Dorothy Gilman

Dorothy Edith Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the daughter of a minister. In 1940, she attended Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1945, she married Edgar A. Butters, Jr., with whom she had two children. In 1963, she attended the University of Pennsylvania. She divorced in 1965. She wrote mystery and spy novels, and is best known for her Mrs. Pollifax series. In 2010 she was awarded the annual Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

Works

The amazing Mrs. Pollifax
1970
The tightrope walker
1979
Mrs. Pollifax on safari
1977
NUN IN THE CLOSET
1975
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1966
Mrs. Pollifax and the second thief
1993
Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
1971
The clairvoyant countess
1975
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
1987
A palm for Mrs. Pollifax.
1973
Mrs. Pollifax and the lion killer
1996
Mrs. Pollifax pursued
1995
All 40 works
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
1994
Mrs. Pollifax unveiled
2000
Thale's Folly
1999
Caravan
1992
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
1970
A new kind of country
1978
Mrs. Pollifax and the whirling dervish
1990
Reader's Digest Condensed Books
1972
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle.
1988
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha
1985
Mrs. Pollifax on the China station
1983
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1966
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
1990
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
1971
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled
2000
Mrs Pollifax Pursued
1995
Mrs. Pollifax, innocent tourist
1997
Kaleidoscope
2002
Maze in the Heart of the Castle
1983
Uncertain voyage
1967
Unexpect Mrs Pollifax
1977
A Nun in the Closet
1976
Kaleidoscope
2003
The tightrope walker
1979
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station
1990
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish
1991
The unexpected Mrs.Pollifax.
1967
The bells of freedom
1963

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