# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gwendoline-butler
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:01:30.716Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gwendoline-butler"
name: "Gwendoline Butler"
slug: "gwendoline-butler"
description: "Gwendoline Williams Butler was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels. She also wrote under the pseudonym Jennie Melville. Credited with inventing the \"woman's police procedural,\" Butler is known for the Inspector John Coffin series and the Charmian Daniels series. Her works include modern detective stories, Victorian mysteries, Gothic tales, and romantic novels."
tagline: "British writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-08-19"
deathDate: "2013-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.338985333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Gwendoline Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "غويندولين باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "جويندولين باتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendoline_Butler"
    title: "Gwendoline Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendoline_Butler"
    title: "Gwendoline Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendoline_Butler"
    title: "Gwendoline Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwendoline_Butler"
    title: "Gwendoline Butler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump