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W. E. B. Griffin

American author (1929-2019) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 89

William Edmund Butterworth III, better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, was an American writer of military and detective fiction with 59 novels in seven series published under that name. Twenty-one of those books were co-written with his son, William E Butterworth IV.

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He also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2019 · aged 89

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