Dorothy Gilman

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Dorothy Gilman (June 25, 1923 – ) (also known as Dorothy Gilman Butters) is a United States author of mystery and spy fiction. She is most well-known for the Mrs. Pollifax series of spy novels, about spy and grandmother Emily Pollifax, who chooses to become a spy in her 60s, and who stars in fourteen books written over three decades.

Gilman's books tends to feature unlikely heroines, often travelling to exotic locales.

1 Biography
2 Works
3 References

[edit] Biography

Gilman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey; to minister James Bruce and Essa (Starkweather) Gilman. She married teacher Edgar A. Butters, Jr. September 15, 1945 and was divorced in 1965. The couple had two children, Christopher and Jonathan. She attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1940–1945 and the University of Pennsylvania 1963–1964. Gilman is a Unitarian Universalist.

[edit] Works

[edit] Young Adult Works

Young Adult works are published under the name Dorothy Gilman Butters.

Enchanted Caravan 1949 (published as Caravan, 1992)
Carnival Gypsy 1950
Ragamuffin Alley 1951
The Calico Year 1953
Four-Party Line 1954
Papa Dolphin's Table 1955
Girl in Buckskin 1956
Heartbreak Street 1958
Witch's Silver 1959
Masquerade 1961 (published as Heart's Design 1963 )
Ten Leagues to Boston Town 1962
The Bells of Freedom 1963
(Under name Dorothy Gilman) The Maze in the Heart of the Castle 1983

[edit] Adult Works

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax 1966 (published as Mrs. Pollifax, Spy 1971
Uncertain Voyage 1967
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax 1970
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax 1971
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax 1973
A Nun in the Closet 1975 (published as A Nun in the Cupboard 1976
The Clairvoyant Countess 1975
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari 1977
The Tightrope Walker 1979
Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station 1983
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha 1985
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle 1988
Incident at Badamya 1989
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirling Dervish 1990
Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief 1993
Mrs. Pollifax Pursued 1995
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer 1996
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist 1997
Thale's Folly 1999
Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled 2000
Kaleidoscope: A Countess Karitska Novel 2002

[edit] Other

(Contributor) On Creative Writing 1964
A New Kind of Country (nonfiction), 1978
Contributor to Good Housekeeping, Jack and Jill, Redbook, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Writer, and other magazines; contributor of short stories, under name Dorothy Gilman Butters, to Redbook.