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Dorothy Gilman (US writer)

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Gilman, Dorothy
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Gender
Female
Date of birth
1923-06-25
Place of birth
New Brunswick
Date of death
2012-02-02
Place of death
Westchester County

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Dorothy Edith Gilman (June 25, 1923 – February 2, 2012) was an American writer. She is best known for the Mrs. Pollifax series. Begun in a time when women in mystery meant Agatha Christie's Miss Marple and international espionage meant young government men like James Bond and the spies of John le Carré and Graham Greene, Emily Pollifax, her heroine, became a spy in her 60s and is very likely the only spy in literature to belong simultaneously to the CIA and the local garden club.

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Died in Rye Brook, New York.

Last modified: 2022-03-16 (revision #86219)

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NameFormatISBNRelease Date
Jagd auf Mrs. PollifaxPaperback3-426-67092-51996-10
Mrs. Pollifax, der AgentenschreckPaperback?1973
Mrs. Pollifax kommt wie gerufenPaperback?1968
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gilmandorothy
VIAF
34577905
Wikidata ID
Q456494

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