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William E. Butterworth III

William Edmund Butterworth III, better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, is an American writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name (W. E. Butterworth, William E. Butterworth, and most recently William E. Butterworth III). - Wikipedia

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American author (1929-2019)

Born November 10, 1929
Died February 12, 2019

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  • Cover of: Honor bound
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    Cover of edition honorbound0000grif Cover of edition honorbound00grif First published in 1993 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: The Lieutenants

    First published in 1982 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: Behind the lines
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  • Cover of: The Murderers: Badge of Honor 06 (Badge of Honor)
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  • Cover of: The hunters
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  • Cover of: The hostage
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  • Cover of: The Colonels: Brotherhood of War: Book IV
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  • Cover of: CLOSE COMBAT
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    Cover of edition closecombat00webg Cover of edition closecombat0000grif Cover of edition closecombat0000grif_z1k5 Cover of edition closecombat0000grif_v1l6 Cover of edition closecombat00grif_0 First published in 1993 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The Corps: Book II: Call to Armes
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  • Cover of: Retreat, hell!
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    Cover of edition retreathell00webg Cover of edition retreathell0000grif First published in 2004 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Under Fire
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  • Cover of: The Majors
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  • Cover of: The Captains
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  • Cover of: The saboteurs
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  • Cover of: Battleground
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    Cover of edition battleground00grif Cover of edition battleground0000grif First published in 1991 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The Generals
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    Cover of edition generals00grif First published in 1986 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The secret warriors
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  • Cover of: The soldier spies
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  • Cover of: The aviators
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  • Cover of: New Breed Book VII
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American author (1929-2019)

Born November 10, 1929
Died February 12, 2019

Subjects

Fiction, Fiction, general, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, historical, general, United States, Large type books, Fiction, men's adventure, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Automobile racing, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, History, Philadelphia (pa.), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Payne, matt (fictitious character), fiction, Police, Fiction, historical, Juvenile fiction, United States. Marine Corps, Fiction, espionage, Military History, United states, fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general, Pennsylvania, fiction

Places

United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia (Pa.), Argentina, Congo (Democratic Republic), Mississippi, Uruguay, Vietnam, 1950-1953 Korean War, Alabama, Angola, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Daytona Beach, England, Florida, France, Germany, London (England), Mexican-American Border Region, New Orleans (La.), North America, Philippines, Soviet Union, Texas

People

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Che Guevara (1928-1967), Ernesto Guevara (1928-1967), Franklin Roosevelt, Manhattan project, OSS, project overloard, wild bill donovan

Time

20th century, 1968, Civil War, 1960-1965, 1943, 1945-1975, 1966, 1970, The Honor Bound series and The Corps are set (mostly) during WWII. Badge of Honor is present-day Philadelphia., World War II

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Alternative names

  • W. E. B. Griffin
  • W. E. Butterworth
  • William E. Butterworth
  • William E. Butterworth III
  • Alex Baldwin
  • Webb Beech
  • Walter E. Blake
  • James McM. Douglas
  • Jack Dugan
  • John Kevin Dugan
  • W.E.B. Griffin
  • Eden Hughes
  • Allison Mitchell
  • Edmund O. Scholefield
  • Blakely St. James
  • Patrick J. Williams
  • William E. Butterworth (W.E.B.) Griffin
  • St. James, Blakely.
  • William E Butterworth
  • Williams, Patrick J.
  • Scholefield, Edmund O. pseud.
  • Butterworth, William E., III
  • griffin-w-e-b-griffin-w-e-b
  • W.E.B Griffin
  • Butterworth, W. E.pseud.) Griffin, W.E.B.
  • W.E. Griffin
  • W. E.B. Griffin
  • William E. Butterworth (W.E.B. Griffin)
  • W. E. B. Griff
  • W.E. Butterworth
  • Edmund O Scholefield
  • Blakely St James
  • Blakely St. james
  • W. E Butterworth
  • W. E. B Griffin
  • W. E. B. GRIFFIN
  • W E B. Griffin

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