Dorothy Gilman





Dorothy Gilman

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born
in The United States
June 25, 1923

died
February 02, 2012

gender
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About this author

Dorothy Gilman started writing when she was 9. At 11, she competed against 10 to 16-year-olds in a story contest and won first place. Dorothy worked as an art teacher and telephone operator before becoming an author. She wrote children’s stories for more than ten years under the name Dorothy Gilman Butters and then began writing adult novels about Mrs. Pollifax–a retired grandmother who becomes a CIA agent. The Mrs. Pollifax series made Dorothy famous. While her stories nourish people’s thirst for adventure and mystery, Dorothy knew about nourishing the body as well. She used to live on a farm in Nova Scotia, where she grew medicinal herbs. Her knowledge of herbs comes through in many of her stories, including A Nun in the Closet, in which...more


Average rating: 3.98 · 33,362 ratings · 2,017 reviews · 61 distinct works · Similar authors
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifa...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 7,655 ratings — published 1966 — 21 editions
The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,550 ratings — published 1970 — 13 editions
The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 2,056 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions
Mrs. Pollifax on Safari
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,888 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax (M...
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 1,749 ratings — published 1973 — 14 editions
Mrs. Pollifax and the Whirl...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,619 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong ...
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 1,532 ratings — published 1985 — 8 editions
Mrs. Pollifax on the China ...
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1,511 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golde...
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 1,529 ratings — published 1988 — 9 editions
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tou...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 1,368 ratings — published 1997 — 11 editions
More books by Dorothy Gilman…
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax Mrs. Pollifax on Safari Mrs. Pollifax on the China ... Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong ...
Mrs. Pollifax (14 books)
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“In the morning when Mrs. Pollifax awoke she realized at once that a fateful day was beginning. She lay and thought about this dispassionately, almost wonderingly, because to every life there eventually came a moment when one had to accept the fact that the shape, the pattern, the direction of the future was entirely out of one's hands, to be decided unalterably by chance, by fate or by God. There was nothing to do but accept, and from this to proceed, doing the very best that could be done.”
Dorothy Gilman, The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax

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