Dorothy Gilman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dorothy Gilman

American spy fiction writer

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 02-Feb-2012

Profession: writer, children's writer, novelist, spy

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 Carre 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.