W.E.B. Griffin è lo pseudonimo di William Edmund Butterworth III, un noto autore americano conosciuto per i suoi romanzi militari e detective. È nato l'10 novembre 1929 e è cresciuto nelle città di New York e Filadelfia. I romanzi di Griffin hanno guadagnato una notevole popolarità, con oltre cinquanta milioni di copie stampate, tradotte in più di dieci lingue, tra cui ebraico, cinese, giapponese e ungherese.
Prima di diventare famoso come W.E.B. Griffin negli anni '80, aveva già una prolifica carriera come scrittore sotto diversi pseudonimi. I suoi lavori sono prevalentemente presentati in serie come The Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Men at War, Badge of Honor, Honor Bound e The Presidential Agent series. I romanzi di Griffin sono altamente considerati per la loro accuratezza storica, con scene intense e senza compromessi, come elogiato dal The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Le esperienze personali di Griffin hanno influenzato notevolmente la sua scrittura. Si è arruolato nell'esercito degli Stati Uniti nel 1946, svolgendo l'addestramento di base e l'addestramento di controspionaggio a Fort Holabird, nel Maryland. Ha servito nell'esercito di occupazione in Germania ed è stato assegnato allo staff del tenente generale I.D. White, comandante del U.S. Constabulary. Nel 1951, è stato richiamato al servizio attivo per la guerra di Corea, dove ha guadagnato il Combat Infantry Badge come corrispondente di guerra e in seguito ha prestato servizio come ufficiale delle informazioni del X Corpo (Gruppo) sotto il tenente generale White. Dopo il suo servizio militare, è diventato il capo della Divisione Pubblicazioni della U.S. Army Signal Aviation Test & Support Activity presso la Fort Rucker, in Alabama.
Gli onori e i premi di Griffin sono numerosi, tra cui il Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association e il Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award. È stato insignito dell'Ordine di St. George dell'U.S. Armor Association e dell'Ordine di St. Andrew dell'U.S. Army Aviation Association e ha ricevuto titoli onorari da Norwich University e Troy State University (Ala.). Griffin è anche co-fondatore del William E. Colby Seminar on Intelligence, Military, and Diplomatic Affairs. Divide il suo tempo tra la costa del Golfo e Buenos Aires.
Badge Of Honor Books
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Men in Blue
1988
2
Special Operations
1989
3
The Victim
1991
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The Witness
1992
5
The Assassin
1993
6
The Murderers
1994
7
The Investigators
1998
8
Final Justice
2002
9
The Traffickers (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2009
10
The Traffickers
2009
11
The Vigilantes (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2010
12
The Vigilantes
2010
13
The Last Witness (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2013
14
The Last Witness
2013
15
Deadly Assets (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2015
16
Deadly Assets
2015
17
Broken Trust (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2016
18
Broken Trust
2016
19
The Attack
2024
Brotherhood Of War Books
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The Lieutenants
1982
2
The Captains
1982
3
The Majors
1983
4
The Colonels
1983
5
The Berets
1985
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The Generals
1986
7
The New Breed
1987
8
The Aviators
1988
9
Special Ops
2001
Clandestine Operations Books (with William E. Butterworth IV)
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Top Secret
2014
2
The Assassination Option
2014
3
Curtain of Death
2016
4
Death at Nuremberg
2017
5
The Enemy of My Enemy
2018
Honor Bound Books (with William E. Butterworth IV)
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Honor Bound
1994
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Blood and Honor
1996
3
Secret Honor
2000
4
Death and Honor (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2008
5
Death and Honor
2008
6
The Honor of Spies
2009
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The Honor of Spies (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2009
8
Victory and Honor (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2011
9
Victory and Honor
2011
10
Empire and Honor
2012
11
Empire and Honor (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2012
M*A*S*H Books (as William E. Butterworth III, with Richard Hooker)
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M*A*S*H
1968
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M*A*S*H Goes to Maine
1972
3
M*A*S*H Goes to New Orleans
1975
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M*A*S*H Goes to Paris
1975
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M*A*S*H Goes to London
1975
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M*A*S*H Goes to Morocco
1976
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M*A*S*H Goes to Las Vegas
1976
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M*A*S*H Goes to Hollywood
1976
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M*A*S*H Goes to Vienna
1976
10
M*A*S*H Goes to San Francisco
1976
11
M*A*S*H Goes to Miami
1976
12
M*A*S*H Goes to Texas
1977
13
M*A*S*H Goes to Montreal
1977
14
M*A*S*H Goes to Moscow
1977
15
M*A*S*H Mania
1977
Men At War Books
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The Last Heroes
1985
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The Secret Warriors
1985
3
The Soldier Spies / Give Me Liberty
1986
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The Fighting Agents / Into Enemy Hands
1987
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The Saboteurs
2006
6
The Double Agents
2007
7
The Spymasters
2012
8
The Devil's Weapons
2022
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The Devil's Weapons (By: Peter Kirsanow)
2022
10
Zero Option
2024
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Zero Option ( By: Peter Kirsanow)
2024
Presidential Agent Books
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By Order of the President
2004
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The Hostage
2006
3
The Hunters
2007
4
The Shooters
2008
5
Black Ops
2008
6
The Outlaws
2010
7
The Outlaws (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2010
8
Covert Warriors (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2011
9
Covert Warriors
2011
10
Hazardous Duty
2013
11
Hazardous Duty (With: William E. Butterworth IV)
2013
12
Rogue Asset (By: Brian Andrews, Jeffrey Wilson)
2021
13
Rogue Asset
2021
14
Direct Action (By: Jack Stewart)
2025
The Corps Books
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Semper Fi
1986
2
Call to Arms
1987
3
Counterattack
1990
4
Battleground
1991
5
Line of Fire
1992
6
Close Combat
1993
7
Behind the Lines
1996
8
In Danger's Path
1999
9
Under Fire
2002
10
Retreat, Hell!
2003
Romanzi singoli
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No French Leave
1960
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No French Leave ( As: Webb Beech)
1960
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Comfort Me with Love ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1960
4
Comfort Me with Love
1960
5
Hot Seat
1961
6
Hot Seat ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1961
7
The Court-Martial
1962
8
The Court-Martial ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1962
9
Hell on Wheels
1962
10
Hell on Wheels ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1962
11
The Love-Go-Round
1962
12
The Love-Go-Round ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1962
13
The Girl in the Black Bikini
1962
14
The Girl in the Black Bikini ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1962
15
Where We Go From Here
1962
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Where We Go From Here ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1962
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Once More with Passion ( As: Walker E. Blake)
1964
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Once More with Passion
1964
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Warrior's Way ( As: Webb Beech)
1964
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Warrior's Way
1964
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Make War In Madness
1965
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Make War In Madness ( As: Webb Beech)
1965
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Stock Car Racer ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1966
24
Stock Car Racer
1966
25
Hunger for Racing ( As: James McM. Douglas)
1967
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Hunger for Racing
1967
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Helicopter Pilot
1967
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Helicopter Pilot ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1967
29
Bryan's Dog ( As: Edmund O. Scholefield)
1967
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Bryan's Dog
1967
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Air Evac ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1967
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Air Evac
1967
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L'il Wildcat ( As: Edmund O. Scholefield)
1967
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L'il Wildcat
1967
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Redline 7100 ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1968
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Redline 7100
1968
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Orders to Vietnam
1968
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Orders to Vietnam ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1968
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The Wheel of a Fast Car
1969
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The Wheel of a Fast Car ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1969
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Fast Green Car / Flat Out ( As: James McM. Douglas)
1969
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Fast Green Car / Flat Out
1969
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Racing to Glory ( As: James McM. Douglas)
1969
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Racing to Glory
1969
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Stop and Search
1969
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Stop and Search ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1969
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Grand Prix Driver
1969
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Marty and the Micro-Midgets / Micro-Midget Racer ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1970
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Moving West on 122
1970
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Moving West on 122 ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1970
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Marty and the Micro-Midgets / Micro-Midget Racer
1970
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The Fastest Funny Car ( As: Patrick J. Williams)
1970
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Fast and Smart ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1970
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The Fastest Funny Car
1970
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Fast and Smart
1970
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Susan and Her Classic Convertible ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1970
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Susan and Her Classic Convertible
1970
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The Twelve Cylinder Screamer ( As: James McM. Douglas)
1970
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Steve Bellamy ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1970
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The Twelve Cylinder Screamer
1970
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Steve Bellamy
1970
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Crazy to Race ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1971
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Return to Racing ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1971
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Crazy to Race
1971
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Return to Racing
1971
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My Father's Quite a Guy ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1971
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My Father's Quite a Guy
1971
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Yankee Boy ( As: Edmund O. Scholefield)
1971
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Road Racer ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1971
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Yankee Boy
1971
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Drag Race Driver ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1971
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Road Racer
1971
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Drag Race Driver
1971
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Team Racer ( As: Patrick J. Williams)
1972
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The Narc ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1972
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Team Racer
1972
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The Narc
1972
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Dateline: Talladega ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1972
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Long Ride on a Cycle ( As: James McM. Douglas)
1972
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Dateline: Talladega
1972
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Long Ride on a Cycle
1972
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Yankee Driver ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1973
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Yankee Driver
1973
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Sky-Jacked! ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1973
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Race Car Team ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1973
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Sky-Jacked!
1973
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Dave White and the Electric Wonder Car ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1974
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Race Car Team
1973
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Return to Daytona ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1974
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Dave White & The Electric Wonder Car
1974
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Return to Daytona
1974
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Black Gold ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1975
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Black Gold
1975
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The Roper Brothers and Their Magnificent Steam Automobile ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1976
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The Tank Driver ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1978
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The Roper Brothers and Their Magnificent Steam Automobile
1976
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Next Stop, Earth ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1978
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The Tank Driver
1978
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The Hotel Mystery ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1979
100
Next Stop, Earth
1978
101
Under the Influence ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1979
102
The Hotel Mystery
1979
103
Slaughter by Auto ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1980
104
Under the Influence
1979
105
Leroy and the Old Man ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1980
106
Slaughter by Auto
1980
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Leroy and the Old Man
1980
108
The Wiltons ( As: Eden Hughes)
1980
109
The Wiltons
1980
110
Flunking Out ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1981
111
The Air Freight Mystery ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1981
112
Flunking Out
1981
113
Hot Wire ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1982
114
The Air Freight Mystery
1981
115
Hot Wire
1982
116
The Selkirks ( As: Eden Hughes)
1982
117
A Member of the Family ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1982
118
The Selkirks
1982
119
Moose, the Thing, and Me ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1982
120
A Member of the Family
1982
121
Wrecker Driver ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1990
122
Moose, the Thing, and Me
1982
123
The Hunting Trip ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
2015
124
Wrecker Driver
1990
125
The Hunting Trip
2015
Libri di non-fiction
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The High Wind ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1971
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The High Wind
1971
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Tires & Other Things ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1974
4
Tires & Other Things
1974
5
Careers in the Services ( As: W.E. Butterworth)
1976
6
Careers in the Services
1976
7
Mighty Minicycles
1976
8
Mighty Minicycles ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1976
9
Hi-Fi
1977
10
Hi-Fi ( As: William E. Butterworth III)
1977
Christina Van Bell Books (as Blakely St. James)
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Christina's Passion
1976
2
Christina's Quest
1976
3
A Song for Christina
1976
4
Christina's Hunger
1977
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Christina's Rapture
1978
6
Christina's Desire
1978
7
Christina's Search
1978
8
Christina's Torment
1979
9
Christina's Surrender
1979
10
Christina's Sins
1980
11
Christina's Pleasure
1980
12
Christina Enchanted
1980
13
Christina's Ecstasy
1980
14
Christina's Treasure
1980
15
Christina's Promise
1980
16
Christina's World
1980
17
Christina's Bliss
1981
18
Christina's Virtue
1981
19
A Kiss for Christina
1981
20
Christina's Escape
1981
21
Christina's Obsession
1981
22
Christina's Temptation
1981
23
Christina's Nights
1981
24
Christina in Love
1981
25
A Star for Christina
1981
26
Christina's Delight
1982
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Christina's Touch
1982
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Christina's Conquest
1982
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A Festival for Christina
1982
30
Christina's Awakening
1983
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Christina's Fantasy
1983
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A Diamond for Christina
1983
33
Christina's Thrills
1983
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Christina's Secret
1983
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Christina's Confessions
1983
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Christina's Need
1983
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Christina's Paradise
1983
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Christina's Favorite
1983
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Christina's Hideaway
1983
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Christina's Voyage
1984
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Christina's Escapade
1984
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Christina's Craving
1984
43
Christina's Challenge
1984
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Christina's Wager
1984
45
Christina's Technique
1984
46
Christina's Essence
1984
47
Christina's Mystery
1984
48
Christina's Hunt
1984
49
Christina's Sensation
1984
Tony Fletcher Books (as William E. Butterworth III, as W.E. Butterworth)