W.E.B. Griffin at his home in Alabama in 2014. Mr. Griffin, whose real name was William E. Butterworth III, wrote numerous best-selling novels under the Griffin name and many other pseudonyms.

W.E.B. Griffin, 89, Dies; a Best-Selling Novelist Dozens of Times

He estimated that he published more than 150 books — including dozens about soldiers, spies and cops — using numerous pseudonyms (including W.E.B. Griffin).

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