Butler, Rob ‧ ert O ‧ len /ˌrɒbət ˈəʊlən $ ˌrɑːbərt-/ BrE AmE
(1945–) a US writer who was a soldier during the Vietnam war. Many of his novels are about living in a foreign country and Butler often writes about Vietnamese people who are living in the US. His novels include The Alleys of Eden , Tabloid Dreams , and A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain , which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993.