List of crime writers
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Crime writers may include the authors of any sub-genre of crime fiction, including Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, or hard-boiled fiction. Note that some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.
- Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Susan Wittig Albert
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- Eric Ambler, (1909-1998)
- Sarah Andrews
- Jake Arnott
- Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
- John Baker, (born 1942)
- John Franklin Bardin
- Robert Barnard
- Jimari Bastable
- George Bellairs
- Robert Leslie Bellem
- E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
- Anthony Berkeley
- Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
- Lawrence Block
- Simon Brett, (born 1945)
- Fredric Brown, (1906-1972)
- Miles Burton, pseudonym of John Rhode
- James M. Cain, (1892-1977)
- Bernard Capes (1870-1918)
- John Dickson Carr, (1906-1977)
- Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
- Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
- Grigory Chkhartishvili, (born 1956)
- Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
- Carol Higgins Clark - Regan Reilly mysteries
- Brian Cleeve, (1921-2003)
- Harlan Coben
- Max Allan Collins
- Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
- Michael Connelly
- Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
- John Creasey
- Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
- Freeman Wills Crofts, (1879-1957)
- Amanda Cross, pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, (1926-2003)
- Lester Dent, (1904-1959)
- Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
- Michael Dibdin, (born 1947)
- Peter Dickinson
- Stephen Dobyns
- R. B. Dominic (pseudonym of Emma Lathen)
- John E. Douglas
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
- Charles Drummond (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
- James Ellroy, (born 1948)
- Loren D. Estleman
- Janet Evanovich
- Elizabeth Ferrars
- Antonia Fraser, (born 1932)
- Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
- Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
- Jacques Futrelle, (1875-1912)
- Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
- Francis Gérard1905 - 1966
- Anthony Gilbert
- Michael Gilbert, (born 1912)
- Kenneth Giles
- Ann Granger
- Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
- Anna Katharine Green, (1846-1935)
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- Cyril Hare
- Mo Hayder
- Havank (pseudonym of Hans van der Kallen) (1904-1964)
- Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
- Carl Hiaasen, (born 1953)
- Patricia Highsmith, (1921-1995)
- Reginald Hill (numerous pseudonyms), (born 1936)
- Tony Hillerman, (born 1925)
- John Buxton Hilton, (1921 - 1986)
- Chester Himes
- Francis Iles
- Michael Innes (pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart), (1906-1994)
- P.D. James, (born 1920)
- Marshall Jevons
- Michael Kenyon, (1931 - 2005)
- Laurie R. King
- Ronald Knox, (1888-1957)
- Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
- Emma Lathen (Martha Henissart and Mary Jane Latsis)
- Donna Leon, (born 1942)
- Elmore Leonard
- E.C.R. Lorac (also wrote as Carol Carnac), (1884-1959)
- Gayle Lynds
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
- William Marshall, (born 1944)
- Peter May - Writer, (born 1951)
- Ed McBain (pseudonym of Evan Hunter), (born 1926)
- Cameron McCabe aka Ernest Borneman
- James McClure (born 1939)
- Val McDermid
- Edmund McGirr (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
- Gwen Moffat
- David Morrell
- Clare Munnings (Jill Ker Conway and Elizabeth Topham Kennan)
- Margaret Murphy
- Beverley Nichols
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Rodrigues Ottolengui, (1861-1937)
- Sara Paretsky
- Edith Pargeter (also wrote as Ellis Peters), (1913-1995)
- Robert B. Parker
- Hayford Peirce
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Bill Pronzini
- Lisa Pulitzer
- Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
- Sheila Radley
- Ian Rankin
- Clayton Rawson
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine), (born 1930)
- John Rhode
- Peter Robinson
- Craig Russell (British author)
- C. J. Sansom
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
- John Silvester
- Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
- John Sladek
- Anthony Neil Smith
- Joan Smith, (born 1953)
- Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
- Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
- Andrew Taylor,
- Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
- Jim Thompson
- James Twining
- Lisa Unger
- Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
- S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright), (1888-1939)
- Janwillem van de Wetering
- John Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen), (born 1916)
- Edgar Wallace
- Hillary Waugh
- Donald E. Westlake
- Ethel Lina White
- Collin Wilcox
- Charles Willeford
- Richard G. Windmann, (1965-Present)
- Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
- Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)
[edit] See also
- Lists of authors
- List of mystery writers
- List of thriller authors
- Detective fiction
- Crime fiction
- Mystery fiction
- The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
- Whodunit
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