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.

• Susan Wittig Albert
• Boris Akunin
• Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
• Eric Ambler, (1909-1998)
• Sarah Andrews
• Jake Arnott
• Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
• John Baker
• John Franklin Bardin
• Robert Barnard
• Simon Beckett
• George Bellairs
• Robert Leslie Bellem
• E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
• Anthony Berkeley, pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox, (1893–1971)
• Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
• Lawrence Block
• Simon Brett
• 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)
• Kate Charles,
• Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
• G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
• Grigory Chkhartishvili
• 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
• Robert Crais
• John Creasey
• Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
• Freeman Wills Crofts, (1879-1957)
• Amanda Cross, pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, (1926-2003)
• Jordan Dane
• Lester Dent, (1904-1959)
• Colin Dexter
• Michael Dibdin
• 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)
• Martin Edwards (author)
• James Ellroy
• Loren D. Estleman
• Janet Evanovich
• Antonia Fraser
• Kinky Friedman
• Gayleen Froese
• Jacques Futrelle, (1875-1912)
• Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
• Anthony Gilbert
• Michael Gilbert
• Kenneth Giles
• Ann Granger
• David Lohr
• Sue Grafton
• Anna Katharine Green, (1846-1935)
• Elizabeth Gunn
• Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
• Cyril Hare
• Mo Hayder
• J.M. Hayes
• Havank (pseudonym of Hans van der Kallen) (1904-1964)
• Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
• Carl Hiaasen
• Patricia Highsmith, (1921-1995)
• Reginald Hill (numerous pseudonyms), (born 1936)
• Tony Hillerman
• John Buxton Hilton, (1921 - 1986)
• Chester Himes
• Francis Iles, pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox, (1893–1971)
• Michael Innes, pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart, (1906-1994)
• P.D. James
• 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
• Elmore Leonard
• E.C.R. Lorac (also wrote as Carol Carnac), (1884-1959)
• Gabrielle Lord
• Gayle Lynds
• Shane Maloney
• Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
• William Marshall
• Peter May - Writer
• Ed McBain (pseudonym of Evan Hunter), (born 1926)
• Cameron McCabe aka Ernest Borneman
• James McClure
• Val McDermid
• Edmund McGirr (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
• Milton Scott Michel
• Denise Mina
• Gwen Moffat
• Christopher G. Moore
• 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
• Twist Phelan
• Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
• Bill Pronzini
• Lisa Pulitzer
• Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
• Ian Rankin
• Clayton Rawson
• Kathy Reichs
• Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine)
• John Rhode
• Peter Robinson
• Craig Russell (British author)
• C. J. Sansom
• Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
• Cathy Scott (true crime author and journalist)
• John Silvester
• Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
• John Sladek
• Anthony Neil Smith
• Joan Smith
• Julia Spencer-Fleming
• Mickey Spillane
• Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
• Leonie Swann
• Cheryl Kaye Tardif
• Andrew Taylor
• Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
• Jim Thompson
• M J Trow
• James Twining
• Lisa Unger
• Andrew Vachss
• S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright), (1888-1939)
• Janwillem van de Wetering
• John Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen)
• Edgar Wallace
• Minette Walters
• Hillary Waugh
• Donald E. Westlake
• Patricia Wentworth
• Ethel Lina White
• Collin Wilcox
• Charles Willeford
• Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
• Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)

Peter Corris

• Peter Corris

[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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