List of detective fiction authors

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This is a list of Detective fiction authors. Many of these authors may also overlap with authors of crime fiction, mystery fiction, or thriller fiction.

• Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
• Frank Arnau, (1894 - 1976) (pseudonym of Heinrich Schmitt)
• E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
• Larry Beinhart
• Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
• Emery Bonett
• John Bonett
• Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)
• Collin Brooks, (1893 - 1959)
• Lilian Jackson Braun
• James Lee Burke, (born 1936)
• John Dickson Carr, (1905-1977)
• Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
• Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
• G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
• Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
• Edmund Crispin, (1921-1978)
• Brian Cleeve, (1921-2003)
• Michael Collins, (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, 1924-2005)
• Michael Connelly, (born 1956)
• Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
• Robert Crais
• Amanda Cross, (1926-2003), (pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun)
• Jordan Dane
• Lindsey Davis
• Jeffery Deaver, (born 1950)
• Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
• Graham Diamond
• David Dodge, (1910-1974)
• Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
• Francis Durbridge
• Loren D. Estleman
• R. Austin Freeman
• Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
• Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
• Jacques Futrelle
• Frances Fyfield, pseudonym of Frances Hegarty
• Erle Stanley Gardner, (1889-1970)
• Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
• Alan Gordon, (born 1959)
• Chester Gould, (1900-1985)
• Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
• John Harvey
• Edmund Wallace Hildick, (1925-2001)
• Barry Hughart
• Michael Innes, (1906-1994)
• Dennis Lehane
• Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005)
• P. D. James, (born 1920)
• J. A. Jance
• Natsuo Kirino, (born 1951)
• Paul Levinson, (born 1947)
• John D. MacDonald, (1916-1986)
• Ross MacDonald, (1915-1983)(pseudonym of Kenneth Millar)
• Henning Mankell, (born 1948)
• Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
• James McClure, (born 1939)
• Jimmy McGovern
• Margaret Murphy
• Gladys Mitchell, (1901-1983)
• Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
• Reggie Nadelson
• Friedrich Neznansky
• Joyce Carol Oates
• Robert B. Parker, (born 1932)
• Eliot Pattison
• Ellis Peters, (1913-1995),(pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
• Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
• Ellery Queen, (pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
• Ian Rankin, (born 1960)
• Kathy Reichs
• Ruth Rendell, (born 1930)
• Les Roberts
• Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
• Steven Saylor, (born 1956)
• Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
• Sjöwall and Wahlöö
• Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
• Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
• Leonie Swann
• Cheryl Kaye Tardif
• Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
• Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
• Jack Vance, (born 1916)
• Janwillem van de Wetering, (born 1931)
• Robert van Gulik
• Barbara Vine pseudonym of Ruth Rendell
• H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
• Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961)

[edit] See also

• Detective fiction
• List of crime writers
• List of mystery writers
• List of authors
• List of female detective/mystery writers

[edit] External resources

• Classic Crime fiction Resource site for collectors of detective fiction