List of mystery writers
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This is a list of mystery writers:
A-C
- Megan Abbott (born 1971)
- Christine Adamo (born 1965)
- Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (pseudonyms: Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon)
- Jane Adams (born 1960)
- Ginny Aiken
- Joan Aiken (1924–2004)
- Catherine Aird (born 1930)
- Jiro Akagawa
- Susan Wittig Albert
- Bruce Alexander Cook (pseudonym: Bruce Alexander, 1932 – 2003)
- Goldie Alexander
- Shana Alexander (1925–2005)
- Tasha Alexander
- Margery Allingham (1904–1966)
- Karin Alvtegen (born 1965)
- James Anderson
- Lin Anderson
- Donna Andrews
- Sarah Andrews
- Gosho Aoyama
- Charles Ardai
- Charlotte Armstrong
- Robert Arthur (The Three Investigators)
- Taku Ashibe
- Isaac Asimov
- Kate Atkinson
- Rosemary Aubert
- Bunty Avieson (born 1962)
- Yukito Ayatsuji
- Marian Babson
- Deb Baker
- David Baldacci
- Donna Ball
- Blue Balliett
- Jo Bannister (born 1951)
- Robert Barnard (born 1936)
- Linda Barnes (born 1949)
- Nevada Barr (born 1952)
- Lynne Barrett
- Bernard Bastable (pseudonym for Robert Barnard)
- Belinda Bauer
- Jean Bedford (born 1946)
- Josephine Bell (1897–1987)
- Robert Leslie Bellem (1902-1968)
- C.C. Benison (pseudonym for Douglas Whiteway)
- James R. Benn(born 1949)
- Margot Bennett (1912–1980)
- Laurien Berenson
- Lauren Beukes
- Anthony Bidulka
- Claudia Bishop (pseudonym for Mary Stanton)
- Cara Black
- Nicholas Blake (1904-1972)
- Eleanor Taylor Bland (born 1944)
- Lawrence Block
- Enid Blyton (1897–1968)
- Geraldine Bonner (1870-1930)
- Gail Bowen
- Peter Bowen
- Rhys Bowen (pseudonym for Janet Quin-Harkin)
- Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
- Lilian Jackson Braun (1913-2011), ("The Cat Who..." series)
- Rita Mae Brown
- Sandra Brown
- Robert Gregory Browne
- Alison Bruce
- Leo Bruce (1903–1979)
- Rina Brundu
- Edna Buchanan (born 1939)
- Marie Buchanan (born 1922)
- Fiona Buckley
- Jan Burke (born 1953)
- Gwendoline Butler (born 1922)
- James M. Cain (1892–1977)
- Karen Campbell (born 1967)
- Joanna Cannan (1898–1961)
- Dorothy Cannell
- Victor Canning (1911–1986)
- Patricia Carlon
- John Dickson Carr (1905–1977)
- Felicity Winifred Carter (1906–1995)
- John Case
- Kathryn Casey
- Vera Caspary (1899-1987)
- Richard Castle (pseudonym for ghostwriter)
- Sarah Caudwell (1939–2000)
- Jessie Chandler (born 1968))
- Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
- Kate Charles (born 1950)
- Marion Chesney (born 1936)
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
- Jennifer Chiaverini
- CHIN Shunshin
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
- Jill Churchill (born 1943)
- Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956)
- Mary Higgins Clark (born 1927)
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
- Ann Cleeves
- Jane Cleland
- John Clement
- Barbara Cleverly
- Liza Cody (born 1944)
- Margaret Coel (born 1937)
- Kate Collins
- Max Allan Collins
- Michael Collins (pseudonym for Dennis Lynds, 1924-2005)
- Wilkie Collins
- Susan Conant
- Michael Connelly
- J. J. Connington (1880–1947)
- Sheila Connolly
- Patricia Cornwell
- Cleo Coyle
- Chris Culver
- Frances Crane (1896–1981)
- Edmund Crispin (1921–1978)
- Deborah Crombie (born 1952)
- Amanda Cross (pseudonym for Carolyn Heilbrun, 1926–2003)
D-G
- Barbara D'Amato (born 1938)
- Jordan Dane (born 1953)
- Denise Danks
- Diane Mott Davidson
- Carol Anne Davis (born 1961)
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis (born 1916)
- Kyra Davis
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- Marele Day (born 1947)
- Jeffery Deaver
- Miriam Allen deFord (1888–1975)
- Vicki Delany
- Randall Denley
- August Derleth (1909–1971)
- P. T. Deutermann (born 1941)
- Colin Dexter (born 1930)
- Peter Dickinson (born 1927)
- Doris Miles Disney (1907–1976)
- Franklin W. Dixon (The Hardy Boys)
- Joanne Dobson (born 1942)
- David Dodge (1910–1974)
- Thea Dorn (born 1970)
- Carole Nelson Douglas
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) (Sherlock Holmes)
- Stella Duffy
- Sarah Dunant (born 1950)
- C. M. Eddy, Jr.
- Edogawa Rampo
- Martin Edwards
- Kerstin Ekman (born 1933)
- Amelia Ellis
- J.T. Ellison
- James Ellroy
- Ben Elton
- Kathy Lynn Emerson
- Maggie Estep
- Loren D. Estleman
- Janet Evanovich
- Elizabeth Eyre (pseudonym for Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey)
- Terence Faherty
- Nancy Fairbanks
- Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
- Diane Fanning
- Jerrilyn Farmer
- Charles Finch
- Joanne Fluke
- Gillian Flynn
- Elena Forbes
- Karin Fossum (born 1954)
- Earlene Fowler (born 1954)
- Barbara Fradkin
- Ariana Franklin (pseudonym for Diana Norman)
- Miles Franklin (1879–1954)
- Antonia Fraser
- Anthea Fraser (born 1930)
- Margaret Frazer (pseudonym for Gail Frazer and Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld)
- Mary Fitt (pseudonym for Kathleen Freeman (classicist), 1897–1959)
- R. Austin Freeman
- Celia Fremlin (born 1914)
- A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
- Inger Frimansson (born 1944)
- Gayleen Froese
- Frances Fyfield (born 1948)
- Leighton Gage
- Gillian Galbraith
- Menna Gallie (1920–1990)
- Carolina Garcia-Aguilera (born 1949)
- Lisa Gardner
- Roberta Gellis
- Anne George
- Elizabeth George
- Tess Gerritsen
- Michael Gilbert (1912–2006)
- Leslie Glass
- Alan Gordon
- Alison Gordon
- Dolores Gordon-Smith (born 1958)
- Steven Gore
- Joe Gores
- Gary Goshgarian
- Nancy Grace
- Sue Grafton (born 1940)
- Caroline Graham (born 1931)
- Sara Gran
- Ann Granger (born 1939)
- Alex Gray (born 1950)
- Anna Katharine Green 1846-1935
- Kerry Greenwood (born 1954)
- Dorien Grey
- Martha Grimes (born 1931)
- Beth Groundwater
- Elizabeth Gunn
H-L
- Jane Haddam (born 1951)
- Parnell Hall (born 1944)
- Brett Halliday (1904–1977)
- Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
- Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
- Charlaine Harris
- Carolyn G. Hart
- Ellen Hart
- J.M. Hayes
- Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
- Keigo Higashino
- Reginald Hill (born 1936)
- Tony Hillerman (1925–2008)
- Genevieve Holden, pseudonym of Genevieve Pou (1919–2007)
- Kay Hooper
- Ernest William Hornung (1866–1921)
- Charlotte Hughes
- Gwen Hunter
- Ibn-e-Safi (1940–1980)
- Greg Iles
- India Ink
- Michael Innes (1906–1994)
- Charles Irion
- Amy Ivan
- Kotaro Isaka
- P. D. James (born 1920)
- J. A. Jance
- Charlotte Jay (1919–1996)
- Linda O. Johnston
- Stan Jones
- Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934-2009)
- Alex Kava
- H. R. F. Keating (born 1926)
- Carolyn Keene, (author of Nancy Drew series of novels)
- Faye Kellerman
- Jonathan Kellerman
- Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)
- David Kessler (born 1957)
- Karen Kijewski
- Laurie R. King
- Natsuo Kirino
- Kenzo Kitakata
- Kazuhiro Kiuchi
- Carl Kosak (pseudonym: K.C. Constantine, born 1934)
- William Kent Krueger (born 1950)
- Ken Kuhlken
- Michael Kurland (born 1938)
- Natsuhiko Kyogoku
- Virginia Lanier
- Lori L. Lake (born 1960)
- Barbara Lee
- Gaston Leroux (born 1868)
- Paul Levine (born 1948)
- Paul Levinson (born 1947)
- Beverly Lewis
- Laura Lippman
- Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
- Dennis Lynds (1924–2005)
M-Q
- John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
- Marianne Macdonald (born 1934)
- Philip MacDonald (1900–1980)
- Ross Macdonald (1915–1983)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005)
- Michael Mallory (born 1955)
- Stephen Marley
- Margaret Maron
- Ngaio Marsh
- Edward Marston (pseudonym for Keith Miles)
- Lee Martin
- Rosemary Martin
- Sujata Massey
- Seicho Matsumoto
- Peter May - Writer (born 1951)
- James McClure (born 1939)
- Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948)
- Val McDermid
- Gregory McDonald (1937-2008)
- Michael McGarrity
- Zygmunt Miłoszewski
- Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983)
- Kirk Mitchell
- Miyuki Miyabe
- Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
- John Mortimer (1923–2009)
- Marcia Muller
- Margaret Murphy
- Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951)
- Fuminori Nakamura
- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Jo Nesbo (born 1960)
- Katherine Neville
- Kyotaro Nishimura
- Asa Nonami
- Rintaro Norizuki
- Suzanne North
- Joyce Carol Oates
- T. Lynn Ocean
- Kido Okamoto
- Baroness Orczy (1865–1947)
- Go Osaka
- Arimasa Osawa
- Otsuichi
- Bernadette Pajer
- Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
- Barbara Parker (1946/1947-2009)
- Robert B. Parker (1932–2010)
- Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
- Louise Penny (born 1958)
- Elizabeth Peters (pseudonym for Barbara Mertz, born 1927)
- Ellis Peters (pseudonym for Edith Pargeter, 1913-1995)
- Nancy Pickard (born 1945)
- Catherine Louisa Pirkis (1841–1910)
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
- Bill Pronzini (born 1943)
- Ellery Queen (pseudonym for Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee), also wrote as Barnaby Ross
- Patrick Quentin (pseudonym for Hugh Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb), also wrote as Quentin Patrick and Jonathan Stagge
- Qiu Xiaolong
R-Z
- Ian Rankin (born 1960)
- Ellen Raskin
- Jean M. Redmann (born 1955)
- Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
- Craig Rice (pseudonym for Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig)
- Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958)
- J. D. Robb
- Lynda S. Robinson
- Peter Robinson
- Barnaby Ross (pseudonym for Ellery Queen)
- Kate Ross (1956–1998)
- S. J. Rozan (born 1950)
- Garry Ryan
- Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
- Mark Schweizer
- Will Scott (1893−1964)
- L.J. Sellers
- Soji Shimada
- Celestine Sibley
- Georges Simenon
- Elizabeth Sims
- Marilyn Singer
- Karin Slaughter
- Julie Smith
- Lemony Snicket
- Donald J. Sobol
- Maris Soule
- Ross H. Spencer (1921–1998)
- Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006)
- Dana Stabenow
- Manning Lee Stokes (1911-1976)
- Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe series)
- John Straley
- Edward Stratemeyer (pseudonyms include Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon, 1862–1930)
- Sarah Strohmeyer
- Mitzi Szereto
- Akimitsu Takagi
- Katsuhiko Takahashi
- Tetsuo Takashima
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif
- Bernard J. Taylor
- Enrico Teodorani
- Josephine Tey
- Masako Togawa
- James Twining
- Jim Thompson (1906–1977)
- Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)
- Andrew Vachss
- Jack Vance (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008)
- Robert Van Gulik
- Elaine Viets
- Minette Walters (born 1949)
- Hillary Waugh (1920–2008)
- Ronald J Watkins
- Martha G. Webb
- Jeri Westerson
- Donald Westlake (1933–2008)
- Collin Wilcox (1924–1996)
- Darryl Wimberley (born 1949)
- Anne Wingate
- L. R. Wright
- Willard Huntington Wright (pseudonym: S. S. Van Dine, 1888–1939)
- Seishi Yokomizo
- Hideo Yokoyama
- Shuichi Yoshida
- Margaret Yorke
- Kyusaku Yumeno
See also
- Mystery fiction
- List of female detective/mystery writers
- List of European mystery writers
- List of Asian crime fiction writers
- List of crime writers
- List of thriller authors
- List of authors