List of crime writers
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.
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- Eric Ambler
- Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
- John Franklin Bardin
- Robert Barnard
- E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
- Lawrence Block
- Simon Brett
- Fredric Brown, (1906-1972)
- James M. Cain, (1892-1977)
- John Dickson Carr, (1906-1977)
- Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
- Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
- Michael Connelly
- Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
- John Creasey
- Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
- Freeman Wills Crofts
- Colin Dexter
- Michael Dibdin (born 1947)
- Peter Dickinson
- Stephen Dobyns
- John E. Douglas
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
- Charles Drummond (Pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
- James Ellroy, (born 1948)
- Elizabeth Ferrars
- Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
- Jacques Futrelle, (1875-1912)
- Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
- Anthony Gilbert
- Michael Gilbert
- Kenneth Giles
- Ann Granger
- Sue Grafton
- Anna Katharine Green, (1846-1935)
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- Cyril Hare
- 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)
- Francis Iles
- Michael Innes (pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart), (1906-1994)
- P.D. James, (born 1920)
- Ronald Knox, (1888-1957)
- Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
- Donna Leon, (born 1942)
- E.C.R. Lorac
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
- 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)
- Rodrigues Ottolengui, (1861-1937)
- Sara Paretsky
- Edith Pargeter (also wrote as Ellis Peters), (1913-1995)
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Bill Pronzini
- Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
- Sheila Radley
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine), (born 1930)
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
- Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
- Joan Smith
- Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
- Andrew Taylor,
- Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
- Andrew Vachss
- John Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen), (born 1916)
- Edgar Wallace
- Hillary Waugh
- Janwillem van de Wetering
- Charles Willeford
- Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
- Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)
See also
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