List of European mystery writers

The following is a list of European mystery writers whose works have been translated in various European languages. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

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A

*Boris Akunin (born 1956), Russian
*Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), Swedish
*Jakob Arjouni (born 1964), German Fact|date=August 2008

B

*Nicholas Blake, see Cecil-Day Lewis
*Anders Bodelsen (born 1937), Danish
*Pierre Boileau (1906–1989), French
*Roger Borniche (born 1919), French
*Christianna Brand (1907-1988), British

C

*Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian
*Karel Čapek (1890–1938), Czech
*Massimo Carlotto (born 1956), Italian (see )
*G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), British
*Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British
*Philippe Claudell (born 1962), French
*Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), British
*Liza Cody (born 1944), British
*Edmund Crispin (1921-1978), British

D

*K. O. Dahl (born 1958), Norwegian
*Leif Davidsen (born 1950), Danish Fact|date=August 2008
*Lindsey Davis (born 1949), British
*Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), British
*Colin Dexter (born 1930), British
*Michael Dibdin (1947-2007), British
*Adrian Conan Doyle (1910–1970), British
*Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British

E

*Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish
*Václav Erben (1930-2003), Czech Fact|date=August 2008

F

*Karin Fossum (born 1954), Norwegian
*Carlo Fruttero (born 1926), Italian

G

*Doris Gercke (born 1937), German Fact|date=August 2008
*Alicia Giménez-Barlett (born 1951), Spanish Fact|date=August 2008
*Juan Gómez-Jurado (born 1977), Spanish
*Jean-Christophe Grangé (born 1961), French
*Robert van Gulik (1910-1967), Dutch

H

*Erin Hart (born 1958), Irish Fact|date=August 2008
*Reginald Hill (born 1935), British
*Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian

I

*Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961), Icelandic
*Michael Innes (1906-1994), British

J

*P. D. James (born 1920), British
*Sébastien Japrisot (1931-2003), French
*Thierry Jonquet (born 1954), French
*Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (born 1948), Finnish

K

*H. R. F. Keating (born 1926), British
*Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech
*Tim Krabbé (born 1943), Dutch

L

*Åsa Larsson (born 1966), Swedish
*Stieg Larsson (1954-2004), Swedish
*Francisco González Ledesma (born 1927), Spanish Fact|date=August 2008
*Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish
*Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French
*Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960), Italian
*Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), Italian

M

*Val McDermid (born 1955), British
*Philip MacDonald (1900-1980), British
*Pierre Magnan (born 1922), French Fact|date=August 2008
*Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942-1995), French
*Henning Mankell (born 1948), Swedish
*Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), Russian
*Petros Márkaris (born 1937), Greek
*Liza Marklund (born 1962), Swedish
*Andreu Martín (born 1949), Spanish Fact|date=August 2008
*Filipa Melo (born 1972), Portuguese Fact|date=August 2008
*Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish
*Xavier Moret (born 1952), Spanish Fact|date=August 2008
*Patricia Moyes (1923-2000), British
*Margaret Murphy (born 1959), British

N

*Barbara Nadel, British
*Thomas Narcejac (1908–1998), French
*Håkan Nesser (born 1950), Swedish

P

*Iain Pears (born 1955), British
*Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), Spanish
*Ellis Peters (1913-1995)

R

*Ian Rankin (born 1960), British
*Margaret Raab, SpanishFact|date=September 2008
*Ruth Rendell (born 1930), British

*Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), British
*Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969), Russian-Italian
*Bernard Schlink, GermanFact|date=September 2008
*Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), Italian
*Georges Simenon (1903–1989), Belgian
*Maj Sjöwall (born 1935), Swedish
*Fredrik Skagen (born 1936), Norwegian
*Josef Skvorecky (born 1924), Czech
*José Carlos Somoza (born 1959), Spanish
*Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947), Norwegian
*Julian Symons (1912–1994), British

T

*Josephine Tey (1896-1952), British
*Helene Tursten (born 1954), Swedish

U

*Barry Unsworth (born 1930), British

V

*Fred Vargas (born 1957), French
*Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003), Spanish

W

*Per Wahlöö (1926–1975), Swedish
*Edgar Wallace (1875–1932), British
*Minette Walters (born 1949), British
*Janwillem van de Wetering (born 1931), Dutch
*R. D. Wingfield (1928-2007), British

ee also

*List of mystery writers