Crime writer

Crime writer

A crime writer is an author of crime fiction. Crime writers are often, but not exclusively, authors of detective fiction, which may form part or all of their work.

A true-crime author writes about a real crime.

ee also

* List of crime writers
* The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time


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