- List of crime writers
Crime writer s may include the authors of any sub-genre ofcrime fiction , includingDetective fiction ,Mystery fiction , orhard-boiled fiction. Note that some of these may overlap with theList of thriller authors .
*Susan Wittig Albert
*Boris Akunin
*Margery Allingham , (1904-1966)
*Eric Ambler , (1909-1998)
* Sarah Andrews
*Jake Arnott
*Isaac Asimov , (1920-1992)
* John Baker
*John Franklin Bardin
*Robert Barnard
*Simon Beckett
*George Bellairs
*Robert Leslie Bellem
* E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
*Anthony Berkeley , pseudonym ofAnthony Berkeley Cox , (1893–1971)
*Earl Derr Biggers , (1884-1933)
*Lawrence Block
*Simon Brett
*Fredric Brown , (1906-1972)
* Miles Burton, pseudonym of John Rhode
*James M. Cain , (1892-1977)
*Bernard Capes (1870-1918)
*John Dickson Carr , (1906-1977)
*Raymond Chandler , (1888-1959)
*Kate Charles ,
*Leslie Charteris , (1907-1993)
*G. K. Chesterton , (1874-1936)
*Grigory Chkhartishvili
*Agatha Christie , (1890-1976)
*Carol Higgins Clark - "Regan Reilly" mysteries
*Brian Cleeve , (1921-2003)
*Harlan Coben
*Max Allan Collins
* Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
*Michael Connelly
*Patricia Cornwell
*Robert Crais
*John Creasey
*Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
*Freeman Wills Crofts , (1879-1957)
*Amanda Cross , pseudonym ofCarolyn Heilbrun , (1926-2003)
*James Crumley
*Jordan Dane
*Lester Dent , (1904-1959)
*Colin Dexter
*Michael Dibdin
*Peter Dickinson
*Stephen Dobyns
* R. B. Dominic (pseudonym of Emma Lathen)
*Tim Dorsey (pseudonym of Serge A. Storms)
*John E. Douglas
*Arthur Conan Doyle , (1859-1930)
* Charles Drummond (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
*Martin Edwards (author)
*James Ellroy
*Loren D. Estleman
*Janet Evanovich
*Antonia Fraser
*Kinky Friedman
*Gayleen Froese
*Jacques Futrelle , (1875-1912)
*Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
* Anthony Gilbert
*Michael Gilbert
*Kenneth Giles
*Ann Granger
*David Lohr
*Sue Grafton
*Anna Katharine Green , (1846-1935)
*Elizabeth Gunn
*James Hadley Chase
*Dashiell Hammett , (1894-1961)
*Cyril Hare
*Mo Hayder
*J.M. Hayes
*Havank (pseudonym of Hans van der Kallen) (1904-1964)
*Tim Heald
*Georgette Heyer , (1902-1974)
*Carl Hiaasen
*Patricia Highsmith , (1921-1995)
*Reginald Hill (numerous pseudonyms), (born 1936)
*Tony Hillerman
*John Buxton Hilton , (1921 - 1986)
*Chester Himes
*Francis Iles , pseudonym ofAnthony Berkeley Cox , (1893–1971)
*Michael Innes , pseudonym ofJ. I. M. Stewart , (1906-1994)
*P.D. James
*Marshall Jevons
*Michael Kenyon , (1931 - 2005)
*Laurie R. King
*Andrew Klavan
*Ronald Knox , (1888-1957)
*Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
*Emma Lathen (Martha Henissart and Mary Jane Latsis)
*Donna Leon
*Elmore Leonard
*E.C.R. Lorac (also wrote as Carol Carnac), (1884-1959)
*Gabrielle Lord
*Gayle Lynds
*Shane Maloney
*Ngaio Marsh , (1895-1982)
* William Marshall
*Peter May - Writer
* Ed McBain (pseudonym ofEvan Hunter ), (born 1926)
*Cameron McCabe akaErnest Borneman
* James McClure
*Val McDermid
* Edmund McGirr (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
*Milton Scott Michel
*Denise Mina
*Gwen Moffat
*Christopher G. Moore
*David Morrell
*Clare Munnings (Jill Ker Conway andElizabeth Topham Kennan )
*Margaret Murphy
*Beverley Nichols
*Joyce Carol Oates
*Rodrigues Ottolengui , (1861-1937)
*Sara Paretsky
*Edith Pargeter (also wrote asEllis Peters ), (1913-1995)
*Robert B. Parker
*Hayford Peirce
*Twist Phelan
*Edgar Allan Poe , (1809-1849)
*Bill Pronzini
*Lisa Pulitzer
*Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
*Ian Rankin
*Clayton Rawson
*Kathy Reichs
*Ruth Rendell (also writes asBarbara Vine )
*John Rhode
* Peter Robinson
*Craig Russell (British author)
*C. J. Sansom
*Dorothy L. Sayers , (1893-1957)
*Cathy Scott (true crime author and journalist)
*John Silvester
*Georges Simenon , (1903-1989)
*John Sladek
*Anthony Neil Smith
* Joan Smith
*Julia Spencer-Fleming
*Mickey Spillane
*Rex Stout , (1886-1975)
*Leonie Swann
*Cheryl Kaye Tardif
* Andrew Taylor
*Josephine Tey , (1896-1952)
* Jim Thompson
*M J Trow
*James Twining
*Lisa Unger
*Andrew Vachss
*S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym ofWillard Huntington Wright ), (1888-1939)
*Janwillem van de Wetering
*John Holbrook Vance (asEllery Queen )
*Edgar Wallace
*Lew Wallace
*Minette Walters
*Hillary Waugh
*Donald E. Westlake
*Patricia Wentworth
*Ethel Lina White
* Collin Wilcox
*Charles Willeford
*Cornell Woolrich , (1903-1968)
*Dornford Yates , (1885-1960)ee also
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Lists of authors
*List of mystery writers
*List of thriller authors
*Detective fiction
*Crime fiction
*Mystery fiction
*The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
*Whodunit If you add any authors to this list, please also consider adding them to the A-Z list of authors.
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