- List of mystery writers
This is a list of mystery writers:
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Harriet Stratemeyer Adams , (pseudonymsCarolyn Keene ,Franklin W. Dixon )
*Ginny Aiken
*Catherine Aird (born 1930)
*Susan Wittig Albert
*Margery Allingham (1904-1966)
* James Anderson
*Donna Andrews
*Charles Ardai
*Charlotte Armstrong
* Robert Arthur (TheThree Investigators )
*Isaac Asimov B
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Marian Babson
*Donna Ball
*Blue Balliett
*Robert Barnard (born 1936)
*Linda Barnes
*Nevada Barr (born 1952)
*Lynne Barrett
* Bernard Bastable. (pseudonym ofRobert Barnard )
*Robert Leslie Bellem (died 1968), (Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective )
* C.C. Benison, (pseudonym ofDouglas Whiteway )
*Claudia Bishop
*Cara Black
*Nicholas Blake
*Enid Blyton (1897-1968), (The Famous Five andThe Secret Seven )
*Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
*Christianna Brand (1907-1988)
*Lilian Jackson Braun (1911- ), ("The Cat Who..." series)
*Dan Brown
*Leo Bruce (1903-1979)
*Rina Brundu C
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James M. Cain (1892-1977)
*Joanna Cannan (1898-1961)
*Dorothy Cannell
*Victor Canning (1911-1986)
*John Dickson Carr (1905-1977)
* John Case
*Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000)
*Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
*Marion Chesney (born 1936)
*G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
*Jennifer Chiaverini
*Agatha Christie (1890-1976) who createdMiss Marple andHercule Poirot
*Christopher G. Moore , (born 1952)
*Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
*Kate Collins
*Max Allan Collins
* Michael Collins (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds 1924-2005)
*Susan Conant
*J. J. Connington (1880-1947)
*Patricia Cornwell
*Edmund Crispin (1921-1978)
*Amanda Cross , pseudonym ofCarolyn Heilbrun , (1926-2003)
*Marc Cherry D
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Jordan Dane
*Diane Mott Davidson
*Jeffrey Deaver
*August Derleth (1909-1971)
*Colin Dexter (born 1930)
*Peter Dickinson (born 1927)
*Franklin W. Dixon (TheHardy Boys )
* David Dodge (1910-1974)
*Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) (Sherlock Holmes )E
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Martin Edwards (author)
*Kate Ellis
*Ben Elton
*Maggie Estep
*Loren D. Estleman
*Janet Evanovich F
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Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
*Charles Finch
*Joanne Fluke
*Earlene Fowler
* R. Austin Freeman
*Gayleen Froese G
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Elizabeth George
*Michael Gilbert (1912-2006)
*Leslie Glass
* Alan Gordon
*Gary Goshgarian
*Sue Grafton (born 1940)
*Caroline Graham (born 1931)
*Anna Katharine Green 1846-1935
*Dorien Grey
*Martha Grimes (born 1931)
*Elizabeth Gunn H
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Jane Haddam (born 1951)
*Brett Halliday (1904-1977)
*Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
*Charlaine Harris
*Lee Harris
*Carolyn G. Hart
*Ellen Hart
*J.M. Hayes
*Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)
*Reginald Hill (born 1936)
*Tony Hillerman (born 1925)
* Genevieve Holden, pseudonym ofGenevieve Pou
*Kay Hooper
*Charlotte Hughes
*Gwen Hunter I
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Greg Iles
*India Ink
*Michael Innes (1906-1994)
*Ibn-e-Safi (1940-1980)J
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P. D. James (born 1920)
*J. A. Jance
*Charlotte Jay (1919-1996)
*Linda O. Johnston
* Stan JonesK
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Stuart M. Kaminsky
*Alex Kava
*H. R. F. Keating (born 1926)
*Carolyn Keene , (author ofNancy Drew series of novels)
*Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
*Karen Kijewski
*Carl Kosak (born 1934), (pseudonym KC Constantine)L
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Barbara Lee
*Gaston Leroux (born 1868)
*Paul Levinson (born 1947)
*Beverly Lewis
*Laura Lippman
*Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
*Dennis Lynds (1924 - 2005)M
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John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
*Philip MacDonald (1900-1980)
*Ross Macdonald (1915-1983)
*Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
*Margaret Maron
*Ngaio Marsh
* Lee Martin
*Rosemary Martin
*Sujata Massey
*Peter May - Writer (born 1951)
* James McClure (born 1939)
*Frank McConnell
*Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948)
*Val McDermid
*Gregory McDonald (born 1937)
*Michael McGarrity
*Gladys Mitchell (1901-1983)
*Kirk Mitchell
*Christopher G. Moore , (born 1952)
*John Mortimer (born 1923)
*Marcia Muller
*Margaret Murphy
*Tim Myers N
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Michael P. Naughton
*Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
*Katherine Neville O
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Joyce Carol Oates
*T. Lynn Ocean
*Baroness Orczy (1865-1947)P
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Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
*Robert B. Parker (born 1932)
*Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
*Elizabeth Peters
*Ellis Peters (1913-1995), (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
*Twist Phelan
*Nancy Pickard
*Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)The Murders in the Rue Morgue
*Bill Pronzini Q
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Ellery Queen , also wrote asBarnaby Ross
*Patrick Quentin (pseudonym for Hugh Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb), also wrote as Quentin Patrick and Jonathan Stagge
*Qiu Xiaolong
*Edward Qiu R
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Ian Rankin (born 1960)
*Ellen Raskin (The Westing Game )
*Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
*Craig Rice
* Lynda S. Robinson
*Kate Ross (1956-1998)
*Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
* Peter Robinson*
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
*Celestine Sibley
*Georges Simenon
*Marilyn Singer
*Karin Slaughter
*Donald J. Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown )
*Maris Soule
*Ross H. Spencer (1921-1998)
*Julia Spencer-Fleming
*Mickey Spillane (1918-2006)
*Rex Stout (theNero Wolfe series)
*John Straley
*Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), (his pseudonyms includeCarolyn Keene andFranklin W. Dixon )
*Sarah Strohmeyer T
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Cheryl Kaye Tardif
*Bernard J. Taylor
*Josephine Tey
*James Twining U
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Arthur Upfield (1890-1964)V
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Andrew Vachss
*Jack Vance (born 1916)
*Janwillem van de Wetering born (1931), (pseudonyms includeSeiko Legru ), (Grijpstra and de Gier novels and short stories,Saito Masanoboe short stories,Jannie Jansen short stories)
*Robert Van Gulik
*Elaine Viets W
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Hillary Waugh
*Martha G. Webb
* Collin Wilcox (born 1924)
*Darryl Wimberley (born 1949)
*Anne Wingate X
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Margaret Yorke Z
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Mystery fiction
*List of female detective/mystery writers
*List of European mystery writers
*List of crime writers
*List of thriller authors
*List of authors External links
* [http://www.mysterywriters.org/ Official site] of the
Mystery Writers of America
* [http://www.manhattanmysteries.com Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave]
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