List of detective fiction authors
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This is a list of Detective fiction authors. Many of these authors may also overlap with authors of crime fiction, mystery fiction, or thriller fiction.
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
- Larry Beinhart
- Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
- Leigh Brackett, (1915-1978)
- Lilian Jackson Braun
- James Lee Burke (born 1936)
- Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
- Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
- G.K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
- Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
- Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds (born 1924)
- Michael Connelly, (born 1956)
- Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
- Robert Crais
- Amanda Cross, (1926-2003)(pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun)
- Lindsey Davis
- Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
- Francis Durbridge
- Loren D. Estleman
- Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
- Jacques Futrelle
- Erle Stanley Gardner, (1889-1970)
- Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
- Alan Gordon
- Chester Gould, (1900-1985)
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- John Harvey
- Barry Hughart
- Michael Innes, (1906-1994)
- Dennis Lehane
- Dennis Lynds
- P.D. James, (born 1920)
- J.A. Jance
- John D. MacDonald, (1916-1986)
- Ross MacDonald, (1915-1983)(pseudonym of Kenneth Millar)
- Henning Mankell (born 1948)
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
- James McClure, (born 1939)
- Jimmy McGovern
- Gladys Mitchell, (1901-1983)
- Robert B. Parker, (born 1932)
- Ellis Peters, (1913-1995)(pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
- Bill Pronzini
- Ellery Queen, (pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
- Ian Rankin, (born 1960)
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell, (born 1930)
- Les Roberts
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
- Steven Saylor, (born 1956)
- Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
- Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
- Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
- Jack Vance, (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering, (born 1931)
- Robert van Gulik
See also
External resources
- Private Eye Writers of America website: http://members.aol.com/rrandisi/myhomepage/writing.html
- Classic Crime fiction (http://www.classiccrimefiction.com/) Resource site for collectors of detective fiction