List of crime writers
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Crime writers may include the authors of any sub-genre of crime fiction, including Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, or hard-boiled fiction. Note that some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.
- Boris Akunin, (born 1956)
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- Eric Ambler, (1909-1998)
- Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
- mcgd Baker, (born 1942)
- mcgd Franklin Bardin
- Robert Barnard
- E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
- Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
- Lawrence Block
- Simon Brett, (born 1945)
- Fredric Brown, (1906-1972)
- James M. Cain, (1892-1977)
- John Dickson Carr, (1906-1977)
- Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
- Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
- Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
- Max Allan Collins
- Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
- Michael Connelly
- Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
- mcgd Creasey
- Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
- Freeman Wills Crofts, (1879-1957)
- Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
- Michael Dibdin, (born 1947)
- Peter Dickinson
- mcgdogm Dobyns
- mcgd E. Douglas
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
- Charles Drummond (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
- James Ellroy, (born 1948)
- Loren D. Estleman
- Janet Evanovich
- Elizabeth Ferrars
- Antonia Fraser, (born 1932)
- Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
- Jacques Futrelle, (1875-1912)
- Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
- Anthony Gilbert
- Michael Gilbert, (born 1912)
- Kenneth Giles
- Ann Granger
- Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
- Anna Katharine Green, (1846-1935)
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- Cyril Hare
- Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
- Carl Hiaasen, (born 1953)
- Patricia Highsmith, (1921-1995)
- Reginald Hill (numerous pseudonyms), (born 1936)
- Tony Hillerman, (born 1925)
- mcgd Buxton Hilton, (1921 - 1986)
- Chester Himes
- Francis Iles
- Michael Innes (pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart), (1906-1994)
- P.D. James, (born 1920)
- Laurie R. King
- Ronald Knox, (1888-1957)
- Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
- Donna Leon, (born 1942)
- Elmore Leonard
- E.C.R. Lorac (also wrote as Carol Carnac), (1884-1959)
- Gayle Lynds
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
- William Marshall, (born 1944)
- Ed McBain (pseudonym of Evan Hunter), (born 1926)
- Cameron McCabe aka Ernest Borneman
- James McClure (born 1939)
- Val McDermid
- Edmund McGirr (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
- David Morrell
- Rodrigues Ottolengui, (1861-1937)
- Sara Paretsky
- Edith Pargeter (also wrote as Ellis Peters), (1913-1995)
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
- Bill Pronzini
- Lisa Pulitzer
- Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
- Sheila Radley
- Clayton Rawson
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine), (born 1930)
- C. J. Sansom
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
- Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
- John Sladek
- Joan Smith
- Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
- Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
- Andrew Taylor,
- Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
- Jim Thompson
- Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
- S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright), (1888-1939)
- Janwillem van de Wetering
- mcgd Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen), (born 1916)
- Edgar Wallace
- Hillary Waugh
- Ethel Lina White
- Charles Willeford
- Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
- Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)
See also
If you add any authors to this list, please also consider adding them to the A-Z list of authors.de:Liste der Krimi-Autoren fr:Liste d'auteurs de romans policiers sv:Lista över kriminalförfattare