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Encyclopedia > List of crime writers

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. A crime writer (not a crime author) is an author of crime fiction. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists. ...

The Author Julia Spencer-Fleming is an American novelist. ... Susan Wittig Albert is a well-known herbal mystery writer from Vermilion County, Illinois. ... Margery Louise Allingham (1904-1966) was born in London and attended The Perse High School for Girls in Cambridge, before returning to London and the Polytechnic for Speech-Training. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Eric Ambler (28 June 1909 - 22 October 1998) was an influential English writer of spy novels who brought a level of realism to the field that had generally been absent in earlier works. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Sarah Andrews is an American mystery author and geologist. ... Jake Arnott is a British novelist who was born in Buckinghamshire in 1961 and now lives in North London. ... Dr. Isaac Asimov (January 1, 1920 – April 6, 1992, IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American author and professor of biochemistry, a highly successful and exceptionally prolific writer best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... John Baker is a British author. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... John Franklin Bardin (November 30, 1916 – July 9, 1981) was an American writer writer best known for three novels he wrote between 1946 and 1948. ... Robert Barnard (born November 23, 1936} is a mystery writer, critic and lecturer. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... George Bellairs is the nom de plume of Harold Blundell (1902-1985), a crime writer and bank manager born in Heywood, near Rochdale, Lancashire, who settled in the Isle of Man on retirement. ... Robert Leslie Bellem was a prolific American pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. ... E. C. Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anthony Berkeley Cox (July 5, 1893 - 1971) was a British crime fiction author, born in Watford, England. ... Earl Derr Biggers (August 24, 1884 - April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright best known through adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series, about recovering-alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, respectively. ... Simon Brett (b. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Fredric Brown (October 29, 1906, Cincinnati – March 11, 1972) was a science fiction and mystery writer. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... John Rhode was the pseudonym of Cecil Street under which he wrote the famous Dr Priestley series of detective novels. ... James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Bernard Edward Joseph Capes, one of eleven children, was born in London, England, on August 30, 1854. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Four False Weapons (1948), 1961 Pan paperback edition. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leslie Charteris (May 12, 1907, Singapore–April 15, 1993) was born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, to a Chinese father and an English mother. ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Gilbert Keith Chesterton (May 29, 1874–June 14, 1936) was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. ... Year 1874 (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Boris Akunin (Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili (Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили), born May 20, 1956, a Russian (ethnic Georgian) essayist, literary translator, and fiction writer. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), also known as Dame Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Carol Higgins Clark (1956 - ) is an American mystery author. ... Brian Cleeve Brian Talbot Cleeve, (November 22, 1921 – March 11, 2003) was a prolific writer and popular TV broadcaster, who lived in Ireland for most of his life . ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harlan Coben, 2006 Harlan Coben (born January 4, 1962) is an American, Jewish author of mystery novels. ... Max Allan Collins is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called mysterys Renaissance man. He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie adaptations and historical fiction. ... Michael Collins is the most well-known pseudonym of award-winning novelist Dennis Lynds, (b. ... Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Hieronymus Harry Bosch. ... Patricia Cornwell frequently writes about her hometown, Richmond, Virginia. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Creasey (September 17, 1908 – June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in Tucson Arizona, USA. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. ... Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Bruce Montgomery (October 2, 1921—September 15, 1978) an English crime writer and composer. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957) was born in Dublin, Ireland. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 _ October 9, 2003), American academic and feminist author, wrote mystery novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross. ... Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 _ October 9, 2003), American academic and feminist author, wrote mystery novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lester Dent (b. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Norman) Colin Dexter is the British author of the Inspector Morse novels. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Michael Dibdin is a British crime writer best known for his Aurelio Zen mysteries, set in Italy. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... Peter Dickinson is a British author who has written a wide variety of books over a long and distinguished career. ... Stephen Dobyns (born February 19, 1941) is an American poet and novelist born in Orange, New Jersey, and residing in Boston. ... Emma Lathen is an American mystery author. ... John E. Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is a former FBI agent and one of the first profilers. ... Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a Scottish author most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, and the adventures of Professor Challenger. ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Kenneth Giles was a British crime writer. ... James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952) is an American writer of of detective and Western fiction. ... Janet Evanovich is an author born in South River, New Jersey. ... Lady Antonia Fraser, née Pakenham, (born August 27, 1932) is a British author of history and novels, best known for writing biographies. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Kinky Friedman contemplates a question from the audience at a campaign rally in Bastrop, Texas Richard S. Kinky Friedman (born October 31, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician and former columnist for Texas Monthly. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Gayleen Froese (born 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Jacques Heath Futrelle (April 9, 1875 - April 15, 1912), born in Pike County, Georgia, was an American writer. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Case of the Velvet Claws (1933), 1953 U.S. paperback edition The Case of the Negligent Nymph (1956), 1958 Pan paperback edition. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Anthony Gilbert was the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson (1899 – December 9, 1973), a British author of crime fiction. ... Michael Francis Gilbert, born in 1912, is a British writer of both fictional mysteries and thrillers who writes as Michael Gilbert. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Kenneth Giles was a British crime writer. ... Patricia Ann Granger (born 1939 Portsmouth, England) is a British crime writer. ... Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 in Brooklyn, New York - April 11, 1935 in Buffalo) was an American author. ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Cyril Hare (1900 - 1958) has written Tenant for Death, German edition rororo thriller 2046: Ruhige Wohnung mit eigener Leiche. Categories: 1900 births | 1958 deaths | Writer stubs ... Mo Hayder is an acclaimed British crime novelist, author of the novels Birdman, The Treatment and Tokyo (known in some countries as The Devil of Nanking). ... Havank, Dutch writer, journalist and translator, born Leeuwarden, February 19, 1904 – died Leeuwarden, June 22, 1964. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Georgette Heyer (pronounced hair) (16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English historical romance and detective fiction novelist. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Photo of Carl Hiaasen by Robert Birnbaum Carl Hiaasen (IPA pronunciation: ) (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1962 publicity photo of Patricia Highsmith Patricia Highsmith (January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American novelist who is known mainly for her psychological crime thrillers which have led to more than two dozen film adaptations. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reginald Hill (born in 1936 at West Hartlepool in County Durham) is a British crime writer. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Tony Hillerman (born May 27, 1925) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works. ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ... John Buxton Hilton was a British crime writer (1921 - 1986). ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was a famous African American writer. ... Anthony Berkeley Cox (July 5, 1893 - 1971) was a British crime fiction author, born in Watford, England. ... Michael Innes was the pseudonym of an Oxford academic, J. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994), under which name he wrote about forty crime novels between 1936 and 1986. ... John Innes Mackintosh Stewart (September 30, 1906 – November 12, 1994) was a Scottish novelist and academic. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park (born 3 August 1920 in Oxford) is a British writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Marshall Jevons is the name of a ficticious writer invented by William Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga, professors of economics at Trinity University and the University of Virginia, respectively. ... Michael Kenyon Michael Kenyon (1931 – 2005 ) was an author of crime novels. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laurie R. King is an American author best known for her detective fiction. ... Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1888-1957) was an English theologian and crime writer. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Harry Kemelman (1908-1996) was an American mystery writer and a professor of English. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Emma Lathen is an American mystery author. ... Donna Leon, Warsaw (Poland), September 27, 2005 Donna Leon (born September 29, 1942) is an American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice and featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Elmore John Leonard Jr. ... Edith Caroline Rivett (1884-1959) (who wrote under the pseudonyms E.C.R. Lorac and Carol Carnac) was a British crime writer. ... Edith Caroline Rivett (1884-1959) (who wrote under the pseudonyms E.C.R. Lorac and Carol Carnac) was a British crime writer. ... 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gayle Lynds is the author of The Coil, Masquerade, Mosaic, and Mesmerized, and co-creator with Robert Ludlum of the Covert-One series. ... Ngaio Marsh DBE (April 23, 1895 - February 18, 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh was an author and theatre director from New Zealand. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... William Marshal (or William Leonard Marshal) (born 1944, Australia) is an Australian author, best known for his Hong Kong-based Yellowthread Street mystery novels. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Peter May (born December 20, 1951) is a Scottish crime writer. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Lombino (October 15, 1926 - July 6, 2005), was a prolific American author and screenwriter. ... Evan Hunter, born Salvatore Lombino (October 15, 1926 - July 6, 2005), was a prolific American author and screenwriter. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Ernst Wilhelm Julius Bornemann (1915-1995) was a German filmmaker, crime writer (under the pen-name Cameron McCabe), jazz critic, and sexologist. ... Ernst Wilhelm Julius Bornemann (April 12, 1915 – June 4, 1995) was a German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst, sexologist, and committed socialist. ... James McClure (born 9 October 1939, Johannesburg, South Africa) is a British author and journalist best known for his Kramer and Zondi mysteries set in South Africa. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Val McDermid with Robson Green Val McDermid (born June 4, 1955) is a Scottish crime writer. ... Kenneth Giles was a British crime writer. ... Gwen Moffat. ... David Morrell (born 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is the award-winning author of First Blood, the novel in which Rambo was created. ... Clare Munnings is an American mystery author. ... Jill Ker Conway (born 9 September 1934) is an Australian-American author, best known for her autobiographies, in particular her first memoirs The Road from Coorain. ... Elizabeth Topham Kennan, Ph. ... Margaret Murphy. ... Beverley Nichols (1898–1983) was a British writer. ... Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author and is the Roger S. Berlind 52 Professor in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University, where she has taught since 1978 ([1]). She serves as associate editor for Ontario Review, a literary magazine, and... Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861 - July 11, 1937) was an American writer and dentist of Sephardic descent. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sara Paretsky (b. ... Edith Mary Pargeter, BEM (September 28, 1913–October 14, 1995) was a prolific British author of works in many categories, especially history andhistorical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. ... Edith Mary Pargeter (September 28, 1913 - October 14, 1995) was a prolific British author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honored for her translations of Czech classics; she is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert B. Parkers novel Cold Service Robert B. Parker (born September 17, 1932) is an acclaimed American writer of detective fiction. ... Hayford Peirce (born January 7, 1942, Bangor, Maine) is an American writer of science fiction, mysteries, and spy thrillers. ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, editor, critic and one of the leaders of the American Romantic Movement. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is a highly-regarded and very prolific American writer of detective fiction. ... Lisa Pulitzer (born c. ... Frederic Dannay (left), with James Yaffe (1943) Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David) Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April... Ian Rankin (born April 28, 1960 in Fife, Scotland) is one of the best-selling crime writers of the United Kingdom, and one of the worlds foremost writers in the genre. ... Clayton Rawson (1906 - 1971) was an American mystery writer, editor, and amateur magician. ... Kathleen Joan Kathy Reichs is native of Chicago and works as a forensic anthropologist, an academic, and bestselling writer of mystery novels. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is a British best-selling mystery and psychological crime writer, often called the Queen of Crime. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... John Rhode was the pseudonym of Cecil Street under which he wrote the famous Dr Priestley series of detective novels. ... Peter Robinson (born 1950) is an English-born, Canadian-based crime writer. ... Craig Russell (born 1956), Fife, Scotland is a novelist and short story writer. ... C. J. Sansom is an English writer of crime novels. ... Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 – Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern languages, and Christian humanist. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Silvester was held the Lordship of Birthwaite and Kexborough, near Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Thomas Sladek (December 15, 1937 - March 10, 2000) was an American science-fiction author. ... Anthony Neil Smith is a mystery/crime fiction writer who has had over twenty of his short stories published in literary magazines and crime writing zines. ... Joan Smith (born 1953 in London) is an United Kingdom novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committeee in the English section of International PEN. Smith read Latin at the University of Reading in the early 1970s. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 – July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Rex Stout, full name Rex Todhunter Stout, (December 1, 1886 - October 27, 1975) was an American writer best known as the creator of the larger-than-life fictional detective Nero Wolfe. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Cheryl Kaye Tardif (born August 12, 1963 is a Canadian mystery author best known for her novels Whale Song[1], Divine Intervention[2], and The River[3]. Her stories feature prominant Canadian locations and characters, and each novel carries a theme, message or combination. ... Andrew Taylor or Andy Taylor is the name of: In sport: Andrew Taylor (footballer born 1982) (1982-), English football player Andrew Taylor (footballer born 1984) (1984-), considered one of the all-time great AFL players Andrew Taylor (footballer born 1986) (1986-), English football player Andy Taylor (footballer) (born 1986), English... Josephine Tey was a pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh (1896-February 13, 1952), a Scottish author best known for her mystery novels. ... Year 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... James Myers Thompson (September 27, 1906, Anadarko, Oklahoma Territory–April 7, 1977, Los Angeles, California) was an American writer of short stories, screenplays and novels, largely of the pulp fiction kind. ... James Twining James Twining (born December 13, 1972) is a British thriller writer. ... Lisa Unger (born 1970) is a contemporary American author of literary thrillers. ... Andrew Vachss & Honey Pit Bull, courtesy of Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine Andrew Henry Vachss (born 19 October 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (October 15, 1888 - April 11, 1939), a U.S. art critic and author. ... S. S. Van Dine was the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888 - 1939), a U.S. art critic and author. ... Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... Janwillem van de Wetering (Middle name: Lincoln; February 12, 1931 -, who uses Janwillem Vandewetering as a pen and reference name), is the author of a number of works in English and Dutch; he is particularly noted for his detective fiction. ... John Holbrook Vance (b. ... Frederic Dannay (left), with James Yaffe (1943) Ellery Queen is both a fictional character and a pseudonym used by two American cousins from Brooklyn, New York: Daniel (David) Nathan, alias Frederic Dannay (October 20, 1905–September 3, 1982) and Manford (Emanuel) Lepofsky, alias Manfred Bennington Lee (January 11, 1905–April... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Edgar Wallace pictured on a 1929 cover of Time The Mixer (1927), 1962 Arrow paperback edition. ... Hillary Baldwin Waugh, a pioneering American mystery novelist, was born in 1920 in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Donald Edwin Westlake (born July 12th, 1933 in Brooklyn, New York), is a prolific American writer, with over a hundred books, specializing in crime fiction, especially comic capers, with an occasional bit of science fiction. ... Ethel Lina White (1876 - 1944) was a British crime writer. ... Colin Wilcox in San Francisco in 1991 Collin Wilcox, born September 21, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan, was an American mystery writer best known for his novels about San Francisco police lieutenant Frank Hastings. ... Charles Willeford Charles Willeford was born 2 January 1919 in Little Rock, Arkansas. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The present is the time that is perceived directly, not as a recollection or a speculation. ... Cornell George Hopley-Woolrich (December 4, 1903 - September 25, 1968) was an American novelist and short story writer. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist, Cecil William Mercer (August 7, 1885 – March 5, 1960). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

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If you add any authors to this list, please also consider adding them to the A-Z list of authors. The following are lists of authors and writers: // By name A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z By type of writing or genre List of biographers List of childrens literature... This is a list of mystery writers: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z —See also—External links Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon... This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists. ... Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes Detective fiction is a branch of crime fiction that centers upon the investigation of a crime, usually murder, by a detective, either professional or amateur. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... Mystery fiction is a distinct subgenre of detective fiction that entails the occurrence of an unknown event which requires the protagonist to make known (or solve). ... The two Crime Companions The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time is a list published in book form in 1990 by the UK-based Crime Writers Association. ... A whodunit or whodunnit (for Who done it? and sometimes referred to as a Golden Age Mystery novel) is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the puzzle is paramount. ... The following are lists of authors and writers: By name A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T &#8211...


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