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

A

• Alina Adams
• Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon)
• Ginny Aiken
• Catherine Aird (born 1930)
• Susan Wittig Albert
• Margery Allingham (1904-1966)
• James Anderson
• Sheryl J. Anderson
• Donna Andrews
• Mary Kay Andrews
• Charles Ardai
• Charlotte Armstrong
• Robert Arthur (The Three Investigators)
• Isaac Asimov
• Lori Avocato

... Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, and also The Dana Girls mystery series, both published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... Catherine Aird (born 1930) is the pseudonym of Kinn Hamilton McIntosh. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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). ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... James Anderson can refer to: James Anderson, administrative head of Norfolk Island James Anderson, a founder of the Scottish Enlightenment James Anderson (1662-1728), a Scottish lawyer, famous for his learning and his antiquarian knowledge. ... Donna Andrews (born April 12, 1967) in Lynchburg, Virginia is a American golfer. ... Charles Ardai (born 1969) is an entrepreneur, writer, and editor. ... Charlotte Armstrong Lewi (b. ... Robert Arthur (1909-1969) was a mystery writer famous for his The Three Investigators series. ... The Three Investigators was a popular American juvenile detective book series first published as Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators. ... Isaac Asimov (January 2?, 1920?[1] – April 6, 1992), IPA: , originally Исаак Озимов but now transcribed into Russian as Айзек Азимов) was a Russian-born American Jewish 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. ...

B

• Marian Babson
• Adam Peter Balaban (born 1942), the Detective Series, beginning with The Haunting of a House
• Donna Ball
• Blue Balliet
• Robert Barnard (born 1936)
• Linda Barnes
• Nevada Barr (born 1952)
• Lynne Barrett
• Bernard Bastable (pseudonym of Robert Barnard)
• Cynthia Baxter
• M.C. Beaton
• Robert Leslie Bellem (died 1968), (Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective)
• Francine Biere, Death in the Desert
• C.C. Benison (pseudonym of Douglas Whiteway)
• Laurien Berenson
• Ruth Birmingham
• Claudia Bishop
• Cara Black
• Nicholas Blake
• Nero Blanc
• Miranda Bliss
• Enid Blyton (1897-1968), (The Famous Five and The Secret Seven)
• Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
• Laura Bradley
• Christianna Brand (1907-1988)
• Mary Branham
• Lilian Jackson Braun (1911- ), ("The Cat Who..." series)
• Elizabeth Bright
• Dan Brown
• Leo Bruce (1903-1979)
• Rina Brundu
• Ellen Byerrum

Marian Babson is a British mystery author with a large body of work that rotates in and out of print. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donna Ball (b. ... Robert Barnard (born November 23, 1936} is a mystery writer, critic and lecturer. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952, Yerington, Nevada) is a mystery fiction author, known for her Anna Pigeon series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lynne Barrett is an American writer and editor, best known for her short stories. ... Robert Barnard (born November 23, 1936} is a mystery writer, critic and lecturer. ... Robert Leslie Bellem was a prolific American pulp magazine writer, best known for his creation of Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cover of High Adventure #60 (September 2001), featuring Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective Dan Turner, also known as the Hollywood Detective, was a fictional private detective created by Robert Leslie Bellem. ... Laurien Berenson is an American mystery writer. ... Dzhein Feizer (b. ... Murder in Montmartre Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Harare) is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. ... Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis) (27th April 1904-22nd May 1972) was a British poet. ... Enid Mary Blyton (August 11, 1897–November 28, 1968) was a popular English childrens writer. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Famous Five is a fictional group of child detectives, composed of four children (Julian, Dick, Anne and George) and their dog Timmy, created by Enid Blyton. ... The Secret Seven are a group of child detectives created by Enid Blyton, one of several such detective series written by Blyton. ... Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 - March 18, 1978), was a writer of fantasy and science fiction, mystery novels and - best known to the general public - Hollywood screenplays, most notably The Big Sleep (1945), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Born in Malaya, Mary Christianna Lewis (a. ... Year 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 Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Lilian Jackson Braun Lilian Jackson Braun was born in 1912. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... There are over two dozen books in the series. ... Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the controversial 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. ... Leo Bruce is a pseudonym for Rupert Croft-Cooke (1903-1979). ... 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. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Rina Brundu (born 1968) is the author of the novel Tana di Volpe featuring the Sardinian detective Don Osvaldo Da Silva Ochoa. ...

C

• James M. Cain (1892-1977)
• Leslie Caine
• Candy Calvert
• Dorothy Cannell
• Victor Canning (1911-1986)
• Joanna Carl
• John Dickson Carr (1905-1977)
• Sammi Carter
• John Case
• Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000)
• Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
• Marion Chesney (born 1936)
• G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936)
• Jennifer Chiaverini
• Laura Childs
• Agatha Christie (1890-1976) who created Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot
• Jill Churchill
• Brian Cleeve (1921-2003)
• Tim Cockey
• Margaret Coel
• Kate Collins
• Max Allan Collins
• Michael Collins (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds 1924-2005)
• Susan Conant
• Beverly Connor
• Patricia Cornwell
• Cleo Coyle
• Philip R. Craig
• Isis Crawford
• Camilla T. Crespi
• Mark Crockett
• Amanda Cross, pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, (1926-2003)
• J. J. Connington (1880-1947)
• Edmund Crispin (1921-1978)

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). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Dorothy Cannell writes mysteries featuring Ellie Haskell, interior decorator and Ben Haskell, writer and chef, and Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell, a pair of dotty sisters and owners of the Flowers Detection Agency. ... Victor Canning (born 1911) was a prolific British author of spy thrillers and adventure novels. ... Year 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... The Four False Weapons (1948), 1961 Pan paperback edition. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... John Case is the pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn Hougan, husband and wife, both published authors in their own right. ... Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000) was a barrister and writer of detective stories, born Sarah Cockburn in Cheltenham, UK. She is best known for a series of four murder stories written between 1980 and 1999, centred around the lives of a group of young barristers practicing in Lincoln’s Inn and... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Raymond Chandler Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number 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 Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Marion Chesney (Marion McChesney) is author of numerous successful historical romance and mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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). ... Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), mainly known as Agatha Christie, was an English crime fiction writer. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christies crime novels. ... David Suchet as Hercule Poirot in The Dream Hercule Poirot (pronounced in english ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie. ... 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 (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Max Allan Collins in 1982, posing with a drawing of Dick Tracy. ... Michael Collins is the most well-known pseudonym of award-winning novelist Dennis Lynds, (b. ... Michael Collins is the most well-known pseudonym of award-winning novelist Dennis Lynds, (b. ... Susan Conant is an American mystery writer. ... Patricia Cornwell (born Patricia Carroll Daniels on June 9, 1956) is a contemporary American author. ... Mark Crockett, Author, Producer, Director, Motivational Speaker (born 19--) author of Turkeystuffer and Dealin’ with the Dead was born in Newark, New Jersey and raised in nearby East Orange, New Jersey. ... 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) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J. J. Connington (pseudonym of Alfred Walter Stewart) was a British detective novelist who wrote over twenty books between 1926 and 1947. ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (sometimes credited as Bruce Montgomery) (October 2, 1921—September 15, 1978) an English crime writer and composer. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ...

D

• Mary Daheim
• Jordan Dane
• Diane Mott Davidson
• Dianne Day
• Jeffrey Deaver
• Jo Dereske
• August Derleth (1909-1971)
• Colin Dexter (born 1930)
• Peter Dickinson (born 1927)
• Doris Miles Disney
• Franklin W. Dixon (The Hardy Boys)
• David Dodge (1910-1974)
• Deborah Donnelly
• James D. Doss
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) (Sherlock Holmes)
• Sharon Duncan
• Tracy Dunham
• Susan Dunlap
• Laura Durham

Jordan Dane (born 1953) is a romantic thriller novelist. ... Diane Mott Davidson is an American author of mystery novels utilizes the theme of food, with several recipes included in each book and each novel title is a play on a food or drink word. ... Jeffery Deaver (born 1950, near Chicago) is a mystery/crime writer. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 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 will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Peter Dickinson is a British author who has written a wide variety of books over a long and distinguished career. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... The Hardy Boys is a popular series of detective/adventure books for boys chronicling the fictional adventures of teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy. ... 2005 reprint of Plunder of the Sun. ... Year 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (May 22, 1859 - July 7, 1930) is the British author most famously known for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered a major innovation in the field of crime fiction. ... Year 1859 (MDCCCLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A portrait of Sherlock Holmes by Sidney Paget from the Strand Magazine, 1891 Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. ...

E

• Kate Ellis, born 1953 UK
• Ben Elton
• Maggie Estep
• Loren D. Estleman
• Janet Evanovich
• Jimmie Ruth Evans

Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Maggie Estep is an American poet and writer. ... Loren D. Estleman (born September 15, 1952) is an American writer of of detective and Western fiction. ... Janet Evanovich (born April 22, 1943, in South River, New Jersey) is an American writer. ...

F

• Nancy Fairbanks
• Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
• Jerrilyn Farmer
• Monica Ferris
• Elaine Flinn
• Joanne Fluke
• Earlene Fowler
• Judy Fitzwater
• R. Austin Freeman
• Gayleen Froese

Linda Fairstein (born 1947) was head of the sex crime unit of the Manhattan District Attorneys office from 1976 until 2002 and prosecuted several highly publicized cases. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joanne Fluke is a female author who writes Hannah Swensen Mysteries for Kensington Mysteries. ... Earlene Fowler is the author of a number of mystery novels set in the fictional city of San Celina, California. ... R(ichard) Austin Freeman (1862-1943) was a British writer of detective stories, mostly featuring the medico-legal forensic investigator Dr Thorndyke. ... Gayleen Froese (born 1972 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a mystery novelist and singer/songwriter from Western Canada. ...

G

• Elizabeth George
• Michael Gilbert (1912-2006)
• Bartholomew Gill
• Leslie Glass
• Alan Gordon
• Gary Goshgarian
• Sue Grafton (born 1940)
• Caroline Graham (born 1931)
• Anna Katharine Green 1846-1935
• Martha Grimes (born 1931)
• Gaston Leroux (born 1868)

Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is the American author of a number of mystery novels set in Great Britain. ... 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). ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leslie Glass (born Leslie Fisher on October 4, 1963 in Baltimore, Maryland; died August 4, 2000 in Baltimore), was a model, erotic actress and animal rescuer. ... Alan Gordon (b. ... Gary Braver is an author of fiction. ... Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Caroline Graham, writer of the Chief Inspector Barnaby book series, was born in 1931 in Warwickshire England. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 in Brooklyn, New York - April 11, 1935 in Buffalo) was an American author. ... Martha Grimes is a American author. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gaston Leroux. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

H

• Jane Haddam (born 1951)
• Parnell Hall
• Brett Halliday (1904-1977)
• Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
• Charlaine Harris
• Lee Harris
• Carolyn G. Hart
• Ellen Hart
• Sparkle Hayter
• Gar Anthony Haywood
• Jean Henry
• Joan Hess
• Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)
• Reginald Hill (born 1936)
• Tony Hillerman (born 1925)
• Kay Hooper
• Charlotte Hughes
• Mary Kay Hughes
• Gwen Hunter
• Maddy Hunter

Jane Haddam (born 1951) is an American mystery writer. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 - February 4, 1977), primary pen name of Davis Dresser, was an American mystery writer, best known for the long_lived series of Mike Shayne novels he wrote, and later commissioned others to write. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlaine Harris (born November 25, 1951 in Tunica, Mississippi) is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years. ... Lee Harris is an American author and essayist who writes for Policy Review and Tech Central Station. ... Carolyn Gimpel Hart (born Carolyn Gimpel in Oklahoma) is a mystery writer who has won two Agatha Awards. ... Ellen Hart is the award-winning mystery author of the Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenaway series. ... 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). ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 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. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kay Hooper // Biography Kay Hooper is a New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of more than 60 books. ... Charlotte Marion (Milburn) Hughes (August 1, 1877-March 17, 1993) is the longest-lived person ever documented in the United Kingdom, despite legendary claims such as that of Thomas Parr. ... Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American fantasy (as Faith Hunter) and thriller (as Gwen Hunter and, with Gary Leveille, Gary Hunter) author. ...

I

• Greg Iles
• India Ink
• Michael Innes (1906-1994)
• Ibn-e-Safi (1940-1980)

Greg Iles (born 1960) is an American bestselling novelist. ... 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. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Ibn-e-Safi (also spelled as Ibne Safi) (Urdu: ابنِ صفی) was the pen name of Asrar Ahmad (Urdu: اسرار احمد), a best-selling and prolific fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

J

• Julia Spencer-Fleming
• C.F. Jackson
• P. D. James (born 1920)
• J. A. Jance
• Linda O. Johnston
• Stan Jones[1]

The Author Julia Spencer-Fleming is an American novelist. ... Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction and member of the House of Lords, who writes as P. D. James. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... Judith Ann (J. A.) Jance (born in South Dakota, October 27) is an award-winning contemporary American author of mystery and horror novels. ... Linda O. Johnston is an American author of mystery and romance novels. ... Stan Jones is a writer of mystery-Sci Fi novels. ...

K

• Stuart M. Kaminsky
• Alex Kava
• H. R. F. Keating (born 1926)
• Carolyn Keene (Nancy Drew)
• Lelia Kelly
• Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
• Karen Kijewski
• Carl Kosak (born 1934), (pseudonym KC Constantine)
• Mary Kruger

Alex Kava grew up in the country outside Silver Creek, Nebraska, Alex Kava fantasizing about becoming a writer. ... H. R. F. Keating (born 1926) is an English crime fiction writer most notable for his series of novels featuring Inspector Ghote. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, and also The Dana Girls mystery series, both published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... The Secret of the Old Clock, the first Nancy Drew mystery Nancy Drew is a fictional character, the heroine detective of a popular mystery series. ... 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 display the full calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Karen Kijewski (pronounced key-EFF-ski) is a successful writer of mystery novels, best known for her Kat Colorado series of books. ... Carl Kosak is an American mystery author known for his work as KC Constantine. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

L

• Cecile Lamalle
• Barbara Lee
• Laura Levine
• Paul Levinson (born 1947)
• Hailey Lind
• John Ling
• Laura Lippman
• Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
• Dennis Lynds (1924 - 2005)

Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing Californias 9th congressional district (map) and is the first woman to represent that district. ... Paul Levinson, 2002 Paul Levinson (b. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laura Lippman Laura Lippman (born 1959) is an American author of detective fiction. ... Peter Harmer Lovesey was born in 1936 in Whitton, Middlesex. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Dennis Lynds (January 15, 1924 – August 19, 2005 ) an American author who primarily wrote mystery fiction. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

M

• John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
• Philip MacDonald (1900-1980)
• Ross Macdonald (1915-1983)
• Karen MacInerney
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
• Valerie S. Malmont
• Jessica Mann (born 1937)
• Margaret Maron
• Ngaio Marsh
• Lee Martin
• Nancy Martin
• Rosemary Martin
• Sujata Massey
• Amanda Matetsky
• Peter May - Writer (born 1951)
• Susan McBride
• Tierney McClellan
• James McClure (born 1939)
• Frank McConnell
• Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948)
• Val McDermid
• Gregory Mcdonald (born 1937)
• Michael McGarrity
• G.A. McKevett
• Leslie Meier
• D.R. Meredith
• Gladys Mitchell (1901-1983)
• Kirk Mitchell
• Miriam Grace Monfredo
• John Mortimer (born 1923)
• Marcia Muller
• Margaret Murphy
• Donna Huston Murray
• Amy Myers
• Tamer Myers
• Tim Myers

John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Philip MacDonald, November 5, 1900, London — December 10, 1980, Woodland Hills, California, was a British thriller writer. ... Ğ: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Ross MacDonald (born January 24, 1965 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian sailor. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Charlotte MacLeod (November 12, 1922 - January 14, 2005) was a mystery fiction writer. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Maron is an American writer, author of award-winning mystery novels. ... Ngaio Marsh DBE (April 23, 1895 - February 18, 1982), born Edith Ngaio Marsh was an author and theatre director from New Zealand. ... Anne Wingate, born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice,[1] is a mystery writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... Rosemary Martin is a British actress, equally well remembered for her sitcom roles (Mrs. ... Sujata Massey is a mystery writer born in England who emigrated to the United States at the age of 5. ... Peter May (born December 20, 1951) is a Scottish crime writer. ... Year 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sharyn McCrumb (born Sharyn Elaine Arwood February 26, 1948, Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American writer whose books celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Val McDermid (born June 4, 1955) is a Scottish crime writer. ... Gregory Mcdonald (born February 15, 1937 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts) is an American mystery writer best known for his Fletch character, as played by Chevy Chase in the movie of the same name. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gladys Mitchell (April 19, 1901 – July 27, 1983) was an English author best known for her creation of Mrs. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Kirk Mitchell (1950—) is an author who has been active in a number of genres. ... Sir John Clifford Mortimer QC (born 21 April 1923) is an English barrister turned prolific writer and dramatist. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Margaret Murphy. ...

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• Louis Frederick Nebel (1903–1967)
• Katherine Neville

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. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Katherine Neville was born on April 4, 1945 in St. ...

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• Joyce Carol Oates
• Baroness Orczy (1865-1947)

Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author and 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 the Ontario Review, a literary magazine, and... Baroness Emma (Emmuska) Orczy (September 23, 1865 – November 12, 1947) was a British novelist, playwright and artist of Hungarian origin. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Linda Palmer
• Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
• Robert B. Parker (born 1932)
• Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
• Allan Pedrazas
• Joanne Pence
• Elizabeth Peters
• Ellis Peters (1913-1995), (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
• Nancy Pickard
• Cathy Pickens
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• Joyce Porter
• Bill Pronzini

Sara Paretsky (b. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) 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. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elizabeth Peters (a pen-name of Barbara Mertz) has written many books in the mystery genre, featuring strong female protagonists and many archaeological connections. ... 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) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, literary critic, essayist 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). ... The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. ... Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is a highly-regarded and very prolific American writer of detective fiction. ...

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• Ellery Queen, also wrote as Barnaby Ross
• Patrick Quentin (pseudonym for Hugh Wheeler and Richard Wilson Webb), also wrote as Quentin Patrick and Jonathan Stagge
• Qiu Xiaolong
• Edward Qiu

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... Barnaby Ross is a pseudonym for the same writing team of two cousins that also wrote the Ellery Queen mysteries. ... Patrick Quentin, Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge were pen names under which Hugh Wheeler (1912-1987), Richard Wilson Webb (1901 or 1902-1965), Martha Mott Kelley and Mary Louise Aswell wrote detective fiction. ... Born in 1953, Qiu Xiaolong 裘小龙 is a Shanghai native and English language author currently living in St. ...

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• Ian Rankin (born 1960)
• Ellen Raskin (The Westing Game)
• Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
• Craig Rice
• Virginia Rich
• Gillian Roberts
• Linda Shirley Robertson
• Lynda S. Robinson
• Kate Ross (1956-1998)
• Ryukishi07 (born 1974)

Ian Rankin OBE, DL. (born April 28, 1960, in Cardenden, Fife, Scotland) is one of the best-selling crime writers in the United Kingdom. ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ellen Raskin (March 13, 1928 – August 8, 1984) was an American writer, illustrator, and designer. ... The Westing Game is a book by Ellen Raskin that was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1979. ... 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. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Craig Rice portrayed on the January 24, 1946, cover of Time Magazine Craig Rice (pseudonym of Georgiana Ann Randolph Walker Craig; 1908–1957) was an American author of mystery novels and short stories, sometimes described as the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction. ... Lynda S. Robinson is the author of mystery and romance novels (the latter under the name Suzanne Robinson). ... Kate Ross (1956 - 1998) was an American mystery author who wrote four books set in Regency-era England about dandy Julian Kestrel. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Ryukishi07 ) is a pen name of a Japanese man well-known as the original creator for the idea of the visual novel video game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
• Michele Scott
• Maggie Sefton
• Sarah Shankman
• Sharon Short
• Celestine Sibley
• Georges Simenon
• Marilyn Singer
• Karin Slaughter
• Donald J. Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown)
• Maris Soule
• Ross H. Spencer (1921-1998)
• Mickey Spillane (1918-2006)
• Patricia Houck Sprinkle
• Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe series)
• J.B. Stanley
• John Straley
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), (his pseudonyms include Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon)
• Sarah Strohmeyer
• Denise Swanson
• Leann Sweeney

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). ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Celestine Sibley (1914-1999) was a renowned southern author, journalist, and syndicated columnist. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Marilyn Singer, Author of over 70 books for Children and Young Adults. ... Bookcover Karin Slaughter (born 1971), is a US author who debuted with her novel Blindsighted in 2001. ... Born in 1924. ... Cover of the first edition of Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective from Lodestar Books. ... Maris Soule (born June 19, 1939) is the American author of twenty-five romance and romantic suspense novels, two short stories, and her latest (The Crows) is a mystery novel. ... Mystery Author Ross H. Spencer (1921-1998) was born in Hughart, West Virginia, raised in Youngstown, Ohio, and moved back to Youngstown before he died. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... 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. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian 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. ... Bitter End — Carl Mueller illustrated Rex Stouts Nero Wolfe novella for The American Magazine (November 1940) Nero Wolfe is a fictional detective, created by the American mystery writer Rex Stout, who made his debut in 1934. ... A picture of John Straley in Alaska. ... Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930) Edward Stratemeyer (October 4, 1862 - May 10, 1930). ... This article is about 1862 . ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery series, and also The Dana Girls mystery series, both published by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate. ... Sarah Strohmeyer is an awards winning author of crime novels and of books about human relations between men and women. ...

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• Maureen Tan
• Cheryl Kaye Tardif
• Bernard J. Taylor
• Lou Jane Temple
• Nancy Tesler
• Aimeé and David Thurlo
• Ronald Tierney
• Kathy Hogan Trocheck
• James Twining

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. ... Bernard J. Taylor Bernard J. Taylor is the writer and composer of six stage musicals that have been produced around the world and translated into German, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Spanish and Italian. ... James Twining James Twining (born December 13, 1972) is a British thriller writer. ...

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• Arthur Upfield (1890-1964)

Arthur William Upfield, was an Australian writer, best known for his works of detective fiction featuring the half-aboriginal character, Detective Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte. ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ...

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• Andrew Vachss
• Jack Vance (born 1916)
• Robert Van Gulik
• Janwillem van de Wetering born (1931), (pseudonyms include Seiko Legru), (Grijpstra and de Gier novels and short stories, Saito Masanoboe short stories, Jannie Jansen short stories)
• Elaine Viets

Andrew Vachss & Honey Pit Bull, courtesy of Ellery Queens Mystery Magazine Andrew Henry Vachss (born 1942) is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths. ... John Holbrook Vance (born August 28, 1916 in San Francisco, California) is generally described as an American fantasy and science fiction author, though Vance himself has reportedly objected to such labels. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Robert van Gulik (August 9, 1910 - September 24, 1967) was a highly educated orientalist, diplomat and writer, best known for the Judge Dee mysteries. ... 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. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Adjutant-Detective Henk Grijpstra and Detective-Sergeant Rinus de Gier, along with their never-named elderly superior, the commissaris, are the most popular creations of Janwillem van de Wetering. ... Elaine Viets is an midwestern American newspaperwoman, and mystery writer. ...

W

• Hillary Waugh
• Martha G. Webb
• Collin Wilcox (born 1924)
• Anne Wingate

Hillary Baldwin Waugh, a pioneering American mystery novelist, was born in 1920 in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Anne Wingate, born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice,[1] is a mystery writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... 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. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anne Wingate, born in 1943 as Martha Anne Guice,[1] is a mystery writer currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah. ...

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Y

Margaret Yorke

Z

• Mark Richard Zubro

Mark Richard Zubro is a gay American mystery novelist and high school teacher. ...

See also

• Mystery fiction
• List of European mystery writers
• List of crime writers
• List of thriller authors
• List of authors

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 following is a list of European mystery writers whose works have been translated in various European languages. ... Crime writers may include the authors of any sub-genre of crime fiction, including Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, or hard-boiled fiction. ... This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists. ... 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...

External links

• Official site of the Mystery Writers of America