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.

Boris Akunin, (born 1956)
Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
Eric Ambler, (1909-1998)
Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
John Baker, (born 1942)
John 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)
John 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
Stephen Dobyns
John 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)
John Buxton Hilton, (1921 - 1986)
Francis Iles
Michael Innes (pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart), (1906-1994)
P.D. James, (born 1920)
Ronald Knox, (1888-1957)
Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
Donna Leon, (born 1942)
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
Kathy Reichs
Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine), (born 1930)
C. J. Sansom
Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
Joan Smith
Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
Andrew Taylor,
Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright), (1888-1939)
Janwillem van de Wetering
John Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen), (born 1916)
Edgar Wallace
Hillary Waugh
Charles Willeford
Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)

List Of Crime Writers

See also