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.
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[edit] A-C
- C.M. Albrecht (1927– )
- Margery Allingham, (1904–1966)
- Gosho Aoyama, (1963– )
- Frank Arnau, (1894–1976), pseudonym of Heinrich Schmitt
- E.C. Bentley, (1875–1956)
- Larry Beinhart
- Earl Derr Biggers, (1884–1933)
- Emery Bonett
- John Bonett
- Leigh Brackett, (1915–1978)
- Collin Brooks, (1893–1959)
- Lilian Jackson Braun
- James Lee Burke, (1936– )
- John Dickson Carr, (1905–1977)
- Jessie Chandler (1968– )
- Raymond Chandler, (1888–1959)
- Leslie Charteris, (1907–1993)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936)
- Agatha Christie, (1890–1976)
- Edmund Crispin, (1921–1978)
- Brian Cleeve, (1921–2003)
- Michael Collins, (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, 1924–2005)
- Michael Connelly, (1956– )
- Patricia Cornwell, (1956– )
- Robert Crais
- Amanda Cross, (1926–2003), pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
[edit] D-H
- Jordan Dane
- Lindsey Davis
- Jeffery Deaver, (1950– )
- Colin Dexter, (1930– )
- Graham Diamond
- David Dodge, (1910–1974)
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859–1930)
- Francis Durbridge
- Rampo Edogawa, (1894–1965)
- Martin Edwards (author), (1955– )
- Loren D. Estleman
- Charles Finch, (1980– )
- R. Austin Freeman, (1862–1943)
- Kinky Friedman, (1944– )
- Gayleen Froese, (1972– )
- Jacques Futrelle
- Frances Fyfield, pseudonym of Frances Hegarty
- Erle Stanley Gardner, (1889–1970)
- Alan Gordon, (1959– )
- Steven Gore
- Chester Gould, (1900–1985)
- Sue Grafton, (1940– )
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894–1961)
- John Harvey
- Edmund Wallace Hildick, (1925–2001)
- Barry Hughart
[edit] I-M
- Michael Innes, (1906–1994)
- P. D. James, (1920– )
- J. A. Jance
- Natsuo Kirino, (1951– )
- Andrew Klavan
- Lori L. Lake (1960– )
- Josh Lanyon
- Stieg Larsson, (1954–2004)
- Dennis Lehane
- Paul Levinson, (1947– )
- Dennis Lynds, (1924–2005)
- John D. MacDonald, (1916–1986)
- Ross Macdonald, (1915–1983), pseudonym of Kenneth Millar
- Henning Mankell, (1948– )
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895–1982)
- James McClure, (1939– )
- Jimmy McGovern
- Margaret Murphy
- Gladys Mitchell, (1901–1983)
- Christopher G. Moore, (1952– )
[edit] N-S
- Reggie Nadelson
- Friedrich Neznansky
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Robert B. Parker, (1932–2010)
- Eliot Pattison
- Ellis Peters, (1913–1995), pseudonym of Edith Pargeter
- Edgar Allan Poe, (1809–1849)
- Ellery Queen, pseudonym of Frederick Dannay and Manfred B. Lee)
- Ian Rankin, (1960– )
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell, (1930– )
- J. D. Robb (pseudonym of Nora Roberts)
- Les Roberts
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893–1957)
- Steven Saylor, (1956–)
- Georges Simenon, (1903–1989)
- Sjöwall and Wahlöö
- Mickey Spillane, (1918– )
- Rex Stout, (1886–1975)
- Leonie Swann
[edit] T-W
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif
- Josephine Tey, (1896–1952)
- Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
- Jack Vance, (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering, (1931– )
- Robert van Gulik, (1910–1967)
- Barbara Vine pseudonym of Ruth Rendell
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888–1964)
- Patricia Wentworth (1878–1961)
[edit] See also
- Detective fiction
- List of crime writers
- List of mystery writers
- List of authors
- List of female detective/mystery writers
[edit] External resources
- Classic Crime fiction Resource site for collectors of detective fiction
