List of mystery writers

This is a list of mystery writers:

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A

• Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon)
• Ginny Aiken
• Catherine Aird (born 1930)
• Susan Wittig Albert
• Margery Allingham (1904–1966)
• James Anderson
• Donna Andrews
• Gosho Aoyama
• Charles Ardai
• Charlotte Armstrong
• Robert Arthur (The Three Investigators)
• Isaac Asimov

B

• Marian Babson
• Deb Baker
• David Baldacci
• Donna Ball
• Blue Balliett
• Jo Bannister
• Robert Barnard (born 1936)
• Linda Barnes
• Nevada Barr (born 1952)
• Lynne Barrett
• Bernard Bastable. (pseudonym of Robert Barnard)
• Robert Leslie Bellem (died 1968), (Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective)
• C.C. Benison, (pseudonym of Douglas Whiteway)
• Anthony Bidulka
• Claudia Bishop (pseudonym of Mary Stanton)
• Cara Black
• Nicholas Blake
• Enid Blyton (1897–1968), (The Famous Five and The Secret Seven)
• Gail Bowen
• C.J. Box
• Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
• Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
• Lilian Jackson Braun (1913- ), ("The Cat Who..." series)
• Leo Bruce (1903–1979)
• Rina Brundu
• Marie Buchanan born 1922

C

• James M. Cain (1892–1977)
• Kate Calloway
• Joanna Cannan (1898–1961)
• Dorothy Cannell
• Victor Canning (1911–1986)
• John Dickson Carr (1905–1977)
• John Case
• Sarah Caudwell (1939–2000)
• Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
• Marion Chesney (born 1936)
• G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936)
• Jennifer Chiaverini
• Agatha Christie (1890–1976) who created Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot
• Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003)
• Jeffrey Cohen (born 1957)
• Kate Collins
• Max Allan Collins
• Michael Collins (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds 1924-2005)
• Wilkie Collins
• Susan Conant
• J. J. Connington (1880–1947)
• Sheila Connolly
• Patricia Cornwell
• Cleo Coyle
• Edmund Crispin (1921–1978)
• Amanda Cross, pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, (1926–2003)
• Marc Cherry

D

• Jordan Dane
• Diane Mott Davidson
• Jeffrey Deaver
• August Derleth (1909–1971)
• Colin Dexter (born 1930)
• Peter Dickinson (born 1927)
• Franklin W. Dixon (The Hardy Boys)
• David Dodge (1910–1974)
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) (Sherlock Holmes)
• P. T. Deutermann (1941-)

E

• Martin Edwards
• Amelia Ellis
• Kate Ellis
• James Ellroy
• Ben Elton
• Maggie Estep
• Loren D. Estleman
• Janet Evanovich

F

• Terence Faherty
• Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
• Charles Finch
• Joanne Fluke
• Earlene Fowler
• Tom Fowler
• R. Austin Freeman
• A. C. Frieden (born 1966)
• Gayleen Froese

G

• Elizabeth George
• Michael Gilbert (1912–2006)
• Leslie Glass
• Alan Gordon
• Gary Goshgarian
• Sue Grafton (born 1940)
• Caroline Graham (born 1931)
• Anna Katharine Green 1846-1935
• Dorien Grey
• Martha Grimes (born 1931)
• Beth Groundwater
• Elizabeth Gunn

H

• Jane Haddam (born 1951)
• Brett Halliday (1904–1977)
• Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
• Dashiell Hammett (1894–1961)
• Charlaine Harris
• Lee Harris
• Carolyn G. Hart
• Ellen Hart
• J.M. Hayes
• Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
• Reginald Hill (born 1936)
• Tony Hillerman (1925–2008)
• Genevieve Holden, pseudonym of Genevieve Pou (1919–2007)
• Kay Hooper
• Charlotte Hughes
• Gwen Hunter

I

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

J

• P. D. James (born 1920)
• J. A. Jance
• Charlotte Jay (1919–1996)
• Linda O. Johnston
• Stan Jones

K

• Stuart M. Kaminsky
• Alex Kava
• H. R. F. Keating (born 1926)
• Carolyn Keene, (author of Nancy Drew series of novels)
• Faye Kellerman
• Harry Kemelman (1908–1996)
• David Kessler (author) (born 1957)
• Karen Kijewski
• Laurie R. King
• Carl Kosak (born 1934), (pseudonym KC Constantine)
• Ken Kuhlken

L

• Barbara Lee
• Gaston Leroux (born 1868)
• Paul Levinson (born 1947)
• Beverly Lewis
• Laura Lippman
• Ann Littlewood
• Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
• Dennis Lynds (1924–2005)

M

• John D. MacDonald (1916–1986)
• Marianne Macdonald (born 1934)
• Philip MacDonald (1900–1980)
• Ross Macdonald (1915–1983)
• Charlotte MacLeod (1922–2005)
• Michael Mallory (born 1955)
• Margaret Maron
• Ngaio Marsh
• Edward Marston (pseudonym of Keith Miles)
• Lee Martin
• Rosemary Martin
• Sujata Massey
• Peter May - Writer (born 1951)
• James McClure (born 1939)
• Frank McConnell
• Sharyn McCrumb (born 1948)
• Val McDermid
• Gregory McDonald (born 1937)
• Michael McGarrity
• Jean Henry Mead
• Zygmunt Miłoszewski
• Gladys Mitchell (1901–1983)
• Kirk Mitchell
• Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
• Colonel Robert Morris, (born 1954)
• John Mortimer (1923–2009)
• Marcia Muller
• Margaret Murphy
• Beverle Graves Myers (born 1951)
• Tim Myers

N

• Michael P. Naughton
• Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
• Katherine Neville

O

• Joyce Carol Oates
• T. Lynn Ocean
• Baroness Orczy (1865–1947)
• Brian O'Hara

P

• Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
• Barbara Parker (1946/1947-2009)
• Robert B. Parker (1932–2010)
• Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
• Louise Penny (born 1958)
• Elizabeth Peters (born 1927), (pseudonym of Barbara Mertz)
• Ellis Peters (1913–1995), (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
• Twist Phelan
• Nancy Pickard (born 1945)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
• Martha Powers
• Bill Pronzini (born 1943)

Q

• 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

R

• Ian Rankin (born 1960)
• Ellen Raskin (The Westing Game)
• Jean M. Redmann (born 1955)
• Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
• Craig Rice
• Lynda S. Robinson
• Kate Ross (1956–1998)
• Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
• Peter Robinson

S

• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
• Celestine Sibley
• Georges Simenon
• Elizabeth Sims
• Marilyn Singer
• Karin Slaughter
• Donald J. Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown)
• Maris Soule
• Ross H. Spencer (1921–1998)
• Julia Spencer-Fleming
• Mickey Spillane (1918–2006)
• Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe series)
• John Straley
• Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), (his pseudonyms include Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon)
• Sarah Strohmeyer
• Lemony Snicket

T

• Cheryl Kaye Tardif
• Bernard J. Taylor
• Josephine Tey
• Carlene Thompson
• James Twining
• Jim Thompson (1906–1977)

U

• Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)

V

• Andrew Vachss
• Jack Vance (born 1916)
• Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008)
• Robert Van Gulik
• Elaine Viets

W

• Hillary Waugh (1920–2008)
• Ronald J Watkins
• Martha G. Webb
• Donald Westlake (1933–2008)
• Collin Wilcox (1924–1996)
• Darryl Wimberley (born 1949)
• Anne Wingate
• L. R. Wright

Y

• Margaret Yorke

Z

• Mack Richad Zebra

See also

• Mystery fiction
• List of female detective/mystery writers
• List of European mystery writers
• List of crime writers
• List of thriller authors
• List of authors

External links

• Official site of the Mystery Writers of America
• Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave