List of mystery writers
This is a list of mystery writers:
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
B
- Marian Babson
- Adam Peter Balaban (born 1942), the Detective Series, beginning with The Haunting of a House
- Donna Ball
- Blue Balliett
- 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)
- C.C. Benison (pseudonym of Douglas Whiteway)
- Laurien Berenson
- Francine Biere, Death in the Desert
- 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
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)
- J. B. Cheaney
- 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
- J. J. Connington (1880-1947)
- Beverly Connor
- Patricia Cornwell
- Cleo Coyle
- Philip R. Craig
- Isis Crawford
- Camilla T. Crespi
- Edmund Crispin (1921-1978)
- Mark Crockett
- Amanda Cross, pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun, (1926-2003)
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
E
F
- Nancy Fairbanks
- Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
- Jerrilyn Farmer
- Monica Ferris
- Judy Fitzwater
- Elaine Flinn
- Joanne Fluke
- Earlene Fowler
- R. Austin Freeman
- Gayleen Froese
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)
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
I
J
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
L
- Cecile Lamalle
- Barbara Lee
- Gaston Leroux (born 1868)
- Laura Levine
- Paul Levinson (born 1947)
- Hailey Lind
- John Ling
- Laura Lippman
- Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
- Dennis Lynds (1924 - 2005)
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
N
O
P
- Linda Palmer
- Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
- Robert B. Parker (born 1932)
- Allan Pedrazas
- Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
- 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
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)
- Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
- Craig Rice
- Virginia Rich
- Gillian Roberts
- Linda Shirley Robertson
- Lynda S. Robinson
- Kate Ross (1956-1998)
- Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
S
- 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)
- Julia Spencer-Fleming
- 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
T
- Maureen Tan
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif
- Bernard J. Taylor
- Lou Jane Temple
- Nancy Tesler
- Josephine Tey
- Aimeé and David Thurlo
- Ronald Tierney
- Kathy Hogan Trocheck
- James Twining
U
V
- Andrew Vachss
- Jack Vance (born 1916)
- 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)
- Robert Van Gulik
- Elaine Viets
W
- ((Woodrow W. Walker)) (born 1942)
- Hillary Waugh
- Martha G. Webb
- Collin Wilcox (born 1924)
- Anne Wingate
X
Y
Z
See also
- Mystery fiction
- List of European mystery writers
- List of crime writers
- List of thriller authors
- List of authors