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List of detective fiction authors
- C.M. Albrecht (1927-)
- Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
- Gosho Aoyama, (born 1963)
- Frank Arnau, (1894 - 1976) (pseudonym of Heinrich Schmitt)
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley|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
- Dan Brown, (born 1964)
- James Lee Burke, (born 1936)
- John Dickson Carr, (1905-1977)
- 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 (author)|Michael Collins, (pseudonym of Michael Collins (author)|Dennis Lynds, 1924-2005)
- Michael Connelly, (born 1956)
- Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
- Robert Crais
- Amanda Cross, (1926-2003), (pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun)
- Jordan Dane
- Lindsey Davis
- Jeffery Deaver, (born 1950)
- Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
- Graham Diamond
- David F. Dodge|David Dodge, (1910-1974)
- Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
- Francis Durbridge
- Rampo Edogawa, (1894-1965)
- Martin Edwards (author), (born 1955)
- Loren D. Estleman
- Charles Finch, (born 1980)
- R Austin Freeman|R. Austin Freeman
- Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
- Gayleen Froese, (born 1972)
- Jacques Futrelle
- Frances Fyfield, pseudonym of Frances Hegarty
- Erle Stanley Gardner, (1889-1970) Elisabeth George
- Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
- Alan Gordon (author)|Alan Gordon, (born 1959)
- Chester Gould, (1900-1985)
- Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
- John Harvey (author)|John Harvey
- Edmund Wallace Hildick, (1925-2001)
- Barry Hughart
- Michael Innes, (1906-1994)
- Dennis Lehane
- Michael Collins (author)|Dennis Lynds, (1924-2005)
- P. D. James, (born 1920)
- J. A. Jance
- Natsuo Kirino, (born 1951)
- Andrew Klavan
- Josh Lanyon
- Stieg Larsson, (1954-2004)
- Paul Levinson, (born 1947)
- John D. MacDonald, (1916-1986)
- Ross MacDonald, (1915-1983)(pseudonym of Ross MacDonald|Kenneth Millar)
- Henning Mankell, (born 1948)
- Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
- James H. McClure|James McClure, (born 1939)
- Jimmy McGovern
- Margaret Murphy
- Gladys Mitchell, (1901-1983)
- Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
- Reggie Nadelson
- Friedrich Neznansky
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Robert B. Parker, (born 1932)
- Eliot Pattison
- Anne Perry (born 1938 as Juliet Marion Hulme)
- 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, (born 1960)
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell, (born 1930)
- J. D. Robb (pseudonym of Nora Roberts)
- Peter Robinson (born 1950)
- Les Roberts (mystery novel writer)|Les Roberts
- Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
- Steven Saylor, (born 1956)
- Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
- Sjöwall and Wahlöö
- Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
- Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
- Leonie Swann
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif
- Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
- Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
- Jack Vance, (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering, (born 1931)
- Robert van Gulik
- Barbara Vine pseudonym of Ruth Rendell
- H. Russell Wakefield, (1888-1964)
- Patricia Wentworth (1878-1961)
See also
- Detective fiction
- List of crime writers
- List of mystery writers
- List of authors
- List of female detective/mystery writers
External resources
- Classic Crime fiction Resource site for collectors of detective fiction