List of mystery writers

List of mystery writers

This is a list of mystery writers:

CompactTOC—See also—External links

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
* Charles Ardai
* Charlotte Armstrong
* Robert Arthur (The Three Investigators)
* Isaac Asimov

B

* Marian Babson
* Donna Ball
* Blue Balliett
* 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)
* Claudia Bishop
* Cara Black
* Nicholas Blake
* Enid Blyton (1897-1968), (The Famous Five and The Secret Seven)
* Leigh Brackett (1915-1978)
* Christianna Brand (1907-1988)
* Lilian Jackson Braun (1911- ), ("The Cat Who..." series)
* Dan Brown
* Leo Bruce (1903-1979)
* Rina Brundu

C

* James M. Cain (1892-1977)
* 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)
* Kate Collins
* Max Allan Collins
* Michael Collins (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds 1924-2005)
* Susan Conant
* J. J. Connington (1880-1947)
* Patricia Cornwell
* 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)

E

* Martin Edwards (author)
* Kate Ellis
* Ben Elton
* Maggie Estep
* Loren D. Estleman
* Janet Evanovich

F

* Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
* Charles Finch
* Joanne Fluke
* Earlene Fowler
* R. Austin Freeman
* 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)
* Elizabeth Gunn

H

* Jane Haddam (born 1951)
* Brett Halliday (1904-1977)
* 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 (born 1925)
* Genevieve Holden, pseudonym of Genevieve Pou
* Kay Hooper
* Charlotte Hughes
* Gwen Hunter

I

* Greg Iles
* India Ink
* Michael Innes (1906-1994)
* Ibn-e-Safi (1940-1980)

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)
* Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
* Karen Kijewski
* Carl Kosak (born 1934), (pseudonym KC Constantine)

L

* Barbara Lee
* Gaston Leroux (born 1868)
* Paul Levinson (born 1947)
* Beverly Lewis
* Laura Lippman
* Peter Lovesey (born 1936)
* Dennis Lynds (1924 - 2005)

M

* John D. MacDonald (1916-1986)
* Philip MacDonald (1900-1980)
* Ross Macdonald (1915-1983)
* Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
* Margaret Maron
* Ngaio Marsh
* 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
* Gladys Mitchell (1901-1983)
* Kirk Mitchell
* Christopher G. Moore, (born 1952)
* John Mortimer (born 1923)
* Marcia Muller
* Margaret Murphy
* Tim Myers

N

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

O

* Joyce Carol Oates
* T. Lynn Ocean
* Baroness Orczy (1865-1947)

P

* Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
* Robert B. Parker (born 1932)
* Hayford Peirce (born 1942)
* Elizabeth Peters
* Ellis Peters (1913-1995), (pseudonym of Edith Pargeter)
* Twist Phelan
* Nancy Pickard
* Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) The Murders in the Rue Morgue
* 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
* Lynda S. Robinson
* Kate Ross (1956-1998)
* Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
* Peter Robinson

* Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
* 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)
* Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe series)
* John Straley
* Edward Stratemeyer (1862-1930), (his pseudonyms include Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon)
* Sarah Strohmeyer

T

* Cheryl Kaye Tardif
* Bernard J. Taylor
* Josephine Tey
* James Twining

U

* Arthur Upfield (1890-1964)

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

* Hillary Waugh
* Martha G. Webb
* Collin Wilcox (born 1924)
* Darryl Wimberley (born 1949)
* Anne Wingate

X

Y

*Margaret Yorke

Z

* Mark Richard Zubro

ee 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

* [http://www.mysterywriters.org/ Official site] of the Mystery Writers of America
* [http://www.manhattanmysteries.com Great Manhattan Mystery Conclave]


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