List of female detective/mystery writers

List of female detective/mystery writers

A

*Harriet Stratemeyer Adams (pseudonyms Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon)
*Jane Adams (writer) {born 1960)
*Joan Aiken (1924-2004)
*Catherine Aird (born 1930)
*Susan Wittig Albert
*Shana Alexander (1925-2005)
*Margery Allingham
*Karin Alvtegen (born 1965)
*Barbara Amiel (born 1940)
*Lin Anderson
*Donna Andrews
*Sarah Andrews
*Charlotte Armstrong (1905-1969)
*Bunty Avieson (born 1962)

B

*Marian Babson
*Linda Barnes (born 1949)
*Nevada Barr (born 1952)
*Lynne Barrett
*Josephine Bell (1897–1987)
*Margot Bennett (1912-1980)
*Carole Berry
*Enid Blyton (1897–1968)
*Leigh Brackett (1915–1978)
*Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
*Lilian Jackson Braun (born 1913)
*Anne Brooke (born 1964)
*Rina Brundu (born 1968)
*Gwendoline Butler (born 1922)
*Eleanor Taylor Bland [http://voices.cla.umn.edu/vg/Bios/entries/bland_eleanor_taylor.html]

C

*Dorothy Cannell
*Felicity Winifred Carter (1906-1995)
*Kate Charles (born 1950)
*Sarah Caudwell (1939-2000)
*Marion Chesney (born 1936) (pseudonym: M. C. Beaton)
*Agatha Christie (1890–1976)
*Liza Cody (born 1944)
*Frances Crane (1896 – 1981)

D

*Jordan Dane (born 1953)
*Carol Anne Davis (born 1961)
*Lindsey Davis
*Miriam Allen deFord (1888-1975)
*Thea Dorn (born 1970)
*Carole Nelson Douglas
*Sarah Dunant

E

*Maggie Estep (born 1962)
*Janet Evanovich (born 1943)
*Elizabeth Eyre (pseudonymn for Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey)

F

*Linda Fairstein (born 1947)
*Mary Fitt (pseudonmyn for Kathleen Freeman (classicist), 1897-1959)
*Karin Fossum (born 1954)
*Miles Franklin (1879-1954)
*Anthea Fraser (born 1930)
*Margaret Frazer (pseudonymn for Gail Frazer and Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld)
*Celia Fremlin (born 1914)
*Gayleen Froese (born 1972)
*Frances Fyfield (born 1948)

G

*Émile Gaboriau (1832-1873)
*Gillian Galbraith
*Menna Gallie (1920-1990)
*Elizabeth George (born 1949)
*Dolores Gordon-Smith (born 1958)
*Sue Grafton (born 1940)
*Caroline Graham (born 1931)
*Ann Granger (born 1939)
*Anna Katharine Green (1846–1935)
*Kerry Greenwood (born 1954)
*Martha Grimes (born 1931)

H

*Jane Haddam (born 1951)
*Petra Hammesfahr (born 1951)
*Georgette Heyer (1902-1974)
*Liz Holliday
*Linda Howard

J

*Shirley Jackson (1916-1965)
*P. D. James (born 1920)
*J. A. Jance
*Charlotte Jay (1919-1996)
*Linda O. Johnston
*Morag Joss
*Mari Jungstedt (born 1962)

K

*Laurie R. King
*Natsuo Kirino (born 1951)
*Elsa Klensch

L

*Camilla Läckberg (born 1974)
*Lynda La Plante (born 1946)
*Åsa Larsson (born 1966)
*Emma Lathen
*Donna Leon (born 1941)
*Elizabeth Linington (1921–1988)
*Laura Lippman (born 1959)
*Gabrielle Lord (born 1946)

M

*Charlotte MacLeod
*Alexandra Marinina (born 1957)
*Liza Marklund (born 1962)
*Ngaio Marsh
*Bodil Mårtensson (born 1952)
*Sujata Massey
*Helen McCloy (1904–1994)
*Sharyn McCrumb
*Jill McGown (1947-2007)
*Fiona McIntosh (Pseudonym: "Lauren Crow")
*Margaret Millar (1915-1994)
*Denise Mina
*Gladys Mitchell
*Miyuki Miyabe (born 1960)
*Gwen Moffat (born 1924)
*Susan Moody (born 1940)
*Patricia Moyes (born 1923)
*Marcia Muller
*Margaret Murphy (born 1959)

N

*Magdalen Nabb (1947-2007)
*Barbara Nadel

O

*Maureen O'Brien (born 1943)
*Baroness Orczy

P

*Sara Paretsky (born 1947)
*Anne Perry (born 1938)
*Elizabeth Peters
*Ellis Peters (1913-1995)
*Catherine Louisa Pirkis (1841-1910)
*Genevieve Pou (1919-2007)

Q

*Janet Quin-Harkin

R

*Leigh Redhead (born 1971)
*Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
*Craig Rice
*Mary Roberts Rinehart
*Lynda S. Robinson
*Kate Ross
*Jennifer Rowe (born 1948)

S

*Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
*Andrea Maria Schenkel (born 1962)
*Manda Scott
*Mabel Seeley
*Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born 1963)
*Maj Sjöwall (born 1935) (in collaboration - Sjöwall and Wahlöö)
*Joan Smith (born 1953)
*Nancy Spain
*Susannah Stacey (pseudonymn for Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey)
*Sarah Strohmeyer
*Dana Stabenow

T

*Josephine Tey (1896-1952)
*Helene Tursten (born 1954)

U

*Dorothy Uhnak

V

*Fred Vargas (pseudonymn for Frédérique Audoin-Rouzeau, born 1957)

W

*Minette Walters (born 1949)
*Martha G. Webb
*Patricia Wentworth
*Ethel Lina White (1846-1944)
*Phyllis A. Whitney
*Laura Wilson (born 1964)
*Anne Wingate
*Sara Woods (born 1922)

Y

*Margaret Yorke (born 1924)

See also

* Lists of authors
* List of mystery writers
* List of thriller authors
* Detective fiction
* Crime fiction
* Mystery fiction
* Whodunit


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