List of European mystery writers
The following is a list of European mystery writers whose works have been translated in various European languages.
- Boris Akunin (born 1956), Russian
- Christine Adamo (born 1965), France
- Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), Swedish
- Jakob Arjouni[1] (born 1964), German
- A.C. Baantjer (1923–2010), Dutch
- Barbara Baraldi (born 1975), Italian
- Nicholas Blake, see Cecil-Day Lewis
- Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021), Danish
- Pierre Boileau (1906–1989), French
- Roger Borniche (born 1919), French
- Christianna Brand (1907–1988), British
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), British
- Aspe, Flemish
- Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian
- Karel Čapek (1890–1938), Czech
- Massimo Carlotto (born 1956), Italian
- G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), British
- Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British
- Philippe Claudell (born 1962), French
- Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), British
- Liza Cody (born 1944), British
- Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), British
- K. O. Dahl (born 1958), Norwegian
- Leif Davidsen (born 1950), Danish
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949), British
- Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), British
- Colin Dexter (1930–2017), British
- Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), British
- Adrian Conan Doyle (1910–1970), British
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British
- Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish
- Karin Fossum (born 1954), Norwegian
- Inger Frimansson, Swedish
- Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012), Italian
- Doris Gercke (born 1937), German
- Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 1951), Spanish
- Juan Gómez-Jurado (born 1977), Spanish
- Jean-Christophe Grangé (born 1961), French
- Robert van Gulik (1910–1967), Dutch
- Reginald Hill (1935–2012), British
- Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian
- Hugo Claus, Flemish
- Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961), Icelandic
- Michael Innes (1906–1994), British
- Claude Izner, French – nom de plume of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre
- P. D. James (1920–2014), British
- Sébastien Japrisot (1931–2003), French
- Thierry Jonquet (born 1954), French
- Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (born 1948), Finnish
- Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), Swedish
- Ismail Kadare (born 1936), Albanian
- H. R. F. Keating (1926–2011), British
- Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech
- David Kessler (born 1957), British
- Tim Krabbé (born 1943), Dutch
- Åsa Larsson (born 1966), Swedish
- Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), Swedish
- Francisco González Ledesma (1927–2015), Spanish
- Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish
- Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French
- Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960), Italian
- Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), Italian
- Val McDermid (born 1955), British
- Philip MacDonald (1900–1980), British
- Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995), French
- Henning Mankell (1948–2015), Swedish
- Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), Russian
- Petros Márkaris (born 1937), Greek
- Liza Marklund (born 1962), Swedish
- Edward Marston (pseudonym of Keith Miles), British
- Andreu Martín (born 1949), Spanish
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish
- Patricia Moyes (1923–2000), British
- Margaret Murphy (born 1959), British
- Magdalen Nabb (1947–2007), British
- Barbara Nadel, British
- Thomas Narcejac (1908–1998), French
- Jo Nesbø, (born 1960) Norwegian
- Håkan Nesser (born 1950), Swedish
- Iain Pears (born 1955), British
- Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), Spanish
- Ellis Peters (1913–1995)
- Ian Rankin (born 1960), British
- Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), British
- Craig Russell (British author) British
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), British
- Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969), Russian-Italian
- Bernhard Schlink, (born 1944), German
- Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), Italian
- Georges Simenon (1903–1989), Belgian
- Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020), Swedish
- Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017), Norwegian
- Josef Skvorecky (1924–2012), Czech
- José Carlos Somoza (born 1959), Spanish
- Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947), Norwegian
- Julian Symons (1912–1994), British
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952), British
- Helene Tursten (born 1954), Swedish
- Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), British
- Fred Vargas (born 1957), French
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish
- Per Wahlöö (1926–1975), Swedish
- Edgar Wallace (1875–1932), British
- Minette Walters (born 1949), British
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch
- R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007), British
- Helen Zahavi (born 1966), British
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See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of writers
- Mystery writers
- European writers
- Lists of writers by continent
- Lists of European people