List of crime writers

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This is a list of crime writers with a Wikipedia page. They may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction, including detective, mystery or hard-boiled. Some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.

Entries need an English Wikipedia page. Abbreviations: A = Australia, B = Belgium, C = Canada, Ch = China, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ic = Iceland, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Ir = Ireland, Is = Israel, It = Italy, J = Japan, Ma = Malta, Ne = Netherlands, NZ = N Zealand, P = Poland, R = Soviet Union/Russia, SA = S Africa, Sc = Scotland, Sw = Switzerland, T = Turkey, US = United States, W = Wales

A–B[]

  • Megan Abbott (born 1971, US)
  • Susan Wittig Albert (living, US)
  • Steve Allen (1921–2000, US)
  • Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, J)
  • Boris Akunin (born 1956, R), pseudonym of Grigori Chkhartishvili
  • Margery Allingham (1904–1966, E)
  • Eric Ambler (1909–1998, E)
  • Sarah Andrews (died 2019, US)
  • Gosho Aoyama (青山剛昌, born 1963, J)
  • Charlotte Armstrong (1905–1969, US)
  • Jake Arnott (born 1961, E)
  • Gianluca Arrighi (born 1972, It)
  • Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, J)
  • Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, R/US)
  • Pieter Aspe (1953–2021, B)
  • H. C. Asterley (1902–1973, E)
  • Edward Atiyah (1903–1964, Lebanon)
  • Edward Attard (born 1947, Ma)
  • Yukito Ayatsuji (綾辻行人, born 1960, J), pseudonym of Naoyuki Uchida (内田直行)
  • Desmond Bagley (1923–1983, E)
  • H. C. Bailey (1878–1961, E)
  • Deb Baker (born 1953, US)
  • John Baker (born 1942, E)
  • Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970, In)
  • Ashok Banker (born 1964, In)
  • John Franklin Bardin (1916–1981, US)
  • Michael Bar-Zohar (born 1938, Is)
  • Burl Barer (born 1947, US)
  • Robert Barnard (1936–2013, E)
  • Nevada Barr (born 1952, US)
  • J. J. Barrie (born 1933, C)
  • Earle Basinsky (1923–1963, US)
  • G. D. Baum (living, US)
  • William Bayer (born 1939, US)
  • Simon Beckett (born 1960, E)
  • George Bellairs (1902–1982, E/IoM), pseudonym of Harold Blundell
  • Robert Leslie Bellem (1902–1968, US)
  • Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875–1956, E)
  • Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933, US)
  • Mark Billingham (born 1961, E)
  • Bimal Kar (1921–2003, In)
  • Robert Bloch (1917–1994, US)
  • Lawrence Block (born 1938, US)
  • Deborah Blum (born 1954, US)
  • Ernest Borneman (1915–1995, G/Austria)
  • Ernest Bramah (1868–1942, E)
  • Paolo Brera (1949–2019, It)
  • Simon Brett (born 1945, E)
  • P. J. Brooke (living, Sc), pseudonym of Philip James O'Brien
  • Fredric Brown (1906–1972, US)
  • Pat Brown (born 1955, US)
  • Ken Bruen (born 1951, Ir)
  • John Buchan (1875–1940, Sc)
  • John Bude (1901–1957, E), pseudonym of Ernest Elmore
  • James Lee Burke (born 1936, US)
  • Jan Burke (born 1953, US)

C[]

  • James M. Cain (1892–1977, US)
  • Paul Cain (1902–1966, US), pseudonym of George Caryl Sims
  • Bernard Capes (1854–1918, E)
  • John Dickson Carr (1906–1977, US)
  • Jane Casey (born 1977, Ir/E)
  • Kathryn Casey (living, US)
  • Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977, In)
  • Chan Ho-Kei (born 1975, 陳浩基, Hong Kong/Taiwan)
  • Jessie Chandler (born 1968, US)
  • Raymond Chandler (1988–1959, US/E)
  • Vikram Chandra (born 1961, In)
  • Kate Charles (born 1950, US/E)
  • Leslie Charteris (1907–1993, Singapore/E)
  • James Hadley Chase (1906–1985, E/Sw)
  • G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936, E)
  • Lee Child (born 1954, E), pseudonym of James Dover Grant
  • Chin Shunshin (陳舜臣, 1924–2015, Taiwan/J)
  • Agatha Christie (1890–1976, E)
  • Carol Higgins Clark (born 1956, US)
  • Mary Higgins Clark (1927–2020, US)
  • Paul Cleave (born 1974, NZ)
  • Brian Cleeve (1921–2003, E/Ir)
  • Ann Cleeves (born 1954, E)
  • Harlan Coben (born 1962, US)
  • Liza Cody (born 1944, E)
  • Max Allan Collins (born 1948, US)
  • Michael Collins (1924–2005), pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
  • Michael Connelly (born 1956, US)
  • Sheila Connolly (1950–2020, US)
  • Robin Cook (born 1940, US)
  • Patricia Cornwell (born 1956, US)
  • Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893–1971, E)
  • Chris Culver (living, US)
  • Philip R. Craig (1933–2007, US)
  • Robert Crais (born 1953, US)
  • John Creasey (1908–1973, E)
  • Michael Crichton (1942–2008, US)
  • Catherine Crier (born 1954, US)
  • Edmund Crispin (1921–1978, E), pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery
  • Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957, Ir/E)
  • Amanda Cross (1926–2003, US), pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
  • James Crumley (1939–2008, US)

D–F[]

G–H[]

I–L[]

  • Ibn-e-Safi (1928–1980, Pakistan)
  • Francis Iles (1893–1971, E), pseudonym of Anthony Berkeley Cox
  • Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961, Ic)
  • Michael Innes (1906–1994, Sc), pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart
  • Kōtarō Isaka (伊坂幸太郎, born 1971, J)
  • Ira Ishida (石田衣良, born 1960, J)
  • Shirley Jackson (1916–1965, US)
  • P. D. James (1920–2014, E)
  • Peter James (born 1948, E)
  • J. A. Jance (born 1944, US)
  • Quintin Jardine (born 1945, Sc)
  • Marshall Jevons (fl. 1970s, US), pseudonym of William L. Breit (1933–2011) and Kenneth G. Elzinga (living)
  • He Jiahong (何家弘, born 1953, Ch)
  • Alper Kaya (born 1990, T)
  • H. R. F. Keating (1926–2011, E)
  • Carolyn Keene (fl. 1970s–1980s, US), syndicate pseudonym
  • Faye Kellerman (born 1952, US)
  • Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949, US)
  • Harry Kemelman (1908–1996, US)
  • Michael Kenyon (1931–2005, E)
  • Simon Kernick (born 1967, E)
  • Kim Young-ha (김영하, born 1968, S Korea)
  • Laurie R. King (born 1952, US)
  • Natsuo Kirino (桐野夏生, born 1951, J)
  • Kenzo Kitakata (北方謙三, born 1947, J)
  • Kazuhiro Kiuchi (木内一裕, born 1960, J)
  • Andrew Klavan (born 1954, US)
  • Ronald Knox (1888–1957, E)
  • William Kent Krueger (born 1950, US)
  • Natsuhiko Kyōgoku (born 1963, J)
  • Lori L. Lake (born 1960, US)
  • Joe R. Lansdale (born 1951, US)
  • Shulamit Lapid (born 1934, Is)
  • Gaylord Larsen (born 1932, US)
  • Stieg Larsson (1954–2004, Sweden)
  • David Lassman (living, E)
  • Emma Lathen (fl. 1960s ff., US), pseudonym of Mary Jane Latsis (1927–1997) and Martha Henissart (born 1929)
  • Stephen Leather (born 1956, E)
  • John le Carré (1931–2020, E)
  • Vanessa Leggett (born 1968, US)
  • Dennis Lehane (born 1965, US)
  • Donna Leon (born 1942, US/Sw)
  • Elmore Leonard (1925–2013, US)
  • Gaston Leroux (1868–1927, F)
  • Ira Levin (1929–2007, US)
  • Paul Levine (born 1948, US)
  • Ted Lewis (1940–1982, E)
  • Laura Lippman (born 1959, US)
  • Steven Long (born 1944, US)
  • E. C. R. Lorac (1894–1958, E)
  • Gabrielle Lord (born 1946, A)
  • Gayle Lynds (living, US)

M[]

N–Q[]

  • Magdalen Nabb (1947–2007, E)
  • Fuminori Nakamura (中村文則, born 1977, J)
  • Jo Nesbø (born 1960, Norway)
  • Beverley Nichols (1898–1983, E)
  • Kyōtarō Nishimura (西村京太郎, 1930–2022, J)
  • Asa Nonami (乃南アサ, born 1960, J)
  • Jamyang Norbu (འཇམ་དབྱངས་���ོར་བུ, born 1949, Tibet/US)
  • Rintarō Norizuki (法月綸太郎, born 1964, J)
  • Joyce Carol Oates (born 1938, US)
  • Rodica Ojog-Brașoveanu (1939–2002, Romania)
  • Kidō Okamoto (岡本綺堂, 1872–1939, J)
  • Celil Oker (1952–2019, T)
  • Gō Ōsaka (逢坂剛, born 1943, J)
  • Arimasa Ōsawa (大沢在昌, born 1956, J)
  • Otsuichi (乙一, born 1978), pseudonym of Hirotaka Adachi (安達寛高)
  • Rodrigues Ottolengui (1861–1937, US)
  • Sara Paretsky (born 1947, US)
  • Edith Pargeter (1913–1995, E)
  • Robert B. Parker (1932–2010, US)
  • Surender Mohan Pathak (born 1940, In)
  • James Patterson (born 1947, US)
  • Hayford Peirce (1942–2020, US)
  • Don Pendleton (1927–1995, US)
  • Louise Penny (born 1958, C)
  • Anne Perry (born 1938, E)
  • Ellis Peters (1913–1995, E)
  • Mike Phillips (born 1941, British Guiana/E)
  • Scott Phillips (born 1961, US)
  • Edgar Allan Poe (1909–1949, US)
  • Nicholas A. Price (living, US)
  • Bill Pronzini (born 1943, US)
  • Lisa Pulitzer (born c. 1962, US)
  • Ellery Queen (1929 ff., US), pseudonym of Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee

R–S[]

  • Melanie Raabe (born 1981, G)
  • Indra Soundar Rajan (born 1958, In)
  • Ian Rankin (born 1960, Sc)
  • Clayton Rawson (1906–1971, US)
  • Satyajit Ray (1921–1992, In)
  • Kathy Reichs (born 1948, US)
  • Ruth Rendell (1930–2015, E)
  • Osvaldo Reyes (born 1971, Panama)
  • Craig Rice (1908–1957, US)
  • Lynda Suzanne Robinson (born 1951, US)
  • Peter Robinson (born 1950, E/C)
  • Elliott Roosevelt (1910–1990, US)
  • Karen Rose (living, US)
  • Caitlin Rother (born 1962, C/US)
  • Hemendra Kumar Roy (1888–1963, In)
  • S. J. Rozan (born 1950, US)
  • Jane Rubino (living, US)
  • Ann Rule (1931–2015, US)
  • Craig Russell (living, Sc)
  • James Sallis (born 1944, US)
  • C. J. Sansom (born 1952, Sc)
  • Joh Sasaki (佐々木譲, born 1950, J)
  • Robin Sax (born 1972, US)
  • Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957, E)
  • Sandra Scoppettone (born 1936, US)
  • Cathy Scott (born 1950s, US)
  • Will Scott (1893–1964, E)
  • Lisa Scottoline (born 1955, US)
  • Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, (1899–1970, In)
  • Sōji Shimada (島田荘司, born 1948, J)
  • John Silvester (living, A)
  • Georges Simenon (1903–1989, B)
  • Roger L. Simon (born 1943, US)
  • Dorothy Simpson (born 1933, E)
  • Elizabeth Sims (born 1957, US)
  • John Sladek (1937–2000, US)
  • Karin Slaughter (born 1971, US)
  • Aaron Smith (born 1976, US)
  • Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948, S Rhodesia/E)
  • Anthony Neil Smith (living US)
  • Joan Smith (born 1953, E)
  • Martin Cruz Smith (born 1942, US)
  • Teresa Solana (born 1962, Spain)
  • Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959, T)
  • Julia Spencer-Fleming (born 1961, US)
  • Suzy Spencer (living, US)
  • Mickey Spillane (1918–2006, US)
  • Nancy Springer (born 1948, US)
  • Rex Stout (1886–1975, US)
  • Linda Stratmann (born 1948, E)
  • Cecil Street (1884–1964, Gibraltar/E), pseudonym John Rhode
  • Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956, In)
  • Leonie Swann (born 1975, G)
  • Vikas Swarup (born 1960, In)
  • Mitzi Szereto (living, E)

T–Z[]

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