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Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Mallowan, Lady Mallowan, usually known by her first married name, Agatha Christie, was an English author known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short-story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers, particularly in the mystery genre.

Daphne du Maurier
British writer (1907–1989)

Stieg Larsson
Swedish author (1954–2004)

Rick Riordan
American author (born 1964)

Ruth Rendell
British writer (1930-2015)

P. D. James
English crime writer (1920-2014)
Patricia Cornwell
American novelist, journalist, biographer

Harlan Coben
Harlan Coben is an American writer of mystery and thrillers. The plots of his novels often involve the resurfacing of unresolved or misinterpreted events in the past, murders, or fatal accidents and have multiple twists. Twelve of his novels have been adapted for film and television.

Sue Grafton
American writer (1940-2017)

Lee Child
British thriller writer (born 1954)

Michael Connelly
American novelist, journalist, crime fiction writer, and screenwriter (born 1956)

Dennis Lehane
novelist

Thomas Harris
American author and screenwriter

Val McDermid
Scottish crime writer
Elizabeth George
American mystery and thriller writer

Charlaine Harris
American writer
David Simon
American author, journalist, and television writer and producer
Robert B. Parker
American crime writer (1932–2010)
Donald E. Westlake
American novelist (1933-2008)

Tana French
American-Irish writer and theatrical actress
Harley Jane Kozak
American actress and writer
John Connolly
Irish author
Lawrence Block
American writer
Louise Penny
Canadian writer
Megan Abbott
American writer
Ann Rule
American true crime writer (1931–2015)
Sara Paretsky
American author of detective fiction
Tony Hillerman
American writer (1925–2008)
Laura Lippman
American detective fiction writer

Caleb Carr
American novelist, screenwriter and military historian (1955–2024)
David Grann
American journalist and writer
Robert Crais
Novelist, screenwriter
Peter Lovesey
British writer
Qiu Xiaolong
Chinese-American writer
Barbara Mertz
American novelist and Egyptologist (1927–2013)
Jonathan Kellerman
American novelist and psychologist
Peter Robinson
Canadian crime writer (1950–2022)
Nevada Barr
American novelist
Max Allan Collins
American writer
Margaret Maron
American crime fiction writer (1938–2021)
Marcia Muller
American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels

Oyinkan Braithwaite
Nigerian-UK author
C. J. Box
American writer
William Kent Krueger
American author and novelist
Attica Locke
American writer
Anthony Award
awards given at Bouchercon for mystery literature
Carolyn Hart
American mystery writer
Michelle McNamara
American writer (1970-2016)
Bill Pronzini
American writer of detective fiction, and anthologist
Edward D. Hoch
American writer (1930–2008)
Chris Pavone
American crime writer
Jason Starr
American novelist
Martin H. Greenberg
American speculative fiction anthologist and political scientist (1941-2011)
Dorothy Salisbury Davis
novelist, short story writer (1916–2014)
Nancy Pickard
American writer
S. J. Rozan
American crime fiction writer
Mary Willis Walker
American writer (1942–2023)
Charlotte MacLeod
novelist, children's writer (1922-2005)
Liza Cody
English crime fiction writer
Janet Quin-Harkin
British-American writer of children's picture books, YA novels, and (as Rhys Bowen) mystery novels