Category
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John le Carré
British novelist and spy (1931–2020)

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English novelist (1938–2025)

Ruth Rendell
British writer (1930-2015)

P. D. James
English crime writer (1920-2014)
Elmore Leonard
American novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)

Ian Rankin
Scottish writer

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)

Evan Hunter
American author and screenwriter (1926-2005)

Colin Dexter
British writer (1930-2017)

Val McDermid
Scottish crime writer

Dick Francis
English jockey and crime writer
Eric Ambler
English writer (1909–1998)
Edith Pargeter
British writer
Peter James
British writer
Lawrence Block
American writer
Leslie Charteris
author (1907–1993)
Ann Cleeves
British author
C. J. Sansom
British author of crime fiction (1952–2024)
Sara Paretsky
American author of detective fiction
Peter Lovesey
British writer
Lindsey Davis
English novelist
H. R. F. Keating
English crime fiction writer (1926–2011)
Julian Symons
British writer (1912–1994)
Martina Cole
British crime writer, businesswoman

Reginald Hill
British crime writer (1936–2012)
Michael Gilbert
author (1912–2006)
Margaret Yorke
British writer (1924-2012)
Lionel Davidson
writer (1922–2009)

Andrew Taylor
British fiction writer
John Harvey
author of crime fiction from England
Robert Goddard
English novelist
Martin Edwards
British author
Catherine Aird
novelist
Robert Barnard
British writer (1936-2013)
Simon Brett
English writer