Macavity Award winners

Swedish author (1954–2004)

English crime writer (1920-2014)

American novelist, journalist, biographer

American writer (1940-2017)

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

British writer (1930-2017)

Scottish crime writer

English playwright, screenwriter and novelist

American-Irish writer and theatrical actress

American actress and writer

British crime writer

Canadian writer

American writer (1925–2008)

American detective fiction writer

American writer

British writer

Novelist, screenwriter

English crime fiction writer (1926–2011)

British crime writer (1936–2012)

Canadian crime writer (1950–2022)

American writer of mystery novels

American crime fiction writer (1938–2021)

mystery writer

American author of fictional mystery and thriller novels

Irish writer

American writer

American mystery writer

American writer and novelist

American writer of detective fiction, and anthologist

American novelist

American writer

American writer (1942–2023)

American writer

American crime fiction writer

American novelist

British-American writer of children's picture books, YA novels, and (as Rhys Bowen) mystery novels

American novelist

British writer (1936-2013)

British writer

American writer (born 1948)

American mystery writer

Canadian author and book editor

Author, Professor

American writer

American writer of historical, mystery, and romantic novels under several names

American writer

American writer and archaeologist

English writer