Crime writers may include the authors of any sub-genre of crime fiction, including Detective fiction, Mystery fiction, or hard-boiled fiction. Note that some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.

• Boris Akunin, (born 1956)
• Margery Allingham, (1904-1966)
• Eric Ambler, (1909-1998)
• Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992)
• John Baker, (born 1942)
• John Franklin Bardin
• Robert Barnard
• E.C. Bentley, (1875-1956)
• Earl Derr Biggers, (1884-1933)
• Lawrence Block
• Simon Brett, (born 1945)
• Fredric Brown, (1906-1972)
• James M. Cain, (1892-1977)
• John Dickson Carr, (1906-1977)
• Raymond Chandler, (1888-1959)
• Leslie Charteris, (1907-1993)
• G. K. Chesterton, (1874-1936)
• Agatha Christie, (1890-1976)
• Max Allan Collins
• Michael Collins, pseudonym of Dennis Lynds
• Michael Connelly
• Patricia Cornwell, (born 1956)
• John Creasey
• Edmund Crispin (pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery), (1921-1978)
• Freeman Wills Crofts, (1879-1957)
• Colin Dexter, (born 1930)
• Michael Dibdin, (born 1947)
• Peter Dickinson
• Stephen Dobyns
• John E. Douglas
• Arthur Conan Doyle, (1859-1930)
• Charles Drummond (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
• James Ellroy, (born 1948)
• Loren D. Estleman
• Janet Evanovich
• Elizabeth Ferrars
• Antonia Fraser, (born 1932)
• Kinky Friedman, (born 1944)
• Jacques Futrelle, (1875-1912)
• Erle Stanley Gardner (numerous pseudonyms), (1889-1970)
• Anthony Gilbert
• Michael Gilbert, (born 1912)
• Kenneth Giles
• Ann Granger
• Sue Grafton, (born 1940)
• Anna Katharine Green, (1846-1935)
• Dashiell Hammett, (1894-1961)
• Cyril Hare
• Georgette Heyer, (1902-1974)
• Carl Hiaasen, (born 1953)
• Patricia Highsmith, (1921-1995)
• Reginald Hill (numerous pseudonyms), (born 1936)
• Tony Hillerman, (born 1925)
• John Buxton Hilton, (1921 - 1986)
• Francis Iles
• Michael Innes (pseudonym of J. I. M. Stewart), (1906-1994)
• P.D. James, (born 1920)
• Ronald Knox, (1888-1957)
• Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
• Donna Leon, (born 1942)
• E.C.R. Lorac (also wrote as Carol Carnac), (1884-1959)
• Gayle Lynds
• Ngaio Marsh, (1895-1982)
• William Marshall, (born 1944)
• Ed McBain (pseudonym of Evan Hunter), (born 1926)
• Cameron McCabe aka Ernest Borneman
• James McClure (born 1939)
• Val McDermid
• Edmund McGirr (pseudonym of Kenneth Giles)
• David Morrell
• Rodrigues Ottolengui, (1861-1937)
• Sara Paretsky
• Edith Pargeter (also wrote as Ellis Peters), (1913-1995)
• Edgar Allan Poe, (1809-1849)
• Bill Pronzini
• Lisa Pulitzer
• Ellery Queen (pseudonym of various authors)
• Sheila Radley
• Kathy Reichs
• Ruth Rendell (also writes as Barbara Vine), (born 1930)
• C. J. Sansom
• Dorothy L. Sayers, (1893-1957)
• Georges Simenon, (1903-1989)
• Joan Smith
• Mickey Spillane, (born 1918)
• Rex Stout, (1886-1975)
• Andrew Taylor,
• Josephine Tey, (1896-1952)
• Andrew Vachss, (born 1942)
• S. S. Van Dine (pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright), (1888-1939)
• Janwillem van de Wetering
• John Holbrook Vance (as Ellery Queen), (born 1916)
• Edgar Wallace
• Hillary Waugh
• Charles Willeford
• Cornell Woolrich, (1903-1968)
• Dornford Yates, (1885-1960)

See also

• Lists of authors
• List of thriller authors
• Detective fiction
• Crime fiction
• Mystery fiction
• Whodunit

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