This is a list of thriller or suspense novelists.

Note that some of these may overlap with authors of crime fiction or mystery fiction or spy fiction.

A

B

• Desmond Bagley
• David Baldacci
• Dale Brown
• John Buchan

C

• Brian Callison
• Victor Canning
• Lee Child
• Manning Coles
• Robin Cook
• Stephen Coonts
• Desmond Cory
• Clive Cussler

D

• Jack DuBrul

E

• Janet Evanovich

F

• Ian Fleming
• Ken Follett
• Frederick Forsyth

G

• John Gardner
• Tess Gerritsen
• Michael Gilbert
• Sue Grafton
• Andrew Greeley
• W.E.B. Griffin
• John Grisham

H

• Donald Hamilton
• John Harris
• Robert Harris
• Jack Higgins
• Geoffrey Household
• Stephen Hunter
• Christopher Hyde

I

• Hammond Innes

J

• Geoffrey Jenkins

K

• Dean R. Koontz
• Jack King

L

• Robert Ludlum
• Gavin Lyall
• Gayle Lynds

M

• Alistair MacLean
• James Munro

N

• Ingrid Noll

O

• Perri O'Shaughnessy
• Manning O'Brine

P

• James Patterson
• Richard North Patterson
• Ridley Pearson
• Hayford Peirce
• Don Pendleton

Q

• A. J. Quinnell

R

• Matthew Reilly

S

• Lawrence Sanders
• John Sandford
• John Saul
• Dorothy L. Sayers
• Desmond Skirrow

T

• Scott Turow

U

V

W

• Edgar Wallace, (1875-1932)
• Stephen White

X

Y

Z

See also

• thriller fiction
• spy fiction
• List of crime writers
• List of mystery writers

External Link

• International Thriller Writers, Inc. (ITW) at http://www.internationalthrillerwriters.com