Mystery & Crime Writers
24 entries in the Mystery & Crime Writers compendium.
Arthur Conan DoyleScottish writer and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes.Agatha ChristieBritish mystery drama television programme adapting all of Agatha Christie's Poirot stories.Dashiell HammettThe dean of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction.Raymond ChandlerThe hardboiled detective's poet laureate.Erle Stanley GardnerThe best-selling American author of the 20th century, creator of Perry Mason.G. K. ChestertonEnglish writer known for wit, paradox, and Christian apologetics.Georges SimenonBelgian writer who created detective Jules Maigret.Dorothy L. SayersEnglish crime novelist and one of the four Queens of Crime.Dick FrancisBritish steeplechase jockey turned crime writer, known for horse-racing thrillers.Edgar WallaceProlific British thriller writer and screenwriter of King Kong.Frédéric DardBest-selling French author known for crime, humor, and the San-Antonio series.Gaston LerouxFrench journalist and author of detective fiction.Shirley JacksonShirley Hardie Jackson was an American author born on December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California, and…Sue GraftonCreator of the alphabet series featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone.Wilkie CollinsPioneer of the detective novel and master of sensation fiction.V. C. AndrewsAmerican novelist of Gothic family sagas and forbidden love.Sidney SheldonPrince of potboilers and master of the page-turner.E. Phillips OppenheimProlific English novelist of glamorous international intrigue.Stieg LarssonSwedish writer of the posthumously published Millennium trilogy.Sheridan Le FanuIrish Gothic writer and early locked-room mystery author.Thomas HarrisAuthor of the Hannibal Lecter suspense novels.Patricia HighsmithThe poet of apprehensionRuth RendellAuthor of psychological murder mysteries and creator of Chief Inspector Wexford.P. D. JamesThe queen of English crime fiction, creator of Adam Dalgliesh.
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