[{"n": "Arthur Conan Doyle", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/arthur-conan-doyle/", "s": "Scottish writer and physician, creator of Sherlock Holmes."}, {"n": "Agatha Christie", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/agatha-christie/", "s": "British mystery drama television programme adapting all of Agatha Christie's Poirot stories."}, {"n": "Dashiell Hammett", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/dashiell-hammett/", "s": "The dean of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction."}, {"n": "Raymond Chandler", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/raymond-chandler/", "s": "The hardboiled detective's poet laureate."}, {"n": "Erle Stanley Gardner", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/erle-stanley-gardner/", "s": "The best-selling American author of the 20th century, creator of Perry Mason."}, {"n": "G. K. Chesterton", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/g-k-chesterton/", "s": "English writer known for wit, paradox, and Christian apologetics."}, {"n": "Georges Simenon", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/georges-simenon/", "s": "Belgian writer who created detective Jules Maigret."}, {"n": "Dorothy L. Sayers", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/dorothy-l-sayers/", "s": "English crime novelist and one of the four Queens of Crime."}, {"n": "Dick Francis", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/dick-francis/", "s": "British steeplechase jockey turned crime writer, known for horse-racing thrillers."}, {"n": "Edgar Wallace", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/edgar-wallace/", "s": "Prolific British thriller writer and screenwriter of King Kong."}, {"n": "Frédéric Dard", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/fr-d-ric-dard/", "s": "Best-selling French author known for crime, humor, and the San-Antonio series."}, {"n": "Gaston Leroux", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/gaston-leroux/", "s": "French journalist and author of detective fiction."}, {"n": "Shirley Jackson", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/shirley-jackson/", "s": "Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American author born on December 14, 1916, in San Francisco, California, and rai"}, {"n": "Sue Grafton", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/sue-grafton/", "s": "Creator of the alphabet series featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone."}, {"n": "Wilkie Collins", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/wilkie-collins/", "s": "Pioneer of the detective novel and master of sensation fiction."}, {"n": "V. C. Andrews", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/v-c-andrews/", "s": "American novelist of Gothic family sagas and forbidden love."}, {"n": "Sidney Sheldon", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/sidney-sheldon/", "s": "Prince of potboilers and master of the page-turner."}, {"n": "E. Phillips Oppenheim", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/e-phillips-oppenheim/", "s": "Prolific English novelist of glamorous international intrigue."}, {"n": "Stieg Larsson", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/stieg-larsson/", "s": "Swedish writer of the posthumously published Millennium trilogy."}, {"n": "Sheridan Le Fanu", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/sheridan-le-fanu/", "s": "Irish Gothic writer and early locked-room mystery author."}, {"n": "Thomas Harris", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/thomas-harris/", "s": "Author of the Hannibal Lecter suspense novels."}, {"n": "Patricia Highsmith", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/patricia-highsmith/", "s": "The poet of apprehension"}, {"n": "Ruth Rendell", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/ruth-rendell/", "s": "Author of psychological murder mysteries and creator of Chief Inspector Wexford."}, {"n": "P. D. James", "u": "/e/mystery-and-crime-writers/p-d-james/", "s": "The queen of English crime fiction, creator of Adam Dalgliesh."}]