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Detective Fiction

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Anna Katharine GreenAuthor · BooksAnna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist.
Bogomil RaynovAuthor · BooksBogomil Nikolaev Raynov (19 June 1919 – 8 June 2007) was a Bulgarian writer and professor of aesthetics.
Caroline GrahamAuthor · BooksShe was born in Nuneaton.
Chingiz AbdullayevAuthor · BooksChingiz Akif oğlu Abdullayev (Çingiz Abdullayev; born 7 April 1959 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani writer, Secretary of the Union of Azerbaijani Writers.
Christopher McQuarriePerson · Film memorabiliaChristopher McQuarrie (born October 25, 1968) is an American filmmaker. He received the BAFTA Award, Independent Spirit Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the…
Dan BrownAuthor · BooksDaniel Gerhard Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer best known for his thriller novels, particularly the Robert Langdon series Angels & Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003),…
Dan WellsAuthor · BooksDaniel Andrew Wells (born March 4, 1977) is an American horror and science fiction author. Wells's first published novel, I Am Not a Serial Killer, was adapted into a movie in 2016.
Dashiell HammettAuthor · BooksSamuel Dashiell Hammett (duh-SHEEL HAM-it; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories.
Dean KoontzAuthor · BooksDean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and…
Edgar Allan PoeAuthor · BooksEdgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales…
Edith PargeterAuthor · BooksEdith Mary Pargeter (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical…
Fredric BrownAuthor · BooksIllustration — Brown's "Honeymoon in Hell" was the cover story in the second issue of Galaxy Science Fiction in 1950.
Giorgi KekelidzeAuthor · BooksGiorgi Kekelidze (გიორგი კეკელიძე; born April 10, 1984) is a Georgian poet, essayist and the founder of the first Georgian digital library, lib.ge.
Hubert AquinAuthor · BooksHubert Aquin (24 October 1929 – 15 March 1977) was a Quebec writer, filmmaker and intellectual. He is particularly known for his novel Next Episode.
Ian FlemingAuthor · BooksIan Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was a British writer best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels.
James M. CainAuthor · BooksJames Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 – October 27, 1977) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
Jean-Christophe GrangéAuthor · BooksIllustration — Jean-Christophe Grangé
Jo NesbøAuthor · BooksJon "Jo" Nesbø (lang; born 29 March 1960) is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author…
John CreaseyAuthor · BooksJohn Creasey (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English author known mostly for detective and crime novels but who also wrote science fiction, romance and westerns.
John Gregory DunneAuthor · BooksJohn Gregory Dunne (May 25, 1932 – December 30, 2003) was an American writer. He began his career as a journalist for Time magazine before expanding into writing criticism, essays, novels,…
Kate AtkinsonAuthor · BooksKate Atkinson (born 20 December 1951) is an English writer of novels, plays and short stories.
Len DeightonPhotographer · PhotographyLeonard Cyril Deighton (18 February 1929 – 15 March 2026) was a British author. His publications included cookery books and works on history, but he was best known for his spy novels.
Leonid YuzefovichAuthor · BooksLeonid Abramovich Yuzefovich (born December 18, 1947, in Moscow) is a Russian writer known for the series of crime fiction stories taking place in pre-Revolution Russian Empire.
Mario PuzoAuthor · BooksMario Francis Puzo (October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter.
Matti Yrjänä JoensuuAuthor · BooksMatti Yrjänä Joensuu (31 October 1948– 4 December 2011) was a Finnish writer of crime fiction.
Ngaio MarshAuthor · BooksDame Edith Ngaio Marsh (23 April 1895 – 18 February 1982) was a New Zealand writer.
P. D. JamesAuthor · BooksPhyllis Dorothy James White, Baroness James of Holland Park (3 August 1920 – 27 November 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer.
Per WahlööArtist · PaintingsPer Fredrik Wahlöö (5 August 1926 – 22 June 1975), often identified in English translations as Peter Wahloo – was a Swedish author.
Petros MarkarisAuthor · BooksPétros Márkaris (born Bedros Markarian) is a Greek crime fiction writer. He is known for his detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos.
Pierre SouvestreAuthor · BooksPierre Souvestre (1 June 1874 – 26 February 1914) was a French lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer of motor races.
Raymond ChandlerAuthor · BooksRaymond Chandler is recorded as having received Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. Raymond Chandler was born in 1888 a
Reginald HillAuthor · BooksReginald Charles Hill FRSL (3 April 193612 January 2012) was an English crime writer and the winner in 1995 of the Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime…
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Robert van GulikIllustrator · IllustrationRobert Hans van Gulik (9 August 1910 – 24 September 1967) was a Dutch orientalist, diplomat, musician (of the guqin), and writer, best known for the Judge Dee historical mysteries, the…
Roderick ThorpPerson · Film memorabiliaRoderick Mayne Thorp Jr. (September 1, 1936 – April 28, 1999) was an American novelist specializing mainly in police procedurals and crime novels.
Seiichi MorimuraAuthor · BooksJanuary 2, 1933 – July 24, 2023 was a Japanese novelist and author, born in Kumagaya.
Sidney SheldonPerson · Film memorabiliaSidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917 – January 30, 2007) was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably…
Wolf HaasAuthor · BooksWolf Haas (born 14 December 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films.
Yeremey ParnovAuthor · BooksYeremey Iudovich Parnov (20 October 1935 – 18 March 2009) was a Soviet and Russian-Jewish writer and publicist. Parnov attended the Moscow Peat University and worked as a chemical engineer.

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