List of crime writers
This is a list of the encyclopaedically relevant authors of crime novels in terms of Wikipedia .
A.
- Edward S. Aarons (1916-1975)
- Keith Ablow (born 1961)
- Pearl Abraham (* 1960)
- Rolf Ackermann (* 1952)
- Gilbert Adair (1944-2011)
- Samuel Hopkins Adams (1871-1958)
- Thomas Adcock (* 1947)
- Uri Adelman (1958-2004)
- Jussi Adler-Olsen (* 1950)
- Uli Aechtner (* 1952)
- Stefan Ahnhem (* 1966)
- Bernhard Aichner (* 1972)
- Conrad Aiken (1889–1973)
- Joan Aiken (1924-2004)
- Rennie Airth (* 1935)
- Jirō Akagawa (* 1948)
- Boris Akunin (* 1956)
- Bill Albert (* 1942)
- Susan Wittig Albert (* 1940)
- Jürgen Alberts (* 1946)
- Andrea Albes (* 1967)
- Rob Alef (* 1965)
- Bruce Alexander (1932-2003)
- Ted Allbeury (1917-2005)
- Margery Allingham (1904-1966)
- Eva Almstädt (* 1965)
- Sabine Alt (* 1959)
- Alan D. Altieri (* 1952)
- Nessa Altura (* 1951)
- Karin Alvtegen (* 1965)
- Eric Ambler (1909-1998)
- Kingsley Amis (1922-1995)
- Niccolò Ammaniti (* 1966)
- Roberto Ampuero (* 1953)
- Frederick Irving Anderson (1877-1952)
- Edoardo Angelino (* 1950)
- Gert Anhalt (* 1963), also as Raymond A. Scofield
- Friedrich Ani (* 1959)
- Max Annas (* 1963)
- Henk pharmacist (* 1956)
- René Appel (* 1945)
- Jeffrey Archer (* 1940)
- Charles Ardai (* 1969)
- Jakob Arjouni (1964-2013)
- Charlotte Armstrong (1905-1969)
- Frank Arnau (1894–1976)
- Ottilie Arndt (* 1951)
- Guillermo Arriaga (* 1958)
- Robert Arthur (1909-1969)
- Tomas Arvidsson (* 1941)
- Matilde Asensi (* 1962)
- Isaac Asimov (1920-1992)
- Pieter Aspe , pseudonym of Pierre Aspeslag (* 1953)
- Kate Atkinson (born 1951)
- Bernardo Atxaga , pseudonym of Joseba Irazu Garmendia (1951)
- Brigitte Aubert (* 1956)
- Richard Auer (* 1965)
- Claude Aveline (1901-1992)
- Esmahan Aykol (* 1970)
- Susanne Ayoub (* 1956)
B.
- Albert Cornelis Baantjer (1923-2010)
- Marlene Bach (* 1961)
- Heinz-Peter Baecker (1945-2015)
- Desmond Bagley (1923-1983)
- Henry Christopher Bailey (1878–1961)
- David Baldacci (* 1960)
- Bo Balderson
- John Dudley Ball (1911–1988)
- Bill S. Ballinger (1912–1980)
- Alexander Bálly (* 1964)
- Roberto Bardéz (1962-2010)
- John Franklin Bardin (1916-1981)
- Linda Barnes (born 1949)
- Jean-Babptiste Baronian (* 1942)
- Nevada Barr (born 1952)
- Helmut Barz (* 1969)
- Stefan Barz (* 1975)
- Juan Bas (* 1959)
- Colin Bateman (born 1962)
- Belinda Bauer (* 1962)
- Petra A. Bauer (* 1964)
- Manfred Baumann (* 1956)
- Gerhard Baumrucker (1929–1992)
- André Bawar (* 1962)
- George Baxt (1923-2003)
- Josh Bazell (* 1970)
- Sinje Beck (* 1969)
- Zoë Beck (* 1975)
- Rolf and Alexandra Becker (1923–2014 and 1925–1990)
- Simon Beckett (* 1968)
- Lilo Beil (* 1947)
- Umberto Bellini , pseudonym of Hans A. Piper (Commissario Benedetti)
- Tonino Benacquista (* 1961)
- Ben Benson (1915-1959)
- EC Bentley (1875-1956)
- Max Bentow (* 1966)
- Eric Berg, pseudonym of Eric Walz (* 1966)
- Anthony Berkeley (1893-1971)
- Jacques Berndorf , pseudonym of Michael Preute (* 1936)
- Christa von Bernuth (* 1961)
- Sascha Berst-Frediani (* 1964)
- Mongo Beti (1932-2001); Pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi
- Peter Beutler (* 1942)
- Martina Bick (* 1956)
- Veronika Bicker (* 1978)
- Horst Bieber (1942-2020)
- Holger Biedermann (* 1952)
- Annette Biemer (* 1966)
- Pieke Biermann (* 1950)
- Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933)
- Susanne Billig (* 1961)
- Mark Billingham (born 1961)
- Raoul Biltgen (* 1974)
- Gianni Biondillo (* 1966)
- Richard Birkefeld (* 1951)
- Benjamin Black, pseudonym of John Banville (* 1945)
- Ingrid Black , pen name Ellis O'Hanlon and Ian McConnel
- Nicholas Blake , pseudonym of Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972)
- Lena Blaudez (* 1958)
- Detlef Bernd Blettenberg (* 1949)
- Lawrence Block (* 1938)
- Stella Blómkvist , pseudonym of an unknown Icelandic person
- Giles Blunt (born 1952)
- Alfred Bodenheimer (* 1965)
- Michael Boenke (* 1958)
- Henning Boëtius (* 1939)
- Jörg Böhm (1979-2019)
- Ilja Bohnet (* 1967)
- Pierre Boileau (1906-1989)
- Patrick Boman (* 1948)
- Manfred Bomm (* 1951)
- Jay Bonansinga (born 1952)
- Michael Bond (1926-2017)
- Stephen Booth (* 1952)
- Bernhard Borge, pseudonym of André Bjerke (1918–1985)
- Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
- Roger Borniche (* 1919)
- Ole Bornemann (* 1928)
- Horst Bosetzky (1938–2018), also called -ky
- Oliver Bottini (* 1965)
- Pierre Bourgeade (1927-2009)
- Sam Bourne, pseudonym of Jonathan Freedland (* 1967)
- Emmanuel Bove (1898-1945)
- Gail Bowen (born 1942)
- Rhys Bowen, pseudonym of Janet Quin-Harkin (* 1941)
- Elisabeth Bowers (* 1949)
- Edward Boyd (1916-1989)
- Robert Brack (* 1959)
- Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
- James Bradley (* 1967)
- Christianna Brand (1907–1988)
- Sönke Brandschwert (* 1965)
- Jürgen Breest (* 1936)
- Fred Breinersdorfer (* 1946)
- Guido M. Breuer (* 1967)
- Thomas Brezina (* 1963)
- Stefan Brockhoff , collective pseudonym of three authors
- Dieter Bromund (* 1938)
- Max Bronski (* 1953)
- Carter Brown , pseudonym of Allan Geoffrey Yates (1923–1985)
- Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)
- Dan Brown (born 1964)
- Fredric Brown (1906–1972)
- Rita Mae Brown (born 1944)
- Sandra Brown (* 1948)
- Ken Bruen (* 1951)
- Stephan Brüggenthies (* 1968)
- Rina Brundu (* 1968)
- Tanja Bruske (* 1978)
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875-1940)
- Simone Buchholz (* 1972)
- John Burdett (born 1951)
- Wolfgang Burger (* 1952)
- James Lee Burke (* 1936)
- Jan Burke (* 1953)
- Anni Bürkl (* 1970)
- Petra Busch (* 1967)
- Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013)
C.
- Pino Cacucci (* 1955)
- Chelsea Cain (born 1972)
- James M. Cain (1892-1977)
- Noël Calef (1907-1968)
- Andrea Camilleri (1925-2019)
- Karel Čapek (1890-1938)
- Massimo Carloni (* 1959)
- Massimo Carlotto (* 1956)
- Gianrico Carofiglio (* 1961)
- Caleb Carr (born 1955)
- John Dickson Carr (1906-1977)
- Donato Carrisi (* 1973)
- Chris Carter (* 1965)
- John Franklin Carter (1897-1967)
- Stephen L. Carter (* 1954)
- Jane Casey (born 1977)
- Vera Caspary (1899-1987)
- Linda Castillo (* 1960)
- Jean Cayrol (1911-2005)
- Raymond Chandler (1888-1959)
- Anne Chaplet (* 1951), pseudonym of Cora Stephan
- Leslie Charteris (1907-1993)
- James Hadley Chase (1906–1985)
- GK Chesterton (1874-1936)
- Peter Cheyney (1896–1951)
- Lee Child (born 1954)
- Lincoln Child (born 1957)
- Carin Chilvers
- Agatha Christie (1890-1976)
- Jill Churchill (* 1943)
- Carol Higgins Clark (* 1956)
- Mary Higgins Clark (1927-2020)
- Carola Clasen (* 1950)
- Ann Cleeves (born 1954)
- Liza Cody (* 1944) pseudonym of Liza Nassim
- Ina Coelen (* 1958)
- Anthea Cohen (1913-2006), pseudonym of Doris Simpson
- Piero Colaprico (* 1957)
- Michael Collins (1924-2005)
- Martin Compart (* 1954)
- Michael Connelly (* 1956)
- John Connolly (* 1968)
- Robin Cook (* 1940)
- Patricia Cornwell (* 1956)
- Colin Cotterill (born 1952)
- Robert Crais (* 1953)
- John Creasey (1908-1973)
- Michael Crichton (1942-2008)
- Edmund Crispin (1921-1978)
- Freeman Wills Crofts (1879-1957)
- Deborah Crombie (born 1952)
- Amanda Cross (1926–2003), pseudonym of Carolyn Heilbrun
- Julia Crouch (* 1962)
- James Crumley (1939-2008)
D.
- Didier Daeninckx (* 1949)
- Arne Dahl (* 1963), pseudonym of Jan Arnald
- Anna Dankowtsewa (* 1961)
- Frédéric Dard (1921-2000)
- Diane Mott Davidson (born 1949)
- Lionel Davidson (1922-2009)
- Dorothy Salisbury Davis (1916-2014)
- Lindsey Davis (born 1949)
- Giancarlo De Cataldo (* 1956)
- Vincenzo De Falco (born 1960)
- William L. DeAndrea (1952-1996)
- Jeffery Deaver (born 1950)
- Luc Deflo (1958-2018)
- Bram Dehouck (* 1978)
- Len Deighton (born 1929)
- Sabine Deitmer (1947-2020)
- August Derleth (1909–1971)
- William Deverell (* 1937)
- Colin Dexter (1930-2017)
- Michael Dibdin (1947-2007)
- Peter Dickinson (1927-2015)
- Zeno Diegelmann (* 1974)
- Linda Di Martino (1937-2005)
- SS Van Dine (1888-1939)
- Garry Disher (born 1949)
- David Dodge (1910-1974)
- Thea Dorn (* 1970)
- Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
- Virginia Doyle , pseudonym of Robert Brack (* 1959)
- Markus Dullin (* 1964)
- William Murdoch Duncan (1909-1975)
- Francis Durbridge (1912-1998)
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
- Jon Durschei , pseudonym of Werner Bucher (1938–2019)
- Herbert Dutzler (* 1958)
E.
- Mignon G. Eberhart (1899–1996)
- Wolfgang Corner (1927–1983)
- Horst Eckert (* 1959)
- Umberto Eco (1932-2016)
- Rampo Edogawa (1894-1965)
- Åke Edwardson (* 1953)
- Amelia Ellis (* 1977)
- Wilfried Eggers (* 1951)
- Elsebeth Egholm (* 1960)
- Jürgen Ehlers (* 1948)
- Horst Ehmke (1927-2017)
- Kerstin Ekman (* 1933)
- Aaron Elkins (* 1935)
- Stanley Ellin (1916-1986)
- James Ellroy (born 1948)
- Sven Elvestad (1884–1934)
- François Emmanuel (* 1952)
- Pierre Emme (1943-2008)
- Guy Endore (1900-1970)
- Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe (1918-2005)
- Howard Engel (1931-2019)
- Kjell Eriksson (* 1953)
- Thomas Erle (* 1952)
- Loren D. Estleman (* 1952)
- Janet Evanovich (born 1943)
- Jon Ewo (born 1957)
F.
- Frank Faber (1966-2013)
- Frieder Faist (1948-2008)
- Giorgio Faletti (1950-2014)
- Annamaria Fassio (* 1941)
- Kenneth Fearing (1902-1961)
- Tony Fennelly (* 1945)
- John Farrow , pseudonym of Trevor Ferguson (* 1947)
- Zoë Ferraris (* 1970)
- Paul Féval (1816-1887)
- Nino Filastò (* 1938)
- Claus Cornelius Fischer (* 1951)
- Heinz-Joachim Fischer (* 1944)
- Joan Fleming (1908-1980)
- Jan Flieger (* 1941)
- Walter Foelske (Leo Feks) (1934–2015)
- Marcello Fois (* 1960)
- Ken Follett (born 1949)
- Katherine V. Forrest (born 1939)
- Frederick Forsyth (* 1938)
- Karin Fossum (* 1954)
- Dick Francis (1920-2010)
- Leo Frank (1925-2004)
- Andreas Franz (1954-2011)
- Nils-Olof Franzén (1916–1997)
- Nicolas Freeling (1927-2003)
- R. Austin Freeman (1862-1943)
- Brian Freemantle (born 1936)
- Celia Fremlin (1914-2009)
- Nicci French , pseudonym of Nicci Gerrard (* 1958) and Sean French (* 1959)
- Tana French (* 1973)
- Fruttero & Lucentini : Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012) and Franco Lucentini (1920–2002)
- Jaume Fuster (1945–1998)
- Christiane Fux (* 1966)
- Frances Fyfield (born 1948)
G
- Émile Gaboriau (1832–1873)
- Eva B. Gardener (* 1957)
- Alder Stanley Gardner (1889-1970) (also called AA Fair )
- John Edmund Gardner (1926-2007)
- Peter Garski (* 1959)
- Anke Gebert (* 1960)
- Jef Geeraerts (1930-2015)
- Monika Geier (* 1970)
- Giuseppe Genna (* 1969)
- Elizabeth George (* 1949)
- Doris Gercke (* 1937)
- Peter Gerdes (* 1955)
- Andrea Gerecke (* 1957)
- Gunter Gerlach (* 1941)
- Ulrike Gerold (* 1956)
- Tess Gerritsen (* 1953)
- Alicia Giménez-Bartlett (* 1951)
- Buddy Giovinazzo (* 1957)
- Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938)
- Thomas Glavinic (* 1972)
- Peter Godazgar (* 1967)
- Robert Goddard (* 1954)
- Susanne Goga (* 1967)
- Frank Göhre (* 1943)
- Leonardo Gori (* 1957)
- Paula Gosling (* 1939)
- Wolfgang Gösweiner (* 1978)
- Silvia Götschi (* 1958)
- Frank Goyke (* 1961)
- Roger Graf (* 1958)
- Lisa Graf-Riemann (* 1958)
- Sue Grafton (1940-2017)
- Caroline Graham (* 1931)
- Christine Grän (* 1952)
- Ann Granger (born 1939)
- Andrew Greeley (1928-2013)
- Kerry Greenwood (born 1954)
- Martha Grimes (* 1931)
- Ulrich Werner Grimm (* 1954)
- Joachim Grintsch (* 1955)
- John Grisham (born 1955)
- Balduin Groller (1848-1916)
- Auguste Groner (1850–1929)
- Alexandra von Grote (* 1944)
- CH Guenter (1924-2005)
- Robert van Gulik (1910-1967)
- Batya Gur (1947-2005)
- Beth Gutcheon (* 1945)
H
- Wolf Haas (* 1960)
- Gisbert Haefs (* 1950)
- Stefan Haenni (* 1958)
- Nikola Hahn (* 1963)
- Carolyn Haines (born 1953)
- Donald Hamilton (1916-2006)
- Steve Hamilton (born 1961)
- Petra Hammesfahr (* 1951)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)
- James Owen Hannay (1865-1950)
- Joseph Hansen (1923-2004)
- Thomas Harris (* 1940)
- Cynthia Harrod-Eagles (born 1948)
- John Hart (born 1965)
- Rita Hausen (* 1952)
- Mo Hayder (born 1962)
- Henry F. Heard (1889–1971)
- Ulrich Hefner (* 1961)
- Marina Heib (* 1960)
- Uta-Maria Heim (* 1963)
- Alexander Heimann (1937-2003)
- Veit Heinichen (* 1957)
- UAO Heinlein (* 1955)
- Kathrin Heinrichs (* 1970)
- Carsten Sebastian Henn (* 1973)
- Kai Hensel (* 1965)
- Tim Herden (* 1965)
- Michael Herzig (* 1965)
- Joan Hess (1949-2017)
- Richard Hey (1926-2004)
- Carl Hiaasen (* 1953)
- Keigo Higashino (* 1958)
- George V. Higgins (1939-1999)
- Jack Higgins (born 1929)
- Patricia Highsmith (1921-1995)
- Reginald Hill (1936-2012)
- Tony Hillerman (1925-2008)
- Chester Himes (1909-1984)
- Ulrich Hinse (* 1947)
- Ernst Hinterberger (1931–2012)
- Hendrik Hiwi (pseud.)
- Michael Hjorth (* 1963)
- Tami Hoag (born 1959)
- Edward D. Hoch (1930-2008)
- Paulus Hochgatterer (* 1961)
- Thomas Hoeps (* 1966)
- Jilliane Hoffman (* 1967)
- Timothy Holme (1928-1987)
- Kirsten Holst (1936-2008)
- Anne Holt (* 1958)
- Stefan Holtkötter (* 1973)
- Andreas Hoppert (* 1963)
- EW Hornung (1866–1921)
- Norbert Horst (* 1956)
- Geoffrey Household (1900-1988)
- Annie Hruschka (1867–1929)
- Felix Huby (* 1938)
I.
- Arnaldur Indriðason (* 1961)
- Viktor Arnar Ingólfsson (* 1955)
- Hammond Innes (1913-1998)
- Michael Innes (1906-1994)
- Jógvan Isaksen (* 1950)
- Petra Ivanov (* 1967)
- Jean-Claude Izzo (1945-2000)
J
- Peter James (* 1948)
- PD James (1920-2014)
- Bengt Janus (1921–1988)
- Sébastien Japrisot (1931-2003)
- Sam Jaun (1935-2018)
- Bernhard Jaumann (* 1957)
- Matti Y. Joensuu (1948-2011)
- Ragnar Jónasson (* 1976)
- Stan Jones (born 1947)
- Thierry Jonquet (1954-2009)
- Reinhard Junge (* 1946)
- Leonid Jusefowitsch (* 1947)
K
- Wolfgang Kaes (* 1958)
- Tom Kakonis (* 1930)
- Anna Kalman , pseudonym of two authors
- Stuart Kaminsky (1934-2009)
- Renate Kampmann (* 1953)
- Thomas Kanger (* 1951)
- HP Karr (* 1955)
- Yaak Karsunke (* 1934)
- HRF Keating (1926-2011)
- Jürgen Kehrer (* 1956)
- Gabriele Keizer (* 1953)
- Faye Kellerman (born 1952)
- Jonathan Kellerman (born 1949)
- Erin Kelly (* 1976)
- Fiona Kelly (* 1959)
- Harry Kemelman (1908-1996)
- Martina Kempff (* 1950)
- Baynard Kendrick (1894–1977)
- Lars Kepler , pseudonym of an author duo
- Simon Kernick (* 1966)
- Philip Kerr (1956-2018)
- Hans Werner Kettenbach (1928-2018)
- Yasmina Khadra (* 1955)
- Raymond Khoury (* 1960)
- Laurie R. King (born 1952)
- Stephen King (* 1947)
- Lieselotte Kinskofer (* 1959)
- Natsuo Kirino (* 1951)
- Pentti Kirstilä (* 1948)
- Simone Klages (* 1956)
- Sabine Klewe (* 1966)
- Andrea Klier († 2017)
- Friedrich Gerhard Klimmek (* 1949)
- Gisa Klönne (* 1964)
- Renate Klöppel (* 1948)
- Volker Klüpfel (* 1971)
- Edith Kneifl (* 1954)
- Ulrich Knellwolf (* 1942)
- Ronald A. Knox (1888–1957)
- Michael Kobr (* 1973)
- Alfred Komarek (* 1945)
- Tomasz Konatkowski (* 1968)
- Tessa Korber (* 1966)
- Carmen Korn (* 1952)
- Michael Koser (* 1938)
- Marek Krajewski (* 1966)
- Ludwig Kramer (* 1959)
- Ralf Kramp (* 1963)
- Günter Krieger (* 1965)
- Barbara Krohn (* 1957)
- Manuela Kuck (* 1960)
- Alexandra Kui (* 1973)
- Eberhard Kunkel (1931–2019)
- Gunnar Kunz (* 1961)
- Volker Kutscher (* 1962)
- -ky, pseudonym of Horst Bosetzky (1938-2018)
L.
- Camilla Läckberg (* 1974)
- Ed Lacy (1911-1968)
- Diana Lama (* 1960)
- Max Landorff (pseudonym of?)
- Schulamit Lapid (* 1934)
- Åsa Larsson (* 1966)
- Stieg Larsson (1954-2004)
- Paul Lascaux , pseudonym of Paul Ott (* 1955)
- Emma Lathen (pseudonym)
- Walter Laufenberg (* 1935)
- Dieter de Lazzer (* 1941)
- Stephen Leacock (1869-1944)
- Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941)
- Artur Leenders (* 1954)
- Hiltrud Leenders (* 1955)
- Dennis Lehane (* 1965)
- Christine Lehmann (* 1958)
- Stefan Lehnberg (* 1964)
- Leena Lehtolainen (* 1964)
- Pierre Lemaitre (* 1951)
- Patrick Lennon (* 1964)
- Conny Lens (* 1951)
- Donna Leon (born 1942)
- Elmore Leonard (1925-2013)
- Giulio Leoni (* 1951)
- Gaston Leroux (1868-1927)
- John T. Lescroart (* 1948)
- Kai Leuner (* 1974)
- Heinrich von Levitschnigg (1810–1862)
- Carl von Lieser (* 1955)
- Jeff Lindsay (born 1952)
- Laura Lippman (born 1959)
- Eva Lirot (* 1966)
- Jürgen Lodemann (* 1936)
- Inge Löhnig (* 1957)
- Davide Longo (born 1971)
- Gabrielle Lord (* 1946)
- Jens Lossau (* 1974)
- Peter Lovesey (* 1936)
- Carlo Lucarelli (* 1960)
- Harry Luck (* 1972)
- Robert Ludlum (1927-2001)
- Stephan Ludwig (* 1965)
- Sandra Lüpkes (* 1971)
M.
- Stuart MacBride (* 1969)
- Loriano Macchiavelli (* 1934)
- Ross Macdonald (1915-1983)
- Helen MacInnes (1907–1985)
- Malcolm Mackay (* 1982)
- Alistair MacLean (1922-1987)
- Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005)
- Léo Malet (1909-1996)
- Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995)
- Claudio Michele Mancini (* 1945)
- Henning Mankell (1948-2015)
- Jessica Mann (1937-2018)
- Dominique Manotti (* 1942)
- Scott Mariani (* 1968)
- Alexandra Marinina (* 1957)
- Petros Markaris (* 1937)
- Peter Märkert (* 1955)
- Liza Marklund (* 1962)
- Margaret Marron
- John P. Marquand (1893-1960)
- Ngaio Marsh (1895-1982)
- Hansjörg Martin (1920–1999)
- Lee Martin (* 1943)
- Manuela Martini (* 1963)
- Mischa Martini (* 1956)
- Sujata Massey (born 1964)
- Matsumoto Seichō (1909-1992)
- Jörg Maurer (* 1953)
- Beate Maxian (* 1967)
- Peter May (* 1951)
- Felicitas Mayall (1947-2016)
- Ilona Mayer-Zach (* 1963)
- Alister McAlister (1877-1943)
- Ed McBain (1926-2005)
- Alexander McCall Smith (born 1948)
- Helen McCloy (1904-1994)
- Val McDermid (born 1955)
- Gregory Mcdonald (1937-2008)
- Cody McFadyen (* 1968)
- Patrick McGinley (born 1937)
- Adrian McKinty (* 1968)
- Glenn Meade (born 1957)
- Hartmut Mechtel (* 1949)
- August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807)
- Derek Meister (* 1973)
- Brad Meltzer (born 1970)
- Deon Meyer (* 1958)
- Boris Meyn (* 1961)
- Jon Michelet (1944-2018)
- Keith Miles (* 1940)
- Margaret Millar (1915-1994)
- Franco Mimmi (* 1942)
- Edda Minck (* 1958)
- Bernard Minier (* 1960)
- Susanne Mischke (* 1960)
- Dror Mishani (* 1975)
- Miyuki Miyabe (* 1960)
- Tsutomu Mizukami (1919-2004)
- Michael Molsner (* 1939)
- Danila Montanari (* 1948)
- Richard Montanari (* 1952)
- Bill Moody (1941-2018)
- Christopher G. Moore (* 1952)
- Michael Moritz (* 1968)
- Ian Morson (born 1947)
- John Mortimer (1923-2009)
- Fanny Morweiser (1940-2014)
- Walter Mosley (* 1952)
- Patricia Moyes (1923-2000)
- Corinna Müller (* 1966)
- Thomas Muir
- Marcia Muller (* 1944)
- Stefan Murr (Bernhard and Charlotte Horstmann)
- Max Murray (1901-1956)
- Amy Myers (born 1938)
N
- Magdalen Nabb (1947-2007)
- Sabina Naber (* 1965)
- Barbara Nadel
- Giancarlo Narciso
- Shizuko Natsuki (* 1938)
- Michael Nava (* 1954)
- Gianfranco Nerozzi (* 1957)
- Jo Nesbø (* 1960)
- Håkan Nesser (* 1950)
- Ottmar Neuburger (* 1959)
- Nele Neuhaus (* 1967)
- Ronnith Neumann (* 1948)
- Gerhard Neumann (1930-2002)
- Beverley Nichols (1898-1983)
- Helen Nielsen (1918-2002)
- Jørn Nielsen (* 1960)
- Jim Nisbet (born 1947)
- Kyotaro Nishimura (* 1930)
- Ingrid Noll (* 1935)
- Pierre Nord (1900–1985)
- Regina Nössler (* 1964)
- Klaus Nührig (* 1958)
- Malla Nunn
- Hannes Nygaard , pseudonym of Rainer Dissars-Nygaard (* 1949)
- Harri Nykänen (* 1953)
O
- Carol O'Connell (born 1947)
- Gemma O'Connor (born 1940)
- Daniel Odier (* 1945)
- Peter O'Donnell (1920-2010)
- Petra Oelker (* 1947)
- Margherita Oggero (* 1940)
- Celil Oker (1952-2019)
- Renato Olivieri (1925-2013)
- Karl Olsberg (* 1960)
- Emma Orczy (1865-1947)
- Arimasa Osawa (* 1956)
- Bright Easter Day (* 1953)
- Håkan Östlundh (* 1962)
- Isabel E. Ostrander (1885-1924)
- Susanne Oswald (* 1964)
- Fulton Oursler (1893-1952)
P
- Leonardo Padura (born 1955)
- Claudio Paglieri (* 1965)
- Ivo Pala (* 1966)
- Kurt Palm (* 1955)
- Stuart Palmer (1905–1968)
- Gilles Del Pappas (* 1949)
- Astrid Paprotta (* 1957)
- Sara Paretsky (* 1947)
- Robert B. Parker (1932-2010)
- T. Jefferson Parker (* 1953)
- Jean-François Parot (1946-2018)
- James Patterson (born 1947)
- Richard North Patterson (* 1947)
- Eliot Pattison (born 1951)
- Elliot Paul (1891-1958)
- Oliver Pautsch (* 1965)
- Iain Pears (born 1955)
- Patrick Pécherot (* 1953)
- Manuel de Pedrolo (1918–1990)
- Hans Peiffer (1925–1998)
- Daniel Pennac (born 1944)
- Louise Penny (* 1958)
- Pepetela (* 1941)
- Alessandro Perissinotto (* 1964)
- Antonio Perria (1924-2004)
- Anne Perry (* 1938)
- Elizabeth Peters (1927-2013)
- Ellis Peters (1913-1995)
- Joachim H. Peters (* 1958)
- Katharina Peters, pseudonym of Manuela Kuck (* 1960)
- Thomas Pfanner (* 1960)
- Kerstin Pflieger (* 1980)
- Santo Piazzese (* 1948)
- Nancy Pickard (* 1945)
- Massimo Pietroselli (* 1964)
- Andrea G. Pinketts (* 1961)
- Akif Pirinçci (* 1959)
- Elke Pistor (* 1967)
- Andreas P. Pittler (* 1964)
- Richard Plant (1910–1998; as Stefan Brockhoff )
- Theo Pointner (* 1964)
- Stephan Pörtner (* 1965)
- Melville Davisson Post (1869-1930)
- Douglas Preston (born 1956)
- Josef J. Preyer (* 1948)
- Anthony Price (1928-2019)
- Jutta Profijt (* 1967)
- Claudia Puhlfürst (* 1963)
- Hardy Pundt (born 1964)
- Mario Puzo (1920–1999)
Q
- Qiu Xiaolong (* 1953)
- Ellery Queen (pseudonym)
- Patrick Quentin (pseudonym)
- Arthur Quiller Couch (1863-1944)
R.
- Thomas Raab (* 1970)
- Marc Raabe (* 1968)
- Cay Rademacher (* 1965)
- Lars Rambe (* 1968)
- Ian Rankin (* 1960)
- Julian Rathbone (1935-2008)
- Roman Rausch (* 1961)
- Derek Raymond (1931-1994)
- Kerstin Rech (* 1962)
- Jean M. Redmann (* 1955)
- Rob Reef (* 1968)
- Arthur Rees (1872-1942)
- Dilwyn Rees (1914-1986)
- Matt Beynon Rees (* 1967)
- Arthur Benjamin Reeve (1880-1936)
- Seeley Regester (1831-1886)
- Linus Reichlin (* 1957)
- Kathy Reichs (* 1948)
- Theodor J. Reisdorf (1935-2015)
- Gerhard J. Rekel (* 1965)
- Ilkka Remes (* 1962)
- Ruth Rendell (1930-2015)
- Rosa Ribas (* 1963)
- Helga Riedel (* 1942)
- Ulrich Ritzel (* 1940)
- John Maddox Roberts (* 1947)
- Peter Robinson (born 1950)
- Michael Robotham (* 1960)
- CV Rock (1906–1985)
- Irene Rodrian (* 1937)
- Matti Rönkä (* 1959)
- Malcolm Rose (born 1953)
- Hans Rosenfeldt (* 1964)
- Eva Rossmann (* 1962)
- SJ Rozan (born 1950)
- Dieter Paul Rudolph (1955-2017)
- Wolfgang Ruehl (* 1958)
- Dirk Rühmann (* 1960)
- Craig Russel (* 1956)
- She Seya Rutan, pseudonym of Dana Brandt (* 1976)
S.
- Marcus Sakey (* 1974)
- Claudia Salvatori (* 1954)
- James Sallis (* 1944)
- John Sandford (born 1944)
- Walter Satterthwait (1946-2020)
- Beate Sauer (* 1966)
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
- Steven Saylor (born 1956)
- Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969)
- Carlo Schäfer (1964-2015)
- Erich Schanda (* 1952)
- Frank Schätzing (* 1957)
- Urs Schaub (* 1951)
- Karl-Herbert Scheer (1928–1991)
- Andrea Maria Schenkel (* 1962)
- Petra Schier (* 1978)
- Bernhard Schlink (* 1944)
- Niklaus Schmid (* 1942)
- Dagmar Isabell Schmidbauer (* 1962)
- Peter Schmidt (* 1944)
- Ingrid Schmitz (* 1955)
- Friederike Schmöe (* 1967)
- Hansjörg Schneider (* 1938)
- Harald Schneider (* 1962)
- Marijke Schnyder (* 1956)
- Alan Scholefield (* 1931)
- Daniel Scholten (* 1973)
- Wolfgang Schorlau (* 1951)
- Helfried Schreiter (1935–1992)
- Berndt Schulz (* 1942)
- Gesine Schulz (* 1969)
- Eva Schumann (* 1957)
- Elke Schwab (* 1964)
- Tiziano Sclavi (* 1953)
- Klaus Sebastian (* 1952)
- Jan Seghers , pseudonym of Matthias Altenburg (* 1958)
- Jochen Senf (1942-2018)
- Emrah Serbes (* 1981)
- Henry Seymour (* 1931)
- Catherine Shepherd (* 1972)
- Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (* 1963)
- Georges Simenon (1903-1989)
- Maj Sjöwall (1935-2020)
- Fredrik Skagen (1936-2017)
- Edward Sklepowich (* 1943)
- Karin Slaughter (* 1971)
- Henry Slesar (1927-2002)
- Stefan Slupetzky (* 1962)
- Åke Smedberg (* 1948)
- Roger Smith (* 1960)
- CP Snow (1905-1980)
- Jakob Maria Soedher (* 1963)
- Teresa Solana (* 1962)
- Ernst Solèr (1960-2008)
- Piero Soria (* 1944)
- Reiner M. Sowa (* 1959)
- Otto Soyka (1881–1955)
- Martin Spiegelberg (1955-2020)
- Mickey Spillane (1918-2006)
- Gunnar Staalesen (* 1947)
- Christopher Stahl (1944-2018)
- Veronica Stallwood
- Sebastian Stammsen (* 1976)
- Vincent Starrett (1886–1974)
- Vidar Sundstøl (* 1963)
- Stefán Máni (* 1970)
- Aaron Marc Stein (1906–1985)
- Werner Steinberg (1913–1992)
- Heinrich Steinfest (* 1961)
- Jörg Steinleitner (* 1971)
- RA Stemmle (1903–1974)
- Viveca Sten (* 1959)
- Lara Stern (* 1953)
- Taylor Stevens
- Samuel M. Steward (1909-1993)
- Nick Stone (born 1966)
- Rex Stout (1886-1975)
- Hans Dieter Stöver (1937-2020)
- Maria Elisabeth Straub (* 1943)
- Wallace Stroby (born 1960)
- Tony Strong (born 1962)
- Hannes Sulzenbacher (* 1968)
- Vic Suneson (1911-1975)
- Sophie Sumburane (* 1987)
- Martin Suter (* 1948)
- Anton Svensson , pseudonym of Anders Roslund and Stefan Thunberg
- Leonie Swann (* 1975)
- Izabela Szolc (* 1978)
T
- Paco Ignacio Taibo II (* 1949)
- Katsuhiko Takahashi (* 1947)
- Kaoru Takamura (* 1953)
- Donna Tartt (born 1963)
- Andrew Taylor (born 1951)
- Phoebe Atwood Taylor (1909-1976)
- Peter Temple (1946-2018)
- George Tenner (* 1939)
- Lydia Tews (born 1951)
- Josephine Tey (1896–1952)
- Lee Thayer (1874-1973)
- Ella Theiss (* 1951)
- Michael Theurillat (* 1961)
- Sabine Thiesler (* 1957)
- Felix Thijssen (* 1933)
- Leslie Thomas (* 1931)
- Ross Thomas (1926-1995)
- Sabine Thomas
- Jim Thompson (1906-1977)
- Árni Thórarinsson (* 1950)
- Werner Toelcke (1930-2017)
- Masako Togawa (1931-2016)
- Thorsten Tornow (* 1963)
- Lillian de la Torre (1902-1993)
- PJ Tracy , pseudonym of a duo of authors
- Jörg H.Trauboth (* 1943)
- Peter Tremayne (* 1943)
- Stieg Trenter (1914-1967)
- Elleston Trevor (1920-1995)
- Sabine Trinkaus (* 1969)
- MJ Trow (born 1949)
- Thomas Tuma (* 1964)
- Su Turhan (born 1966)
- Kurt Türke (1920–1984)
- Antti Tuomainen (* 1971)
- Helene Tursten (* 1954)
U
- Dorothy Uhnak (1930-2006)
- Lutz Ullrich (* 1969)
- Ahmet Ümit (* 1960)
- Michael Underwood (1916-1992)
- Barry Unsworth (1930-2012)
- Arthur W. Upfield (1890-1964)
- MacGregor Urquhart (1916-1967)
V
- Horace Annesley Vachell (1861–1955)
- Andrew Vachss (* 1942)
- Louis Joseph Vance (1879-1933)
- Valerio Varesi (* 1959)
- Fred Vargas (born 1957)
- Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939-2003)
- Regula Venske (* 1955)
- Marco Vichi (* 1957)
- Gary Victor (* 1958)
- Barbara Vine , pseudonym of Ruth Rendell (1930–2015)
- Nury Vittachi (born 1958)
- Roland Voggenauer (* 1964)
W.
- Oliver G. Wachlin (1966-2017)
- Henry Wade (1887-1969)
- Corinna Waffender (* 1964)
- Jan Costin Wagner (* 1972)
- Per Wahlöö (1926–1975)
- Arkadi Wainer (1931-2005)
- Georgi Wainer (1938-2009)
- Ayelet Waldman (* 1964)
- Martin Walker (* 1947)
- Edgar Wallace (1875-1932)
- Penelope Wallace (1923-1997)
- Hans Walldorf (1926-2013)
- James Morgan Walsh (1897-1952)
- Minette Walters (born 1949)
- Joseph Wambaugh (* 1937)
- Kathinka Wantula (* 1967)
- Peter Wark (born 1961)
- Louise Welsh (* 1965)
- Barbara Wendelken (* 1955)
- Patricia Wentworth (1878–1961)
- Friedhelm Werremeier (1930–2019)
- Valerie Wilson Wesley (* 1947)
- Donald E. Westlake (1933-2008)
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931-2008)
- Bruno S. Wiek (1897–1974)
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
- Hannes Wildecker (* 1944)
- Charles Willeford (1919–1988)
- F. Paul Wilson (* 1946)
- Jacqueline Wilson (* 1945)
- Robert Wilson (* 1957)
- Stefan Winges (* 1957)
- Betty Winkelman (* 1936)
- Don Winslow (born 1953)
- Tom Wittgen , pseudonym of Ingeburg Siebenstädt (* 1932)
- Klaus-Peter Wolf (* 1954)
- Tom Wolf (* 1964)
- Detlef Wolff (1934-2004)
- Gabriele Wolff (* 1955)
- Birgit C. Wolgarten (* 1961)
- Gabriella Wollenhaupt (* 1952)
- Sara Woods (1922–1985)
- Cornell Woolrich (1903-1968)
- Eric Wright (1929-2015)
- LR Wright (1939-2001)
Y
- James Yaffe (born 1927)
- Dornford Yates (1885-1960)
- Francis Young (1884-1954)
Z
- Pierre Zaccone (1817–1895)
- Peter-Paul Zahl (1944–2011)
- Israel Zangwill (1864-1926)
- Wolfgang Zeiske (1920–1975)
- Helmut Zenker (1949-2003)
- Anne Zouroudi
- Jan Zweyer (* 1953)