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Mary Fortune, pseudonym Waif Wanter (c. 1833–1911), detective story writer Lynn Foster (1914–1985), playwright and novelist Miles Franklin , pseudonym Brent of Bin Bin (1879–1954), novelist and journalist
Marele Day (born 4 May 1947) is an Australian author of mystery novels. She won the Shamus Award for her first Claudia Valentine novel [1] and a Ned Kelly Award for non-fiction work How to Write Crime. [2]
Harper became a New York Times bestselling author for The Dry. [18] Reese Witherspoon bought the rights to The Dry to turn it into a movie, which was released in January 2021. [19] The Lost Man was shortlisted for the 2020 Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award, [20] and won the Barry Award for Best Mystery/Crime Novel in 2020. [21]
The following is a list of female writers in the detective and mystery genres. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Kerry Isabelle Greenwood OAM (born 1954 [1]) is an Australian author and lawyer. She has written many plays and books, most notably a string of historical detective novels centred on the character of Phryne Fisher, which was adapted as the popular television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. She writes mysteries, science-fiction ...
Mary Helena Fortune (c. 1833 – 1911) was an Australian writer, under the pseudonyms "Waif Wander" and "W.W." She was one of the earliest female detective writers in the world, [1] and probably the first to write from the viewpoint of the detective. Never financially secure, she wrote prolifically over several genres including poetry ...
Anna Southwood is a detective in a series of books by Australian crime novelist Jean Bedford (debuted 1990). Samantha Spade is an FBI agent played by Poppy Montgomery on the 2002–2009 CBS series Without a Trace. Diana Spaulding is a late 19th-century journalist in a book series debuted 2004 by Kathy Lynn Emerson.
Kate Morton is an Australian author. She is known for her best-selling novels, including The House at Riverton , The Forgotten Garden , and The Distant Hours . Her seventh book, Homecoming , was published in April 2023.