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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 .
Pages in category "British women mystery writers" The following 74 pages are in this category, out of 74 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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Patricia Pakenham-Walsh, also known as Patricia Moyes (19 January 1923 – 2 August 2000) was a British mystery writer. Her mystery novels feature C.I.D. Inspector Henry Tibbett. One of them, Who Saw Her Die ( Many Deadly Returns in the USA) was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1971.
Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme; 28 October 1938 – 10 April 2023) was a British writer and murderer. She was the author of the Thomas and Charlotte Pitt and William Monk series of historical detective fiction. In 1994 it became public knowledge that Perry had been convicted of murder in Christchurch, New
Barbara Cleverly is a British author born in Yorkshire and a former teacher. She graduated from Durham University and now works in Cambridgeshire.She is known for her Detective Joe Sandilands Mystery series, of which she has written thirteen books, and her Laetitia Talbot Mystery series. [1]
Holly Jackson grew up in Buckinghamshire, near Oxford in England and wrote her first published novel when she was 30 years old. [1] [2]Later, she attended the University of Nottingham, where she first studied literary linguistics and creative writing, [2] graduating with a first class degree, [1] then graduating with a master's degree in English.
McDermid was signing books, and a woman asked her to autograph a Top of the Pops annual which contained a picture of the disgraced late TV presenter Jimmy Savile. After McDermid reluctantly agreed the woman threw ink at her and ran out of the room. [21] McDermid said the incident would not stop her from doing signings. [22] [23]