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This is a list of crime writers with a Wikipedia page. They may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction , including detective , mystery or hard-boiled . Some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors .
Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), crime fiction; Charles Dickens (1812–1870), The Pickwick Papers; Mary Angela Dickens (1862–1948) Monica Dickens (1915–1992) Anne Hepple Dickinson (1877–1959), romances; Peter Dickinson (1927–2015) Alice Diehl (1844–1912) Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) Ella Hepworth Dixon (1857–1932), The Story of a ...
Maurice Richardson's "The Last Detective Story in the World" (1946) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which Nero Wolfe appears along with many other detectives and villains from crime fiction history. First printed in the May 1946 issue of the British magazine Liliput, the story was reprinted in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (February 1947).
Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012), The Voyage of Mael Duin's Curragh Rachel Aaron, Fortune's Pawn Atia Abawi Edward Abbey (1927–1989), The Monkey Wrench Gang Lynn Abbey (born 1948), Daughter of the Bright Moon Laura Abbot, My Name is Nell Belle Kendrick Abbott (1842–1893), Leah Mordecai Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958), poet, novelist and short story writer Hailey Abbott, Summer Boys ...
The first famous detective in fiction was Edgar Allan Poe's C. Auguste Dupin. [1] Later, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 's Sherlock Holmes became the most famous example and remains so to this day. The detectives are often accompanied by a Dr. Watson –like assistant or narrator.
Dorothy Leigh Sayers (/ s ɛər z / SAIRZ; [n 2] 13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was an English crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic.. Born in Oxford, Sayers was brought up in rural East Anglia and educated at Godolphin School in Salisbury and Somerville College, Oxford, graduating with first class honours in medieval French.
This is a list of detective fiction writers. Many of these authors may also overlap with authors of crime fiction , mystery fiction , or thriller fiction . A–C
Inspector Goole – J. B. Priestley (An Inspector Calls; first played onstage by Ralph Richardson) Detective Robert Goren – Law & Order: Criminal Intent (played by Vincent D'Onofrio) Detective Superintendent Roy Grace – Peter James; Detective Jack Graham – Shadow of a Doubt (played by Macdonald Carey)