Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

female, deceased (1976)
Autodidact, English women writer, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, From berkshire, from Sunningdale, wartime nurse…Mystery Writer of America, mystery writer, crime fiction, Short story writer, Crimefictionwriter
Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE, and many have been adapted for television and radio and video games.
Raymond Chandler

Raymond Chandler

male, deceased (1959)
Old Alleynian, philip marlowe, Irish-American, mystery writer, English American, California writer…crime fiction, writer, Crimefictionwriter, Pulp fiction writer, crime stories and novels
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has...
Elmore Leonard

Elmore Leonard

male, 84 years old
Louisiana writer, writing, Wiktionary novelist, American, crime, General Motors Corporation…Michigan writer, Crimefictionwriter, Western writer, Western fiction, Florida writer
Elmore John Leonard Jr. (born October 11, 1925, in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a popular American novelist and screenwriter.
James Ellroy

James Ellroy

male, 61 years old (Mission Hills, Kansas, United States)
novelist, Lee Earle Ellroy, sentence fragment, Non-fiction crime writer, authoritarianism, Crimefictionwriter…Crime writer, mystery writer, writer, Dark Blue writer, L.A Confidential writer
James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. He is one of the world's best-selling crime...
Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

male, deceased (1961)
American military personnel of World War II, World War I, American military, private investigator, detective novel, hardboiled…Pulp fiction writer, Maryland writer, mystery writer, Crimefictionwriter, Detective fiction
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894-January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring...
Robert Crais

Robert Crais

male
Quincy, L.A. Law, Hill Street Blues, Detective fiction, Crimefictionwriter, cagney & lacey…Louisiana writer, California writer, mystery writer
Robert Crais (born 1953) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such...
Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

male, 53 years old
University of Florida, fort lauderdale, detective, Los Angeles Times, journalism, Edgar Award winner…Crimefictionwriter, Mystery Writer of America, mystery writer, California writer, Florida writer
Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Detective...
Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell

female, 53 years old (MONTREAT, North Carolina)
forensics, Crimefictionwriter, From Richmond, Virginia, from the United States, Bisexual, LGBT writer…Virginia writer, crime novels, writer, mystery writer, crime fiction
Patricia Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956, in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Montreat, North Carolina. Following graduation from Davidson College...
James M. Cain

James M. Cain

male, deceased (1977)
American military, Washington College alumni, World War I, journalist, United States Army, California writer…crime fiction, Crimefictionwriter, Maryland writer
James Mallahan Cain (July 1, 1892 - October 27, 1977) was an American journalist and novelist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labelling,...
James Lee Burke

James Lee Burke

male, 73 years old
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, University of Missouri–Columbia, Heaven's Prisoner, New Iberia, mysteries…Mystery fiction, Crimefictionwriter, Montana writer, mystery writer, Louisiana writer
James Lee Burke is an American author best known for his mysteries, particularly the Dave Robicheaux series. He has twice received the Edgar Award...