- male, deceased (1961)
- Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894-January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring...
- male, deceased (1930)
- Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, DL (22 May, 1859 - 7 July, 1930) was a Scottish born author most noted for his stories about the detective...
- male, deceased (1849)
- Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 - October 7, 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, critic, essayist and one of the...
- male, 77 years old
- Robert B. Parker (born September 17, 1932) is an acclaimed American writer of detective fiction. His most famous works are the Spenser series,...
- female, deceased (1957)
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers (Oxford, 13 June 1893 - Witham, 17 December 1957) was a renowned British author, translator, student of classical and modern...
- female, 62 years old
- Sara Paretsky (b. June 8, 1947 in Ames, Iowa) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas. She graduated...
- male, deceased (1936)
- Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry,...
- male, deceased (1986)
- John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 - December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of...
- male
- Robert Crais (born 1953) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. Crais began his career writing scripts for television shows such...
- female, 50 years old
- Laura Lippman (born 1959) is an American author of detective fiction.
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