Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

female, deceased (1976)
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)
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 - March 26, 1959) was an author of crime stories and novels. His influence on modern crime fiction has...
Ken Bruen

Ken Bruen

male
Ken Bruen is an Irish writer of hard-boiled and noir crime fiction. His works include the well-received "White Trilogy" and the Shamus...
Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

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...
Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle

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...
Lawrence Block

Lawrence Block

male, 71 years old
Lawrence Block (born June 24, 1938) is an acclaimed contemporary American crime writer best known for two long-running New York-set series, about...

Allan Guthrie

male
Allan Guthrie is a Scottish author, literary agent, and editor of crime fiction. He was born in Orkney, but has lived in Edinburgh for most of his...
Ruth Rendell

Ruth Rendell

female, 79 years old
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, who also writes under the pseudonym Barbara Vine, (born February 17, 1930), is an English...
Patricia Cornwell

Patricia Cornwell

female, 53 years old (MONTREAT, North Carolina)
Patricia Cornwell was born on June 9, 1956, in Miami, Florida, and grew up in Montreat, North Carolina. Following graduation from Davidson College...

Jason Starr

male, 43 years old
Jason Starr (born 1966) is an American author and screenplay writer from New York City. Starr has several crime fiction novels published. Starr's...