Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

male, deceased (1961)
American military personnel of World War II, World War I, American military, private investigator, detectivenovel, hardboiled…detective novels and short stories, 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...
Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

male, 53 years old
University of Florida, fort lauderdale, detective, Los Angeles Times, journalism, Edgar Award winner…detectivenovel, Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch
Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Detective...
Sue Grafton

Sue Grafton

female, 69 years old
From Louisville, Kentucky, novelist, detectivenovel, Kentucky writer, Crime fiction writer, From Louisville
Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels.
Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman

male, 84 years old (Stillwater, United States)
American military personnel of World War II, From New Mexico, American Southwest, Four Corners, Southwestern United States, 103rd Infantry Division…detectivenovel
Tony Hillerman (born May 27 1925) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works. His mystery novels are set in the...
Magdalen Nabb

Magdalen Nabb

female, 62 years old
carabinieri, author, Detective fiction, detectivenovel, Death of an Englishman, writer
Magdalen Nabb (born 16 January 1947) is a British author, most well known for the Marshal Guarnaccia detective novels. Born in Lancashire, she...
Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink

male, 65 years old
novelist, detectivenovel, Die gordische Schleife, Hans Fallada Prize, Self's Punishment, Flights of Love
Bernhard Schlink is a German writer with a legal background. He became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North...
Philip MacDonald

Philip MacDonald

male, deceased (1980)
serial killer, X v. Rex, The Rynox Mystery, The Mystery of Mr. X, bride of frankenstein, The Mystery of The Dead Police…detectivenovel
Philip MacDonald, November 5, 1900, London — December 10, 1980, Woodland Hills, California, was a British thriller writer. He was the grandson of th...
Rudolph Fisher

Rudolph Fisher

male, deceased (1934)
African American, Brown University alumni, writer, physician, African-American, American…Detective fiction, detectivenovel
Rudolph Fisher (May 9, 1897 - December 26, 1934) was an African-American writer His first published work, "City of Refuge", appeared in the...
Leonardo Padura Fuentes

Leonardo Padura Fuentes

male, 54 years old
French, University Of Havana, Universidad de la Habana, Portuguese language, Asociación Internacional de Escritores Policiacos, Las cuatro estaciones…detectivenovel
Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955) is a Cuban novelist and journalist. As of 2007, he is one of Cuba's best known writers internationally. In...
Trevanian

Trevanian

male, deceased (2005)
novelist, mystery writer, Emerson College faculty, American, English, Detective fiction…detectivenovel
"Trevanian" is a pen name of Dr. Rodney William Whitaker, born June 12 1931 in Granville, New York. He died December 14, 2005 in the English West...