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.
Mickey Spillane

Mickey Spillane

male, deceased (2006)
Frank Morrison Spillane, better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels. He was known for the series of novels featuring...
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...
Laura Lippman

Laura Lippman

female, 50 years old
Laura Lippman (born 1959) is an American author of detective fiction.
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...
P. D. James

P. D. James

female, 89 years old
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park OBE (born 3 August, 1920) is an English writer of crime fiction under the name P. D. James...
Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

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...
Michael Connelly

Michael Connelly

male, 53 years old
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
Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels.