- female, deceased (1976)
- Agatha Mary Clarissa, Lady Mallowan, DBE, and many have been adapted for television and radio and video games.
- 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...
- 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...
- female, 50 years old
- Laura Lippman (born 1959) is an American author of detective fiction.
- 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, 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...
- 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...
- 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, 53 years old
- Michael Connelly (born July 21, 1956, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American author of detective novels, notably those featuring Detective...
- female, 69 years old
- Sue Taylor Grafton (born April 24, 1940 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is a contemporary American author of detective novels.
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