List of crime writers

This is a list of crime writers with a Wikipedia page. They may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction, including detective, mystery or hard-boiled. Some of these may overlap with the List of thriller authors.

Entries need an English Wikipedia page. Abbreviations: A = Australia, B = Belgium, C = Canada, Ch = China, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ic = Iceland, In = India, IoM = Isle of Man, Ir = Ireland, Is = Israel, It = Italy, J = Japan, Ma = Malta, Ne = Netherlands, NZ = N Zealand, P = Poland, R = Soviet Union/Russia, SA = S Africa, Sc = Scotland, Sw = Switzerland, T = Turkey, US = United States, W = Wales

A–B

C

D–F

G–H

I–L

M

N–Q

R–S

T–Z

See also

• List of Australian crime-related books and media
• Lists of authors
• List of mystery writers
• List of thriller authors
• List of Asian crime fiction writers
• Detective fiction
• Crime fiction
• Mystery fiction
• The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
• Whodunit

1. Crime Writers' Association
2. Crime fiction
3. List of Canadian writers
4. List of Asian crime fiction writers
5. List of mystery writers
6. Crime Writers On
7. List of thriller writers
8. The Top 100 Crime Novels of All Time
9. True crime
10. Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence
11. List of detective fiction authors
12. American Crime Story
13. Capital Crime Writers
14. List of 20th-century writers
15. List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation characters
16. Lists of writers
17. Karin Slaughter
18. Elizabeth Haynes (crime writer)
19. International Thriller Writers
20. The Daughter of Time