Donald E. Westlake
American writer, with more than a hundred novels and non-fiction books to his credit
american crime fiction writers
Cormac McCarthy
American writer who has written ten novels, two plays, five screenplays and two short stories, spanning the Western and post-apocalyptic genres
Donna Leon
American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti
Elmore Leonard
American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter
Thomas Harris
American writer, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter
Patricia Highsmith
American novelist and short story writer widely known for her psychological thrillers, including her series of five novels featuring the character Tom Ripley
Chester Himes
American writer
Raymond Chandler
American-British novelist and screenwriter