Ruth Rendell
English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford
english crime fiction writers
P. D. James
English novelist and life peer
Georgette Heyer
English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres
Edmund Crispin
Pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery , an English crime writer and composer, known for his Gervase Fen novels and for his musical scores for the early films in the Carry On series.
Raymond Chandler
American-British novelist and screenwriter
G. K. Chesterton
English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic
Agatha Christie
English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple