mystery

Ruth Rendell

English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries.Rendell is best known for creating Chief Inspector Wexford

Donna Leon

American author of a series of crime novels set in Venice, Italy, featuring the fictional hero Commissario Guido Brunetti

Carolyn Keene

Pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate

Stephen King

American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels