100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors
eBook - PDF

100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

  1. 452 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies

About this book

Provide your mystery fans with background information on their favorite writers and series characters, and use this as a guide for adding contemporary titles to your collections. This book examines 100 of today's top mystery novels and mystery authors hailing from countries such as the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy, South Africa, and Australia. Equally valuable to students writing research papers, readers craving new authors or more information about their favorite authors, and teachers seeking specific types of fiction to support curricula, 100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies provides revealing information about today's best mysteries and authors—without any "spoilers." Each of the accomplished writers included in this guide has established a broad audience and is recognized for work that is imaginative and innovative. The rising stars of 21st century mystery will also be included, as will authors who have won the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Susan Wittig Albert
  5. Donna Andrews
  6. Nancy Atherton
  7. Donald Bain
  8. Linda Barnes
  9. M. C. Beaton
  10. Cara Black
  11. Lawrence Block
  12. Giles Blunt
  13. Gail Bowen
  14. Rhys Bowen
  15. C. J. Box
  16. Rita Mae Brown
  17. Ken Bruen
  18. James Lee Burke
  19. Jan Burke
  20. Jim Butcher
  21. Laura Childs
  22. Ann Cleeves
  23. Max Allan Collins
  24. Susan Conant
  25. John Connolly
  26. Thomas H. Cook
  27. Patricia Cornwell
  28. Peter Corris
  29. Bill Crider
  30. Deborah Crombie
  31. Mary Daheim
  32. Barbara D'Amato
  33. Diane Mott Davidson
  34. Paul C. Doherty
  35. Tim Dorsey
  36. James D. Doss
  37. Carole Nelson Douglas
  38. Aaron Elkins
  39. James Ellroy
  40. Earl W. Emerson
  41. Loren D. Estleman
  42. Janet Evanovich
  43. Joanne Fluke
  44. G. M. Ford
  45. Earlene Fowler
  46. Margaret Frazer
  47. Frances Fyfield
  48. Elizabeth George
  49. Robert Goddard
  50. Ed Gorman
  51. Sue Grafton
  52. Sarah Graves
  53. Kerry Greenwood
  54. Robert O. Greer
  55. Martha Grimes
  56. Jane Haddam
  57. James W. Hall
  58. Parnell Hall
  59. Steve Hamilton
  60. Charlaine Harris
  61. Carolyn Hart
  62. John Harvey
  63. Joan Hess
  64. Reginald Hill
  65. Declan Hughes
  66. J. A. Jance
  67. Michael Jecks
  68. H.R.F. Keating
  69. Laurie R. King
  70. William Kent Krueger
  71. Joe R. Lansdale
  72. Donna Leon
  73. Jeff Lindsay
  74. Peter Lovesey
  75. Margaret Maron
  76. Steve Martini
  77. Archer Mayor
  78. Alexander McCall Smith
  79. Val McDermid
  80. Penny Mickelbury
  81. Marcia Muller
  82. Carol O'Connell
  83. Katherine Hall Page
  84. George Pelecanos
  85. Louise Penny
  86. Anne Perry
  87. Nancy Pickard
  88. Bill Pronzini
  89. Ian Rankin
  90. Peter Robinson
  91. David Rosenfelt
  92. C. J. Sansom
  93. Martin Cruz Smith
  94. Julia Spencer-Fleming
  95. Dana Stabenow
  96. James Swain
  97. Andrew Taylor
  98. Aimée and David Thurlo
  99. Peter Tremayne
  100. Elaine Viets
  101. Joseph Wambaugh
  102. Jacqueline Winspear
  103. Mark Richard Zubro
  104. Mystery & Detection
  105. Index