# List of European mystery writers

The following is a list of European mystery writers whose works have been translated in various European languages.

## List

* Christine Adamo (born 1965), France
* Boris Akunin (born 1956), Russian
* Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), Swedish
* Jakob Arjouni (born 1964), German
* A.C. Baantjer (1923–2010), Dutch
* Barbara Baraldi (born 1975), Italian
* Nicholas Blake, see Cecil-Day Lewis
* Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021), Danish
* Pierre Boileau (1906–1989), French
* Roger Borniche (born 1919), French
* Christianna Brand (1907–1988), British
* John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), British
* Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian
* Karel Čapek (1890–1938), Czech
* Massimo Carlotto (born 1956), Italian
* G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), British
* Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British
* Philippe Claudell (born 1962), French
* Hugo Claus, Flemish
* Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), British
* Liza Cody (born 1944), British
* Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), British
* K. O. Dahl (born 1958), Norwegian
* Leif Davidsen (born 1950), Danish
* Lindsey Davis (born 1949), British
* Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), British
* Colin Dexter (1930–2017), British
* Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), British
* Adrian Conan Doyle (1910–1970), British
* Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British
* Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish
* Karin Fossum (born 1954), Norwegian
* Inger Frimansson, Swedish
* Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012), Italian
* Doris Gercke (born 1937), German
* Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 1951), Spanish
* Juan Gómez-Jurado (born 1977), Spanish
* Jean-Christophe Grangé (born 1961), French
* Robert van Gulik (1910–1967), Dutch
* Reginald Hill (1935–2012), British
* Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian
* Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961), Icelandic
* Michael Innes (1906–1994), British
* Claude Izner, French – nom de plume of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre
* P. D. James (1920–2014), British
* Sébastien Japrisot (1931–2003), French
* Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (born 1948), Finnish
* Thierry Jonquet (born 1954), French
* Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), Swedish
* Ismail Kadare (1936—2024), Albanian
* H. R. F. Keating (1926–2011), British
* David Kessler (born 1957), British
* Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech
* Tim Krabbé (born 1943), Dutch
* Åsa Larsson (born 1966), Swedish
* Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), Swedish
* Francisco González Ledesma (1927–2015), Spanish
* Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish
* Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French
* Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960), Italian
* Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), Italian
* Philip MacDonald (1900–1980), British
* Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995), French
* Henning Mankell (1948–2015), Swedish
* Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), Russian
* Petros Márkaris (born 1937), Greek
* Liza Marklund (born 1962), Swedish
* Edward Marston (pseudonym of Keith Miles), British
* Andreu Martín (born 1949), Spanish
* Val McDermid (born 1955), British
* Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish
* Patricia Moyes (1923–2000), British
* Margaret Murphy (born 1959), British
* Magdalen Nabb (1947–2007), British
* Barbara Nadel, British
* Thomas Narcejac (1908–1998), French
* Jo Nesbø (born 1960), Norwegian
* Håkan Nesser (born 1950), Swedish
* Iain Pears (born 1955), British
* Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), Spanish
* Ellis Peters (1913–1995)
* Ian Rankin (born 1960), British
* Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), British
* Craig Russell British
* Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), British
* Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969), Russian-Italian
* Bernhard Schlink (born 1944), German
* Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), Italian
* Georges Simenon (1903–1989), Belgian
* Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020), Swedish
* Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017), Norwegian
* Josef Skvorecky (1924–2012), Czech
* José Carlos Somoza (born 1959), Spanish
* Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947), Norwegian
* Julian Symons (1912–1994), British
* Josephine Tey (1896–1952), British
* Helene Tursten (born 1954), Swedish
* Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), British
* Fred Vargas (born 1957), French
* Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish
* Per Wahlöö (1926–1975), Swedish
* Edgar Wallace (1875–1932), British
* Minette Walters (born 1949), British
* Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch
* R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007), British
* Helen Zahavi (born 1966), British