American mystery and detective writers Michael Avallone (1925 1999) Martin Kich Earl Derr Biggers (1884 1993) Marvin Lachman Gil Brewer (1922 1983) Timothy A. Dayton Paul Cain (1902 1966) Peter Gunn Robert Campbell (1927 ) Martin Kich John Dickson Carr (1906 1977) Douglas G. Greene Mary Higgins Clark (1929 ) Wendi Arrant Kaspar Michael Connelly (1956 ) George Parker Anderson Patricia Cornwell (1956 ) Chuck Etheridge Amanda Cross (1926 ) Chuck Etheridge Lester Dent (1904 1959) Katherine M. Restaino Dominick Dunne (1925 ) Katherine M. Restaino Stanley Ellin (1916 1986) Katherine Restaino Elizabeth George (1949 ) Karl L. Stenger Patricia Highsmith (1921 1995) Karl Stenger Tony Hillerman (1925 ) Marvin Lachman Edward D. Hoch (1930 ) Marvin Lachman Evan Hunter [Ed McBain] (1926 ) Martin Kich Emma Lathen (1927 1997) Marcia Dinneen Frances and Richard Lockridge (1896 1963; 1898 1982) Marvin Lachman Dennis Lynds (Michael Collins) (1924 ) Ward Lewis Francis Van Wyck Mason (1901 1978) Peter Kenney John D. MacDonald (1916 1986) Matt Theado Helen McCloy (1904 1992) Anita G. Gorman Sharyn McCrumb (1948 ) Marcia Dinneen Ralph McInerny (1926 ) Anita G. Gorman Walter Mosley (1952 ) Jack Cobbs Michael Nava (1954 ) Karl Stenger Sara Paretsky (1947 ) Peter Dempsey Robert B. Parker (1932 ) Donna Waller Harper George Pelecanos Peter Gunn Mary Roberts Rinehart Jan Cohn Rex Stout (1886 1975) Bobbie Robinson S.S. Van Dine [Willard Huntington Wright] 1889 1939 (Marvin Lachman) Judith Van Gieson (1941 ) Carol Kay