American
Peter Benchley
1940 — 2006
29 authors
Postwar & Postmodern
American
Rita Mae Brown
1944
American
James Lee Burke
1936
American
Tom Clancy
1947 — 2013
American
Mary Higgins Clark
1927 — 2020
American
Robert Crais
1953
American
Michael Crichton
1942 — 2008
American
James Crumley
1939 — 2008
American
Nelson DeMille
1943 — 2024
British
Frederick Forsyth
1938
British
Dick Francis
1920 — 2010
British
Felix Francis
1953
American
Sue Grafton
1940 — 2017
British
P.D. James
1920 — 2014
American
Jonathan Kellerman
1949
American
Elmore Leonard
1925 — 2013
American
David Lindsey
1944 — 2017
American
Robert Ludlum
1927 — 2001
American
Ross Macdonald
1915 — 1983
American
Ross Macdonald
1915 — 1983
Scottish
Alistair MacLean
1922 — 1987
American
Ed McBain
1926 — 2005
Canadian-American
Margaret Millar
1915 — 1994
American
Walter Mosley
1952
American
Robert B. Parker
1932 — 2010
American
Rex Stout
1886 — 1975
American
Jim Thompson
1906 — 1977
American
Hillary Waugh
1920 — 2008
American
Charles Willeford
1919 — 1988