Category
page 1British women mystery writers

Anne Perry
English author (1938–2023)

Val McDermid
Scottish crime writer
Josephine Tey
Scottish author (1896–1952)
Edith Pargeter
British writer
Antonia Fraser
British author and novelist
Ann Cleeves
British author
Denise Mina
British crime writer and playwright
Sophie Hannah
British poet and novelist (born 1971)
Mo Hayder
British author of crime and thriller fiction (1962-2021)
Marion Chesney
British writer (1936–2019)
Ethel Lina White
British writer (1876–1944)
Christianna Brand
British writer (1907-1988)
Marjorie Bowen
British writer (1885–1952)
Sarah Dunant
English writer, broadcaster and critic

Patricia Wentworth
British writer (1878–1961)

Clare Mackintosh
British writer
Margot Bennett
British writer (1912–1980)
Manda Scott
British writer
Patricia Moyes
British mystery writer (1923–2000)
Susan Moody
British writer
Ann Granger
British author (1939–2025)
Magdalen Nabb
British writer known for crime fiction and children's fiction (1947-2007)
Barbara Cleverly
British writer
Norah Lofts
British writer (1904–1983)
Janet Neel Cohen, Baroness Cohen of Pimlico
British writer (born 1940)

Stef Penney
British writer
Alex Gray
British writer