Literary Library

Erik Larson

by Angela Beck
January 3, 1954 - American journalist, non-fiction and newspaper writerAuthor of "The Devil in the White City" (for which he won the Edgar Award f...
Churchill Crime Edgar Award history Journalism Journalist News Newspaper Newspapers Nonfiction

Susan Wittig Albert

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1940 - American mystery writerAuthor of "Thyme of Death" (for which she was nominated for the Agatha Award in 1992), "The Tale of Hill ...
Agatha Award Carolyn Keene Crime Mystery Mystery Writer Nancy Drew

Mo Hayder

by Angela Beck
January 2, 1962 - July 27, 2021British novelist, actress and modelAuthor of "Birdman", "The Treatment" and "Pig Island" (for which she was nominate...
Acting Actor Actress Barry Award British Crime England English Great Britain Model Novel Novelist

Edgar Wallace

by Angela Beck
April 1, 1875 - February 10, 1932British crime writer, war correspondent, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright and poetAuthor of "The Fo...
British Correspondent Crime England English Foreign Correspondent Great Britain Journalism Journalist Movie Movies News Correspondent Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Screenwriter Theater Theatre War

Mitchell Smith

by Angela Beck
August 2, 1935 - American crime fiction and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Stone City", "Due North" and "Reprisal" #literarycalendar#birthdays#...
Crime Fiction Novel Novelist Science Fiction SciFi

Carter Brown

by Angela Beck
August 1, 1923 - May 5, 1985English-born Australian writer of detective fictionAuthor of more than 300 detective stories including "The Bombshell"...
Australia Australian British Caroline Farr Crime Dennis Sinclair Detective England English Fiction Great Britain Paul Valdez Sinclair MacKellar Todd Conway

Bari Wood

by Angela Beck
December 31, 1936 - American science fiction, crime and horror novelistAuthor of "The Killing Gift", "Twins" (co-written with Jack Geasland and lat...
Crime Horror Novel Novelist Science Fiction SciFi

Mary Higgins Clark

by Angela Beck
December 24, 1929 - January 31, 2020American novelistAuthor of more than 50 suspense novels including "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "The Cradle Wi...
Crime Novel Novelist Suspense

John Edwin Canaday

by Angela Beck
February 1, 1907 - July 19, 1985American academic, art historian and critic, journalist and novelistAuthor of art books including "Mainstreams of M...
Academic Art Art Critic Art Historian Arts Athenaeum Literary Award Crime Journalism Journalist Novel Novelist Picasso

John H. Reece

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1910 - August 15, 1981American author of western and crime fictionHe wrote over 40 westerns and over 300 short stories including "Good...
American West Cowboy Cowboys Crime Fiction Short Story Westerns

Scott Pratt

by Angela Beck
December 16, 1956 - November 11, 2018American lawyer and crime novelistAuthor of "An Innocent Client", "Reasonable Fear" and "Justice Redeemed"
Crime Law Lawyer Novel Novelist

Ross MacDonald

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1915 - July 11, 1983American-Canadian writer of crime fictionAuthor of "The Moving Target", "The Goodbye Look" and ""The Blue Hammer"...
American-Canadian Canada Canadian Crime Fiction