Literary Library

Mitchell Smith

August 2, 1935 - American crime fiction and science fiction novelistAuthor of "Stone City", "Due North" and "Reprisal" #literarycalendar#birthdays#...

Carter Brown

August 1, 1923 - May 5, 1985English-born Australian writer of detective fictionAuthor of more than 300 detective stories including "The Bombshell"...

Bari Wood

December 31, 1936 - American science fiction, crime and horror novelistAuthor of "The Killing Gift", "Twins" (co-written with Jack Geasland and lat...

Mary Higgins Clark

December 24, 1929 - January 31, 2020American novelistAuthor of more than 50 suspense novels including "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", "The Cradle Wi...

John Edwin Canaday

February 1, 1907 - July 19, 1985American academic, art historian and critic, journalist and novelistAuthor of art books including "Mainstreams of M...

John H. Reece

December 18, 1910 - August 15, 1981American author of western and crime fictionHe wrote over 40 westerns and over 300 short stories including "Good...

Scott Pratt

December 16, 1956 - November 11, 2018American lawyer and crime novelistAuthor of "An Innocent Client", "Reasonable Fear" and "Justice Redeemed"

Ross MacDonald

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

Richard Montanari

December 6, 1952 - American crime novelistAuthor of "The Rosary Girl", "The Echo Man" and "The Stolen Ones"#literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirth...

Peter Reuter

December 4, 1944 - American criminologist, economist, writer and professorAuthor of "Understanding the Demand for Illegal Drugs", "Draining Develop...

William Kent Krueger

November 16, 1950 - American novelist and crime writerAuthor of "Iron Lake", "Ordinary Grace" and "Tamarack County"

Martin Cruz Smith

November 3, 1942 - American mystery novelistAuthor of "Gorky Park", "Polar Star" and "Stalin's Ghost"