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- C.M. Albrecht (1927– )
- Margery Allingham, (1904–1966)
- Gosho Aoyama, (1963– )
- Frank Arnau, (1894–1976), pseudonym of Heinrich Schmitt
- E.C. Bentley, (1875–1956)
- Larry Beinhart
- Earl Derr Biggers, (1884–1933)
- Emery Bonett
- John Bonett
- Leigh Brackett, (1915–1978)
- Collin Brooks, (1893–1959)
- Lilian Jackson Braun
- James Lee Burke, (1936– )
- John Dickson Carr, (1905–1977)
- Jessie Chandler (1968– )
- Raymond Chandler, (1888–1959)
- Leslie Charteris, (1907–1993)
- G. K. Chesterton, (1874–1936)
- Agatha Christie, (1890–1976)
- Edmund Crispin, (1921–1978)
- Brian Cleeve, (1921–2003)
- Michael Collins, (pseudonym of Dennis Lynds, 1924–2005)
- Michael Connelly, (1956– )
- Patricia Cornwell, (1956– )
- Robert Crais
- Amanda Cross, (1926–2003), pseudonym of Carolyn Gold Heilbrun
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