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- Ian Rankin (born 1960)
- Ellen Raskin (The Westing Game)
- Jean M. Redmann (born 1955)
- Ruth Rendell (born 1930)
- Craig Rice
- Lynda S. Robinson
- Kate Ross (1956–1998)
- Ryukishi07 (born 1974)
- Peter Robinson
- Jane Rubino
- J. D. Robb
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957)
- Mark Schweizer
- Will Scott (1893−1964)
- L.J. Sellers
- Soji Shimada
- Celestine Sibley
- Georges Simenon
- Elizabeth Sims
- Marilyn Singer
- Karin Slaughter
- Donald J. Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown)
- Maris Soule
- Ross H. Spencer (1921–1998)
- Julia Spencer-Fleming
- Mickey Spillane (1918–2006)
- Rex Stout (the Nero Wolfe series)
- John Straley
- Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), (his pseudonyms include Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon)
- Sarah Strohmeyer
- Lemony Snicket
- Akimitsu Takagi
- Cheryl Kaye Tardif
- Bernard J. Taylor
- Josephine Tey
- Carlene Thompson
- James Twining
- Jim Thompson (1906–1977)
- Arthur Upfield (1890–1964)
- Andrew Vachss
- Dee Van Arnam
- Jack Vance (born 1916)
- Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008)
- Robert Van Gulik
- Elaine Viets
- Minette Walters (1949-)
- Hillary Waugh (1920–2008)
- Ronald J Watkins
- Martha G. Webb
- Eugenia Lovett West (B. 1923)
- Jeri Westerson
- Donald Westlake (1933–2008)
- Collin Wilcox (1924–1996)
- Darryl Wimberley (born 1949)
- Anne Wingate
- L. R. Wright
- Seishi Yokomizo
- Margaret Yorke
- Kyusaku Yumeno
- Mack Richad Zebra
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