100 Most Popular Contemporary Mystery Authors

Bernard A. Drew is a journalist, local historian, and freelance writer/editor. His published works include Libraries Unlimited's 100 Most Popular Genre Authors.

• IntroductionSusan Wittig AlbertDonna AndrewsNancy AthertonDonald BainLinda BarnesM. C. BeatonCara BlackLawrence BlockGiles BluntGail BowenRhys BowenC. J. BoxRita Mae BrownKen BruenJames Lee BurkeJan BurkeJim ButcherLaura ChildsAnn CleevesMax Allan CollinsSusan ConantJohn ConnollyThomas H. CookPatricia CornwellPeter CorrisBill CriderDeborah CrombieMary DaheimBarbara D'AmatoDiane Mott DavidsonPaul C. DohertyTim DorseyJames D. DossCarole Nelson DouglasAaron ElkinsJames EllroyEarl W. EmersonLoren D. EstlemanJanet EvanovichJoanne FlukeG. M. FordEarlene FowlerMargaret FrazerFrances FyfieldElizabeth GeorgeRobert GoddardEd GormanSue GraftonSarah GravesKerry GreenwoodRobert O. GreerMartha GrimesJane HaddamJames W. HallParnell HallSteve HamiltonCharlaine HarrisCarolyn HartJohn HarveyJoan HessReginald HillDeclan HughesJ. A. JanceMichael JecksH.R.F. KeatingLaurie R. KingWilliam Kent KruegerJoe R. LansdaleDonna LeonJeff LindsayPeter LoveseyMargaret MaronSteve MartiniArcher MayorAlexander McCall SmithVal McDermidPenny MickelburyMarcia MullerCarol O'ConnellKatherine Hall PageGeorge PelecanosLouise PennyAnne PerryNancy PickardBill PronziniIan RankinPeter RobinsonDavid RosenfeltC. J. SansomMartin Cruz SmithJulia Spencer-FlemingDana StabenowJames SwainAndrew TaylorAimée and David ThurloPeter TremayneElaine VietsJoseph WambaughJacqueline WinspearMark Richard ZubroMystery & DetectionIndex

Although this work is not intended as a reader's-advisory tool, the numerous subcategories Drew designates within the mystery genre will be useful for readers seeking a particular type of series book. Mysteries are a very popular genre, and this inexpensive book can be used for both research and selection.