Amanda Cross Josephine Tey Noel Barber Patricia Wentworth Gail Godwin Gladys Mitchell Marjorie Allingham Lily Brett Caroline Graham Trevanian Evelyn Anthony P. D. James Mary Jane Maffini Dorothy Gilman Dorothy L. Sayers Else Buschheuer Aaron Elkins Anne George Sarah Strohmeyer Joseph W. Campbell Muriel Spark A. J. Liebling Jill Churchill Susan Witting Albert Peter S Beagle Charlotte Macleod Dorothy Parker Peter S. Beagle Ann Granger Charles De Lint Sue Miller Martha Grimes Cornelia Funke Donna Leon Robin Mckinley Agatha Christie Anne Tyler Goethe Don Delillo Harper Lee George R. R. Martin Jane Austen Charles Dickens Charlotte Bronte William Shakespeare Terry Pratchett