List of Asian crime fiction writers

The following is a list of Asian crime fiction writers whose works have been translated into one or more European languages. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

Crime fiction writers may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction, including detective, mystery, or hard-boiled.

A

 * Edward Atiyah (1903–1964), Lebanese

B

 * Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970), Indian
 * Ashok Banker (born 1964), Indian
 * Michael Bar-Zohar (born 1938), Israeli

C

 * Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian
 * Chan Ho-Kei (born 1975), Hong Kong/Taiwan
 * Vikram Chandra (born 1961), Indian
 * Chin Shunshin (1924–2015), Taiwanese, Japanese

E

 * Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965), Japanese

F

 * Shamini Flint (born 1969), Malaysian

G

 * Batya Gur (1947–2005), Israeli

H

 * He Jiahong (born 1953), Chinese
 * Keigo Higashino (born 1958), Japanese

I

 * Ibn-e-Safi (1928–1980), Pakistani
 * Kotaro Isaka (born 1971), Japanese
 * Ira Ishida (born 1960), Japanese

K

 * Bimal Kar (1921–2003), Indian
 * Kim Young-ha (born 1968), South Korean
 * Natsuo Kirino (born 1951), Japanese
 * Kenzo Kitakata (born 1947), Japanese
 * Natsuhiko Kyogoku (born 1963), Japanese

L

 * Shulamit Lapid (born 1934), Israeli

M

 * Seicho Matsumoto (1909–1992), Japanese
 * Miyuki Miyabe (born 1960), Japanese

N

 * Kyotaro Nishimura (born 1930), Japanese
 * Asa Nonami (born 1960), Japanese
 * Jamyang Norbu (born 1949), Tibetan

O

 * Kido Okamoto (1872–1939), Japanese
 * Celil Oker (born 1952), Turkish
 * Go Osaka (born 1943), Japanese
 * Arimasa Osawa (born 1956), Japanese
 * Otsuichi (born 1978), Japanese

R

 * Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Indian

S

 * Joh Sasaki (born 1950), Japanese
 * Soji Shimada (born 1948), Japanese
 * Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959), Turkish
 * Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956), Indian
 * Vikas Swarup, Indian

T

 * Akimitsu Takagi (1920–1995), Japanese
 * Tetsuo Takashima (born 1949), Japanese
 * Masako Togawa (1933–2016), Japanese

U

 * Ahmet Ümit (born 1960), Turkish

V

 * Nury Vittachi (born 1958)

W

 * Wang Shuo (born 1958), Chinese

X

 * Qiu Xiaolong (born 1953), Chinese

Y

 * Seishi Yokomizo (1902–1981), Japanese
 * Kyusaku Yumeno (1889–1936), Japanese

Organizations

 * Mystery Writers of Japan (founded in 1947)
 * Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (founded in 2000)