List of European mystery writers

The following is a list of European mystery writers whose works have been translated in various European languages.

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• Christine Adamo (born 1965), France

• Boris Akunin (born 1956), Russian

• Karin Alvtegen (born 1965), Swedish

• Jakob Arjouni (born 1964), German

• A.C. Baantjer (1923–2010), Dutch

• Barbara Baraldi (born 1975), Italian

• Nicholas Blake, see Cecil-Day Lewis

• Anders Bodelsen (1937–2021), Danish

• Pierre Boileau (1906–1989), French

• Roger Borniche (born 1919), French

• Christianna Brand (1907–1988), British

• John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (1875–1940), British

• Andrea Camilleri (born 1925), Italian

• Karel Čapek (1890–1938), Czech

• Massimo Carlotto (born 1956), Italian

• G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936), British

• Agatha Christie (1890–1976), British

• Philippe Claudell (born 1962), French

• Hugo Claus, Flemish

• Brian Cleeve (1921–2003), British

• Liza Cody (born 1944), British

• Edmund Crispin (1921–1978), British

• K. O. Dahl (born 1958), Norwegian

• Leif Davidsen (born 1950), Danish

• Lindsey Davis (born 1949), British

• Cecil Day-Lewis (1904–1972), British

• Colin Dexter (1930–2017), British

• Michael Dibdin (1947–2007), British

• Adrian Conan Doyle (1910–1970), British

• Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930), British

• Kerstin Ekman (born 1933), Swedish

• Karin Fossum (born 1954), Norwegian

• Inger Frimansson, Swedish

• Carlo Fruttero (1926–2012), Italian

• Doris Gercke (born 1937), German

• Alicia Giménez Bartlett (born 1951), Spanish

• Juan Gómez-Jurado (born 1977), Spanish

• Jean-Christophe Grangé (born 1961), French

• Robert van Gulik (1910–1967), Dutch

• Reginald Hill (1935–2012), British

• Anne Holt (born 1958), Norwegian

• Arnaldur Indriðason (born 1961), Icelandic

• Michael Innes (1906–1994), British

• Claude Izner, French – nom de plume of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre

• P. D. James (1920–2014), British

• Sébastien Japrisot (1931–2003), French

• Matti Yrjänä Joensuu (born 1948), Finnish

• Thierry Jonquet (born 1954), French

• Mari Jungstedt (born 1962), Swedish

• Ismail Kadare (1936—2024), Albanian

• H. R. F. Keating (1926–2011), British

• David Kessler (born 1957), British

• Pavel Kohout (born 1928), Czech

• Tim Krabbé (born 1943), Dutch

• Åsa Larsson (born 1966), Swedish

• Stieg Larsson (1954–2004), Swedish

• Francisco González Ledesma (1927–2015), Spanish

• Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964), Finnish

• Gaston Leroux (1868–1927), French

• Carlo Lucarelli (born 1960), Italian

• Franco Lucentini (1920–2002), Italian

• Philip MacDonald (1900–1980), British

• Jean-Patrick Manchette (1942–1995), French

• Henning Mankell (1948–2015), Swedish

• Alexandra Marinina (born 1957), Russian

• Petros Márkaris (born 1937), Greek

• Liza Marklund (born 1962), Swedish

• Edward Marston (pseudonym of Keith Miles), British

• Andreu Martín (born 1949), Spanish

• Val McDermid (born 1955), British

• Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish

• Patricia Moyes (1923–2000), British

• Margaret Murphy (born 1959), British

• Magdalen Nabb (1947–2007), British

• Barbara Nadel, British

• Thomas Narcejac (1908–1998), French

• Jo Nesbø (born 1960), Norwegian

• Håkan Nesser (born 1950), Swedish

• Iain Pears (born 1955), British

• Arturo Pérez-Reverte (born 1951), Spanish

• Ellis Peters (1913–1995)

• Ian Rankin (born 1960), British

• Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), British

• Craig Russell British

• Dorothy L. Sayers (1893–1957), British

• Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911–1969), Russian-Italian

• Bernhard Schlink (born 1944), German

• Leonardo Sciascia (1921–1989), Italian

• Georges Simenon (1903–1989), Belgian

• Maj Sjöwall (1935–2020), Swedish

• Fredrik Skagen (1936–2017), Norwegian

• Josef Skvorecky (1924–2012), Czech

• José Carlos Somoza (born 1959), Spanish

• Gunnar Staalesen (born 1947), Norwegian

• Julian Symons (1912–1994), British

• Josephine Tey (1896–1952), British

• Helene Tursten (born 1954), Swedish

• Barry Unsworth (1930–2012), British

• Fred Vargas (born 1957), French

• Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1939–2003), Spanish

• Per Wahlöö (1926–1975), Swedish

• Edgar Wallace (1875–1932), British

• Minette Walters (born 1949), British

• Janwillem van de Wetering (1931–2008), Dutch

• R. D. Wingfield (1928–2007), British

• Helen Zahavi (born 1966), British