Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar

Vaduvur Duraisami Iyengar (1880 – 1942) was a Tamil writer of detective fiction in the 1940s.

He is one of the pioneer in detective story writing in Tamil language. His protagonist, Digambara Samiar, was a sanyasi or holy man on a mission to fight crime. Some of his works are made into movies such as Menaka (1935 film), Menaka (1955 film).

In 1920 he started a journal called "Manoranjini". The aim of the journal was to propagate the importance of women's education.

Works
His novels are
 * Purna cantirotayam Part-1,2,3,4,5
 * Kumbakonam vakkil Part-1,2,
 * Maya Vinotha Parathesi Part-1,2,3,
 * Menaka Part-1,2,
 * Soundarya Kokilam Part-1,2,3,
 * Mathana kalyani Part-1,2,3,
 * Vidhyasagaram,
 * Vasantha Mallika.