R. Austin Freeman (1862–1943)

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1. R. Austin Freeman

   Author of The Eye Of Osiris, Mr. Pottermack's Oversight, The Best Dr. Thorndyke Detective Stories (Dover Edition)

2. Ngaio Marsh

   Author of Opening Night, Final Curtain, Light Thickens

3. John Dickson Carr

   Author of The Three Coffins, The Blind Barber, Below Suspicion

4. Dorothy L. Sayers

   Author of Busman's Honeymoon, The Nine Tailors, Unnatural Death

5. Ellery Queen

   Author of Calamity Town, The Egyptian Cross Mystery, Queen's Quorum: A History of the Detective Crime Short Story As Revealed in the 106 Most Important Books Published in Th

6. Margery Allingham

   Author of The Crime at Black Dudley, Flowers for the Judge, Dancers in Mourning

7. Anthony Berkeley

   Author of The Poisoned Chocolates Case, Trial and Error, The Piccadilly Murder

8. Freeman Wills Crofts

   Author of The Cask, Inspector French's Greatest Case, The Pit Prop Syndicate

9. Michael Innes

   Author of Death at the President's Lodging, Appleby on Ararat, Appleby's Other Story

10. Anna Katharine Green

    Author of The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story, The Woman in the Alcove, Agatha Webb

11. Cyril Hare

    Author of An English Murder, When the Wind Blows, Death is No Sportsman

12. S. S. Van Dine

    Author of The "Canary" Murder Case, The Greene Murder Case, The Bishop Murder Case

13. Gladys Mitchell

    Author of Watson's Choice, Come away, death, Speedy Death

14. Julian Symons

    Author of Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History, The plot against Roger Rider, The Narrowing Circle

15. Georgette Heyer

    Author of Why Shoot a Butler?, They Found Him Dead, Envious Casca

16. Leo Bruce

    Author of Dead Man's Shoes, Death of a Commuter, Case Without a Corpse

17. Philip MacDonald

    Author of The Rasp, X v. Rex, The Polferry Riddle

18. Michael Francis Gilbert

    Author of Death Has Deep Roots, Petrella at Q, Game Without Rules

19. Edmund Crispin

    Author of The Moving Toyshop, Holy Disorders, Buried for Pleasure

20. Mary Roberts Rinehart

    Author of The Circular Staircase, The Man in Lower Ten, Dangerous Days