Geoffrey Household (1900–1988)

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1. Geoffrey Household

   Author of Rogue Male, Watcher in the Shadows, Dance of the Dwarfs

2. Eric Ambler

   Author of Epitaph for a Spy, Uncommon Danger, The Night-Comers

3. Michael Innes

   Author of Death at the President's Lodging, Hamlet, revenge!, The Mysterious Commission

4. John Buchan

   Author of The Thirty-Nine Steps, Huntingtower, The Free Fishers

5. Julian Symons

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

6. Jonathan Gash

   Author of Moonspender, Pearlhanger, Spend Game

7. Rex Stout

   Author of Champagne for One, Homicide Trinity, A Family Affair

8. Graham Greene

   Author of The Honorary Consul, A Sort of Life, It's a Battlefield

9. Patrick Leigh Fermor

   Author of A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube, Between the Woods and the Water

10. John Clifford Mortimer

    Author of Rumpole of the Bailey, Rumpole and the Golden Thread, Rumpole and the Age of Miracles

11. J. G. Farrell

    Author of The Siege of Krishnapur, Troubles

12. Len Deighton

    Author of The Ipcress File, Funeral in Berlin, Horse Under Water

13. Patrick Hamilton

    Author of Hangover Square, Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky: A London Trilogy

14. Maj Sjöwall

    Author of The Laughing Policeman, The Locked Room

15. James M. Cain

    Author of Serenade, Love's Lovely Counterfeit, The Root of His Evil

16. Otto Penzler

    Author of The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age — The '20s, '30s & '40s, The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published, The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories

17. John D. MacDonald

    Author of The Green Ripper, The Empty Copper Sea, The Scarlet Ruse

18. Nicolas Freeling

    Author of Gun Before Butter, Over the High Side, Strike Out Where Not Applicable

19. Kenneth Fearing

    Author of The Big Clock

20. E. C. Bentley

    Author of Trent's Last Case, Trent's Own Case