SettingsEnglish thriller writers
A. J. Quinnell
A. J. Quinnell was the pen name of the English thriller novelist Philip Nicholson.
A. J. Quinnell was the pen name of the English thriller novelist Philip Nicholson.
Adam Croft
Adam Croft is an English crime fiction author known for his pacy, suspenseful style of writing.
Adam Croft is an English crime fiction author known for his pacy, suspenseful style of writing.
Andy McDermott
Andy McDermott is a British thriller author, and former journalist, magazine editor and film critic.
Andy McDermott is a British thriller author, and former journalist, magazine editor and film critic.
Anthony Richardson
Anthony Richardson (born 16 February 1985 in Manchester) is a British writer and comedian.
Anthony Richardson (born 16 February 1985 in Manchester) is a British writer and comedian.
Charles Cumming
Charles Cumming (born 5 April 1971, Ayr, Scotland) is a British writer of spy fiction.
Charles Cumming (born 5 April 1971, Ayr, Scotland) is a British writer of spy fiction.
Charlie Charters
Charlie Charters is a former rugby union official and sports marketing executive turned thriller writer whose debut book Bolt Action was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2010.
Charlie Charters is a former rugby union official and sports marketing executive turned thriller writer whose debut book Bolt Action was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2010.
Duff Hart-Davis
Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born June 3, 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis, is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for The Independent newspaper.
Peter Duff Hart-Davis (born June 3, 1936), generally known as Duff Hart-Davis, is a British biographer, naturalist and journalist, who writes for The Independent newspaper.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edward Phillips Oppenheim, was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.
Edward Phillips Oppenheim, was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.
Elizabeth Caroline Grey
Elizabeth Caroline Grey, aka Mrs.
Elizabeth Caroline Grey, aka Mrs.
Evelyn Anthony
Evelyn Anthony is the pen name of Evelyn Ward Thomas, a British female writer.
Evelyn Anthony is the pen name of Evelyn Ward Thomas, a British female writer.
Frances Fyfield
Frances Fyfield (born 1948) is the pseudonym of Frances Hegarty.
Frances Fyfield (born 1948) is the pseudonym of Frances Hegarty.
Frederick Forsyth
Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator.
Frederick Forsyth, CBE (born 25 August 1938) is an English author and occasional political commentator.
Gavin Lyall
Gavin Tudor Lyall (9 May 1932 - 18 January 2003) was an English author of espionage thrillers.
Gavin Tudor Lyall (9 May 1932 - 18 January 2003) was an English author of espionage thrillers.
Geoffrey Archer
Geoffrey Archer is a fiction writer from London.
Geoffrey Archer is a fiction writer from London.
Geoffrey Archer (writer)
Geoffrey Archer is a fiction writer from London.
Geoffrey Archer is a fiction writer from London.
Gerard Fairlie
Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) based the character of Bulldog Drummond.
Francis Gerard Luis Fairlie (1 November 1899 – 31 March 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper (H. C. McNeile) based the character of Bulldog Drummond.
James Herbert
James Herbert, OBE is a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency.
James Herbert, OBE is a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency.
James Leasor
James Leasor (20 December 1923 – 10 September 2007) was a prolific British author, who wrote historical books and thrillers.
James Leasor (20 December 1923 – 10 September 2007) was a prolific British author, who wrote historical books and thrillers.
Jane Adams (writer)
Jane Adams (born 1960, Leicester) is a British writer of psychological thrillers.
Jane Adams (born 1960, Leicester) is a British writer of psychological thrillers.
Jeffrey Archer
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a best-selling English author and former politician whose political career ended with his conviction and subseque...
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a best-selling English author and former politician whose political career ended with his conviction and subseque...
Jim Williams (author)
Jim Williams is the given name of the British lawyer, commercial consultant and writer, who has also written under the pen names Richard Hugo and Alexander Mollin.
Jim Williams is the given name of the British lawyer, commercial consultant and writer, who has also written under the pen names Richard Hugo and Alexander Mollin.
John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris
John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris (3 November 1908 – 6 August 1988) was an English novelist who published 17 thrillers, detective novels and spy novels.
John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris (3 November 1908 – 6 August 1988) was an English novelist who published 17 thrillers, detective novels and spy novels.
John Blackburn (author)
John Fenwick Blackburn was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, horror novels, and The Flame and the Wind, an unusual historical novel set in Roman times, in which a nephew of Pontius Pil...
John Fenwick Blackburn was a British novelist who wrote thrillers, horror novels, and The Flame and the Wind, an unusual historical novel set in Roman times, in which a nephew of Pontius Pil...
John Gardner (British writer)
John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English spy novelist, most notably for the James Bond series.
John Edmund Gardner (20 November 1926 – 3 August 2007) was an English spy novelist, most notably for the James Bond series.
John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931), pen name John le Carré, is a British author of espionage novels.
David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931), pen name John le Carré, is a British author of espionage novels.
Kenneth Benton
Kenneth Benton, CMG was an English MI6 officer and diplomat from 1937-68.
Kenneth Benton, CMG was an English MI6 officer and diplomat from 1937-68.
Leslie Charteris
Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907, Singapore – 15 April 1993), born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter.
Leslie Charteris (12 May 1907, Singapore – 15 April 1993), born Leslie Charles Bowyer-Yin, was a half-Chinese, half English author of primarily mystery fiction, as well as a screenwriter.
Mark Billingham
Mark Philip David Billingham (born 2 July 1961) is an English novelist whose series of "Tom Thorne" crime novels are best-sellers in that particular genre.
Mark Philip David Billingham (born 2 July 1961) is an English novelist whose series of "Tom Thorne" crime novels are best-sellers in that particular genre.
Miles Tripp
Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and ...
Miles Barton Tripp (1923–2000) was an English writer of thirty-seven works of fiction including crime novels and thrillers, some of which he wrote under noms de plume Michael Brett and ...
Nicci French
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together.
Nicci French is the pseudonym of English husband-and-wife team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write psychological thrillers together.
Peter James (writer)
Peter James (born 22 August 1948 in Brighton) is a British writer of crime fiction and film producer.
Peter James (born 22 August 1948 in Brighton) is a British writer of crime fiction and film producer.
Peter Van Greenaway
Peter Van Greenaway (1929 in London – 1988) was a British novelist, the author of numerous thrillers with elements of horror and satire.
Peter Van Greenaway (1929 in London – 1988) was a British novelist, the author of numerous thrillers with elements of horror and satire.
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald was an English author of thrillers.
Philip MacDonald was an English author of thrillers.
R. J. Ellory
Roger Jon Ellory is a British thriller writer.
Roger Jon Ellory is a British thriller writer.
Raymond Harold Sawkins
Raymond Harold Sawkins (born in Hampstead, London 14 July 1923, died 23 August 2006) was a British novelist, who mainly published under the pseudonym Colin Forbes, but also as Richard R...
Raymond Harold Sawkins (born in Hampstead, London 14 July 1923, died 23 August 2006) was a British novelist, who mainly published under the pseudonym Colin Forbes, but also as Richard R...
Sam Bourne
Sam Bourne is the pseudonym of the British journalist, Jonathan Freedland intended to distinguish his work in fiction from his journalism.
Sam Bourne is the pseudonym of the British journalist, Jonathan Freedland intended to distinguish his work in fiction from his journalism.
Sarah Dunant
Sarah Dunant (born Linda Dunant 8 August 1950, in London, England) is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently Sacred Hearts, the completion of her Italian historical tr...
Sarah Dunant (born Linda Dunant 8 August 1950, in London, England) is the author of many international bestsellers, most recently Sacred Hearts, the completion of her Italian historical tr...
Stephen Leather
Stephen Leather is an English thriller author who writes pacy "action packed" novels in a style deliberately based upon the work of Jack Higgins and Gerald Seymour.
Stephen Leather is an English thriller author who writes pacy "action packed" novels in a style deliberately based upon the work of Jack Higgins and Gerald Seymour.
Tom Cain (author)
David Thomas, better known by the pen name Tom Cain, is an English journalist and author of a series of Thriller novels based around the fictional character Samuel Carver.
David Thomas, better known by the pen name Tom Cain, is an English journalist and author of a series of Thriller novels based around the fictional character Samuel Carver.
William Le Queux
William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 London - 13 October 1927 Knokke, Belgium) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer.
William Tufnell Le Queux (2 July 1864 London - 13 October 1927 Knokke, Belgium) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer.
Winston Graham
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE was an English novelist, best known for the Poldark novels series of historical fiction.
Winston Mawdsley Graham OBE was an English novelist, best known for the Poldark novels series of historical fiction.