List of Asian crime fiction writers

The following is a list of Asian crime fiction writers whose works have been translated into one or more European languages. Novelists on this list should be notable in some way, and ideally have a Wikipedia article.

Crime fiction writers may include the authors of any subgenre of crime fiction, including detective, mystery, or hard-boiled.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A

• Edward Atiyah (1903–1964), Lebanese

B

• Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay (1899–1970), Indian
• Ashok Banker (born 1964), Indian
• Michael Bar-Zohar (born 1938), Israeli

C

• Rajorshi Chakraborti (born 1977), Indian
• Chan Ho-Kei (born 1975), Hong Kong/Taiwan
• Vikram Chandra (born 1961), Indian
• Chin Shunshin (1924–2015), Taiwanese, Japanese

E

• Edogawa Rampo (1894–1965), Japanese

F

• Shamini Flint (born 1969), Malaysian

G

• Batya Gur (1947–2005), Israeli

H

• He Jiahong (born 1953), Chinese
• Keigo Higashino (born 1958), Japanese

I

• Ibn-e-Safi (1928–1980), Pakistani
• Kotaro Isaka (born 1971), Japanese
• Ira Ishida (born 1960), Japanese

K

• Bimal Kar (1921–2003), Indian
• Kim Young-ha (born 1968), South Korean
• Natsuo Kirino (born 1951), Japanese
• Kenzo Kitakata (born 1947), Japanese
• Natsuhiko Kyogoku (born 1963), Japanese

L

• Shulamit Lapid (born 1934), Israeli

M

• Seicho Matsumoto (1909–1992), Japanese
• Miyuki Miyabe (born 1960), Japanese

N

• Kyotaro Nishimura (born 1930), Japanese
• Asa Nonami (born 1960), Japanese
• Jamyang Norbu (born 1949), Tibetan

O

• Kido Okamoto (1872–1939), Japanese
• Celil Oker (born 1952), Turkish
• Go Osaka (born 1943), Japanese
• Arimasa Osawa (born 1956), Japanese
• Otsuichi (born 1978), Japanese

R

• Satyajit Ray (1921–1992), Indian

S

• Joh Sasaki (born 1950), Japanese
• Soji Shimada (born 1948), Japanese
• Mehmet Murat Somer (born 1959), Turkish
• Kalpana Swaminathan (born 1956), Indian
• Vikas Swarup, Indian

T

• Akimitsu Takagi (1920–1995), Japanese
• Tetsuo Takashima (born 1949), Japanese
• Masako Togawa (1933–2016), Japanese

U

• Ahmet Ümit (born 1960), Turkish

V

• Nury Vittachi (born 1958)

W

• Wang Shuo (born 1958), Chinese

X

• Qiu Xiaolong (born 1953), Chinese

Y

• Seishi Yokomizo (1902–1981), Japanese
• Kyusaku Yumeno (1889–1936), Japanese

Organizations

• Mystery Writers of Japan (founded in 1947)
• Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan (founded in 2000)

See also

• List of crime writers
• List of mystery writers
• List of European mystery writers
• List of thriller authors