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Tom Clancy
Tom Clancy (1947–2013) was an American novelist who popularized the techno-thriller; his 1984 debut The Hunt for Red October began the bestselling Jack Ryan series.
Tony Hillerman
Tony Hillerman (1925–2008), American journalist and author of 18 Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels beginning with The Blessing Way (1970); basis for Dark Winds; continued by daughter Anne Hillerman.
Victor Canning
Victor Canning (born Victor Cannings, 1911–1986), British novelist of 61 books: Mr Finchley comedies, Rex Carver thrillers, the Birdcage books, The Rainbird Pattern (CWA Silver Dagger, filmed as Hitchcock's Family Plot), and the Crimson Chalice Arthurian trilogy.
Vince Flynn
Vince Flynn (1966–2013), St. Paul thriller author and creator of CIA counterterrorist Mitch Rapp; self-published debut Term Limits after 60+ rejections, wrote 13 NYT-bestselling Rapp novels; series continued by Kyle Mills and Don Bentley.
W. R. Burnett
W. R. Burnett (William Riley Burnett, 1899-1982), American crime novelist and screenwriter, author of Little Caesar, High Sierra, and The Asphalt Jungle; 36 novels, 60 screenwriting credits, MWA Grand Master.
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins (1824–1889), English novelist, playwright, and short-story writer, friend of Dickens and master of the sensation novel; author of The Woman in White and The Moonstone, pioneer of full-length detective fiction.