R-S
- Indra Soundar Rajan
- Edogawa Rampo
- Ian Rankin
- Clayton Rawson
- Satyajit Ray
- Kathy Reichs
- Ruth Rendell
- John Rhode
- Lynda Robinson
- Peter Robinson
- Elliott Roosevelt
- Karen Rose
- Caitlin Rother
- Hemendra Kumar Roy
- Jane Rubino
- Ann Rule
- Craig Russell
- C. J. Sansom
- Robin Sax
- Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), UK
- Cathy Scott (19??-), US
- Will Scott (1893-1964), UK
- Lisa Scottoline (1955-), US
- Robert Scott, US
- Soji Shimada (1948-), Japan
- Samantha Shu (19??-), US
- John Silvester (19??-), AU
- Georges Simenon (1903-1989), Belgium
- Roger L. Simon (1943-), US
- Dorothy Simpson (19??-), UK
- Elizabeth Sims (19??-), US
- John Sladek (1937-2000), US
- Karin Slaughter (1971-), US
- Alexander McCall Smith (1948-), UK
- Anthony Neil Smith (19??-), US
- Joan Smith (1953-), UK
- Martin Cruz Smith (1942-), US
- Julia Spencer-Fleming (19??-), US
- Mickey Spillane (1918-2006), US
- Nancy Springer (1948-), US
- Rex Stout (1886-1975), US
- Leonie Swann (1975-), German
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