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.
Phyllis Ayame Whitney was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels.
John Dann MacDonald was an American writer of novels and short stories. He is known for his thrillers.
Miriam Allen deFord was an American writer best known for her mysteries and science fiction. During the 1920s, she wrote for a number of left-wing magazines including The Masses, The Liberator, and the Federated Press Bulletin. Her short story, A Death in the Family, appeared on the second season, episode #2, segment one, of Night Gallery.
Japanese detective fiction, is a popular genre of Japanese literature.
Josephine Bell, pseudonym of Doris Bell Collier,, was an English physician and writer. Bell wrote nineteen novels and forty-five mystery novels in her lifetime, as well as radio plays, short stories, and series for women's magazines.
The decolonisation of Asia was the gradual growth of independence movements in Asia, leading ultimately to the retreat of foreign powers and the creation of several nation-states in the region.