Detection Club

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The Detection Club was a British society of mystery writers, founded in 1930, whose members included many of the era’s leading detective fiction authors.

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Detection Club canonical 8

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instanceOf literary society
writers organization
country United Kingdom
era Golden Age of Detective Fiction
field detective fiction
mystery fiction
foundingPurpose to bring together writers of detective fiction
to promote fair-play detective stories
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasActivity anthologies of crime stories
collaborative detective novels
dinners and social meetings
election of members by invitation
hasHeadquartersLocation London
linked to: London, England
hasMember A. A. Milne
Abir Mukherjee
Agatha Christie
Alexander McCall Smith
Andrew Taylor
Andrew Wilson
Ann Cleeves
Ann Granger
Anthony Berkeley
Arthur Upfield
Baroness Orczy
Belinda Bauer
Carter Dickson
Cath Staincliffe
Christianna Brand
Colin Dexter
Cyril Hare
Dorothy L. Sayers
E. C. Bentley
E. R. Punshon
Edgar Jepson
Edmund Crispin
Elly Griffiths
Frances Fyfield
Freeman Wills Crofts
G. K. Chesterton
Gladys Mitchell
Graham Greene
H. C. Bailey
H. R. F. Keating
Hugh Walpole
Ian Rankin
Imran Mahmood
James Runcie
Janet Laurence
Jill Paton Walsh
John Dickson Carr
John le Carré
Julian Barnes
Julian Symons
Kate Charles
Kate Ellis
L. C. Tyler
Laura Wilson
Len Deighton
Len Tyler
Lindsey Davis
Liza Cody
Margery Allingham
Martin Edwards
Michael Gilbert
Michael Ridpath
Mick Herron
Natasha Cooper
Ngaio Marsh
Nicholas Blake
Nicola Upson
P. D. James
Peter Lovesey
Peter Robinson
Priscilla Masters
Reginald Hill
Robert Barnard
Robert Goddard
Robert Wilson
Ronald Knox
Ruth Dudley Edwards
Ruth Rendell
S. J. Parris
S. J. Watson
Sarah Hilary
Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Rayne
Simon Brett
Simon Shaw
Sophie Hannah
Stella Duffy
Val McDermid
Vaseem Khan
William Shaw
hasOath Detection Club oath of fair play to the reader
hasPresident Agatha Christie
Dorothy L. Sayers
E. C. Bentley
G. K. Chesterton
H. R. F. Keating
Julian Symons
Martin Edwards
Simon Brett
inception 1930
language English
location London
linked to: London, England
membershipPolicy by invitation only
notableCharacteristic early members were leading Golden Age detective writers
members swore an oath to play fair with the reader
notableWork Ask a Policeman
Six Against the Yard
The Anatomy of Murder
The Floating Admiral
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Scoop
The Verdict of Thirteen

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Christianna Brand memberOf Detection Club
Dorothy L. Sayers memberOf Detection Club
Dorothy L. Sayers coFounded Detection Club
Val McDermid memberOf Detection Club
Mary Christianna Milne memberOf Detection Club
Freeman Wills Crofts memberOf Detection Club
Anthony Berkeley Cox memberOf Detection Club
Ronald Knox memberOf Detection Club