Authors whose first name starts with P, page 5 of 7

Perumal Murugan is an Indian writer and scholar, born in 1966, who writes in Tamil. Murugan has produced 12 novels, 6 short story collections and 6 poetry anthologies, and taught Tamil at Government Arts Colleges in Salem Attur and Namakkal. Seasons of the Palm was shortlisted for the 2005 Kiriyama Prize. The catalogue lists 25 English titles from One Part Woman (2013) to Fire Bird (2023), including Pyre and The Goat Thief.

DI Munro and DS West carry almost all of Pete Brassett's crime fiction, a Scottish police pairing working murder cases across a long series. Twenty books run from Clam Chowder at Lafayette and Spring (2013) to Ruse (2022), with Avarice (2017) among the earlier entries. No title has appeared since 2022, and the catalogue is dormant.

Pete Dexter, born 22 July 1943, is an American novelist. Paris Trout won the U.S. National Book Award in 1988. The catalogue holds 8 titles published between 1983 and 2009, from God's Pocket (1983) to Spooner (2009). Deadwood (1986), Brotherly Love (1991), The Paperboy (1995) and Train (2003) sit along the way. Subjects filed against the books record westerns, historical and literary fiction, crime mysteries, psychological fiction, fathers and sons, South Dakota and Wild Bill Hickok.

Peter Murray Hautman, born 29 September 1952, is an American writer best known for young adult novels. Godless took the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2004; the book has a teenage boy inventing a religion and a god to go with it. The catalogue holds 34 books from Drawing Dead (1993) to Answers to Dog (2024), including Short Money (1995), Mr. Was (1996), The Mortal Nuts (1996), Hole in the Sky (2001) and Rag Man (2001). Series headings are Joe Crow, the Klaatu Diskos, Denn Doyle and the Flinkwater Chronicles, and subject tags name Minnesota, schools, religion, family life and science fiction.

Peter Ackroyd

70 books• 4 series

Peter Ackroyd is an English novelist, biographer and critic, born in 1949, whose standing subject is the history and culture of London. Seventy books are catalogued from London Lickpenny (1973) to Forgotten London (2025). Biography fills much of the list, in Chaucer (1980), Ezra Pound and His World (1980), T.S. Eliot (1984) and later lives of William Blake, Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin and Sir Thomas More; the novels include The Great Fire of London (1982), The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983) and Hawksmoor (1985). Ackroyd's Brief Lives, Voyages Through Time, a History of England and Shakespeare: the Biography are the series. The Somerset Maugham Award and two Whitbread Awards followed.

Peter Bartram's catalogue spans business writing and crime fiction, 23 books from 1981 to 2022. David Steel: His Life and Politics (1981) is the earliest title. Guides such as Perfect Business Writing (1993) and How to Write a Press Release (1995) followed. Crime fiction arrived with Headline Murder (2015) and Murder from the Newsdesk (2016). Bartram's series are Headline Hero and Crampton of The Chronicle Mystery. The Family Tree Mystery (2022) is the latest.

Peter Benchley

13 books

Peter Benchley (1940-2006) was an American novelist best known for Jaws (1974), whose screen adaptation he co-wrote with Carl Gottlieb. The Deep (1976), The Island (1979), Beast (1991) and White Shark (1994) were also adapted for cinema and television. The 13 catalogued books run from Time and a Ticket (1964) to Shark Life (2002). Benchley later regretted his writing about sharks, judging that it fed fear and false belief already in place, and became an advocate for marine conservation.

Slow Motion Riot (1991), the first novel by Peter Blauner, won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was named an International Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. Blauner, born October 29, 1959, is an American author, journalist and television producer. The catalogue holds 10 books through Picture in the Sand (2023), including Casino Moon (1994), The Intruder (1996) and Sunrise Highway (2018), plus the Lourdes Robles series. Subjects include New York, police procedurals, women detectives and probation officers.

Peter Boland writes two series: the Charity Shop Detective Agency mysteries and the John Savage action thrillers. The Savage books, Savage Lies (2018), Savage Children and Savage Games (2019) and Savage Gods (2020), precede the detective agency titles, which run from The Charity Shop Detective Agency (2022) through Death at the Dog Show and The Beach Hut Murders (2023) to The Christmas Market Murder. Eleven books are catalogued, the earliest The Girl by the Thames (2016).

Peter Bowen (1945-2020) was an American novelist who settled in Livingston, Montana, and had worked as a cowboy, hunting and fishing guide, folksinger and poet. Two series hold the fiction: the Gabriel Du Pre mysteries, set in Montana, and the Yellowstone Kelly historical novels. Luther Sage Kelly (1849-1928), the Nez Perce, the Spanish-American War and the South African War are among the subjects. Nineteen books are catalogued, from Gentleman and Scout (1987) to Solus (2018). Bowen also wrote humour and hunting pieces as Coyote Jack.

Lou Prophet, Sheriff Ben Stillman and Gideon Hawk are among the named figures in the westerns of Peter Brandvold, whose subject headings also cover outlaws, sheriffs, bounty hunters, revenge and frontier life. The catalogue counts 86 books from Once a Marshal (1998) to Finn and the Spirit Wolves (2026). Blood Mountain (1999), Dakota Kill (2000), Once a Lawman (2000) and Once Hell Freezes Over (2001) are early titles. Series include Lou Prophet, Sheriff Ben Stillman, Rogue Lawman, Bloody Joe Mannion, .45-Caliber, Rusty Spurr, Bush Riders, Lonnie Gentry, Tom Navarro and Bear Haskell: U.S. Deputy Marshal.

Peter Brown

15 books• 5 series

Peter Brown, born February 24, 1979, is an American writer and illustrator based in New York, known for children's picture books. The catalogue lists 15 Brown books from Flight of the Dodo (2005) to The Wild Robot on the Island (2025), including Chowder (2006), The Curious Garden (2009), Children Make Terrible Pets (2010), Mr. Tiger Goes Wild (2013) and The Wild Robot (2016). Series are Wild Robot, Chowder, Lucy and Chipwell Boys, and robots, dogs, tigers and camps are among the subjects.

Cogheart (2016) opens Peter Bunzl's catalogue of 8 books, which reaches Glassborn (2023). Subjects file the work as children's fiction, recording mystery and detective stories, adventure, buried treasure and robots. Bunzl is credited on all 8 titles, listed under the Cogheart Adventures and Magicborn series. Moonlocket (2017), Skycircus (2018), Shadowsea (2020), Featherlight (2021), Magicborn (2022) and The Clockwork Queen (2022) fill the run. Measured volumes reach about 384 pages, and no new title has been catalogued since 2023.

Peter Carey, born in 1943, is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for over three decades. He is one of only five writers to have won the Booker Prize twice, taking it in 1988 for Oscar and Lucinda and in 2001 for True History of the Kelly Gang, and he was nominated for the Best of the Booker Prize in May 2008. Carey has won the Miles Franklin Award three times and is named often as Australia's next contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Twenty titles are catalogued from The Fat Man In History (1974) to A Long Way From Home (2017), including War Crimes (1979), Bliss (1981), Illywhacker (1985), The Tax Inspector (1991), The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (1994) and Jack Maggs (1997).

Peter Cawdron has 51 books in the catalogue, published from 2011 to 2026, and the site files the name under Science Fiction. Anomaly (2011) is the earliest title, followed by The Road to Hell (2011) and Galactic Exploration (2012). Series include First Contact, Z is for Zombie, Mars Endeavour, Galactic Exploration and Van Helsing's Diaries. Little Green Men and Xenophobia date from 2013, and The Song of the Sirens (2026) is the newest title on file.

Peter Clement is a Canadian physician who writes medical thrillers, with 11 books catalogued from 1997 to 2022. Lethal Practice (1997) is the first, followed by Death Rounds (1999), Mutant (2001), The Procedure (2001) and Critical Condition (2002). Clement's series are Dr. Earl Garnet and Dr. Richard Steele. Subject headings list emergency physicians, epidemics and Buffalo, New York. The Woman from the River (2022) is the newest title.

Peter Clines

15 books• 2 series

Peter Clines built his catalogue on Ex-Heroes, a series that sets superheroes against zombies and opens with Ex-Heroes (2010). Fifteen books date from 2010 to 2025, including the Lovecraftian Threshold novels 14 (2012) and The Fold (2015), plus short stories gathered in anthologies. Los Angeles, werewolves, super-soldiers and Project Krypton recur across the work. Clines, born in 1969, worked as a props master in film for 15 years before writing full time.

Peter Colt writes detective fiction across two series, An Andy Roark Mystery and Detective Tommy Kelly. Seven books are catalogued, published between 2019 and 2026: The Off-Islander (2019), Back Bay Blues (2020), Death at Fort Devens (2022), The Ambassador (2023), The Judge (2024), Cold Island (2025) and The Driftwood Bones (2026). The catalogue is ongoing.

Cliff Hardy is a Sydney private investigator and the character Peter Corris is known for, beginning with The Dying Trade (1980). Corris (1942-2018) worked as an academic, historian and journalist in Australia, and was described as the Godfather of contemporary Australian crime-writing. Ray Crawley, Richard Browning and Luke Dunlop head further series. The listing holds 77 titles dated 1973 to 2017, opening with a history of Solomon Islands labour migration and closing with Win, Lose or Draw (2017).

Peter Crowther, born 4 July 1949, is a British journalist, short story writer, novelist, editor, publisher and anthologist. Crowther co-founded PS Publishing with Simon Conway in 1998, edits themed science fiction anthologies for DAW Books, and has run the Postscripts anthology since 2004. Honours include the 2023 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, two World Fantasy Special Awards in the professional category, and several British Fantasy Awards, most of them for editing. The catalogue holds 22 titles dated 1994 to 2021, with short stories, horror and fantasy among the recorded subjects, and Forever Twilight as the one series.

Peter Darman began in military history with Uniforms of World War II (1998), Heroic Voices of the Spanish Civil War (2009) and Blood, Sweat and Steel (2011), and the Gulf, Iraq and Afghan wars sit among his catalogued subjects. From The Parthian (2011) onward the work turns to historical fiction, in the Parthian Chronicles, Crusader Chronicles, Catalan Chronicles, Alpine Warrior and Satrap series. Darman's 46 catalogued books reach Warrior of Ishtar (2026), and he is still publishing.

Peter David

272 books• 94 series

Peter David (September 23, 1956 – May 24, 2025), often called PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. A 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk won awards, and other comics runs include Aquaman, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Captain Marvel, X-Factor, Young Justice, SpyBoy and Spider-Man 2099. Star Trek: New Frontier is among David's Star Trek novels. Original series include Knight Life and Apropos of Nothing. The catalogue lists 272 books, beginning in 1984 with Picture Perfect, High Society and Sapphire Star.

Peter Dickinson OBE FRSL (16 December 1927 to 16 December 2015) was an English poet and author known mainly for children's books and detective fiction. Tulku (1979) and City of Gold (1980) both won the Carnegie Medal, and as of 2020 Dickinson was one of eight writers with two Carnegies. Eva (1988) was highly commended, and Dickinson was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2000. The catalogue lists 64 books, opening in 1968 with The Glass Sided Ant's Nest / Skin Deep and The Weathermonger. Kin, Jimmy Pibble, Changes Trilogy, Princess Louise and Ropemaker are the series.

Peter F. Hamilton

48 books• 18 series

Peter F. Hamilton is a British author of science fiction space opera, born in 1960. Catalogue entries run from Mindstar Rising (1993) to The Helium Sea (2026). Series include Greg Mandel, Night's Dawn, Commonwealth Saga, Commonwealth: Chronicle of the Fallers, Salvation Sequence, Arkship Trilogy, Archimedes Engine and Queen of Dreams. The Suspect Genome (1993), A Quantum Murder (1994) and The Reality Dysfunction (1996) are among the earlier titles. Space colonies, telepathy and space warfare appear in the subjects.

Peter FitzSimons

45 books

Peter FitzSimons is an Australian author, journalist and broadcaster, born in 1961, who played rugby union for Australia and chaired the Australian Republic Movement from 2015 to 2022. Biography and Australian military history make up most of his 45 catalogued books, which begin with Basking in Beirut (1991) and reach The Legend of Albert Jacka (2025). Early titles cover rugby, including Nick Farr-Jones, The Rugby War and John Eales, while later work turns to mutiny, the First World War and Australian campaigns. FitzSimons writes long: a median of 517 pages.

Historical fiction about Vikings and Saxons fills most of Peter Gibbons's catalogue. Gibbons has 33 books published between 2021 and 2026, grouped into the Viking Blood and Blade Saga, Saxon Warrior, Arthurian Chronicles, Jack Kane and Time Travelling Warrior. The Wrath of Ivar (2021) and Viking Blood and Blade (2021) are the earliest titles, and Rise of Bloodaxe (2026) is the newest.

DC Smith is the detective at the centre of Peter Grainger's police novels, which continue as the Kings Lake Investigation series. Grainger's catalogue holds 24 books published between 2012 and 2026, beginning with Afon (2012) under the name Robert Partridge. Willows and Lane forms a second police line, and Some Sort of Justice is the newest catalogued title.

Peter H. Reynolds

25 books• 1 series

Peter H. Reynolds is a Canadian author and illustrator of children's picture books and the founder of FableVision, an educational media company. Imagination, creativity and self-confidence recur across his 25 catalogued books, which span 1993 to 2026 at a median of 44 pages. The Dot (2003), Ish (2004) and So Few of Me (2006) are among the titles, and Creatrilogy is the series listed for Reynolds. Our Treasures Within (2026) is the newest.

Peter Hamilton's catalogue holds 3 books spread across fourteen years. The Demon Trap (2008) opens it, and A Hole in the Sky (2021) and The Captain's Daughter (2022) follow after a thirteen-year gap. No series groups the three titles, and no new book has appeared since 2022.

Peter Heller writes both novels and outdoor non-fiction, the second drawn from kayaking, surfing and voyages against whaling fleets. Hell or High Water (2004), The Whale Warriors (2007) and Kook (2010) are the reported books; The Dog Stars (2012) begins the fiction, followed by The Painter, Celine, The Orchard and Burn. Eleven titles make up the catalogue, at a median of 328 pages.

Peter Helton is the author of the Chris Honeysett and Inspector Liam McLusky series. The catalogue lists 12 books from Headcase (2005) to Lock 13 (2018). Slim Chance (2006), Rainstone Fall (2008), Falling More Slowly (2010), Worthless Remains (2013) and Soft Summer Blood (2016) are among them. Subjects include police procedurals, private investigators, artists, England and terrorists.

Peter Hollins writes self-help about discipline and learning. The Science of Self-Discipline (2017) opens 21 catalogued books that reach Self-Discipline On Autopilot (2026). Focus, habit and willpower supply the titles, among them Finish What You Start (2018), Neuro-Discipline (2019), 30 Days to Self-Discipline (2021) and 41 Self-Discipline Habits (2021). Continuing education, self-managed learning and the psychology of learning are the catalogued subjects.

Peter Høeg

8 books

Peter Høeg, born 17 May 1957, is a Danish writer of fiction, best known for the novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow. The catalogue dates that book to 1993 and gives its other title as Smilla's Sense of Snow. Eight titles stand under Høeg's name, from The History of Danish Dreams (1988) to The Susan Effect (2017), with Borderliners (1994), The Woman and the Ape (1996) and The Quiet Girl (2007) among them. Subject headings record Denmark, thrillers, missing persons, love stories and Danish detective and mystery fiction.

Peter James

56 books• 12 series

Peter James, born Peter John James on 22 August 1948 in Brighton, is a British crime writer and the son of Cornelia James, glovemaker to Queen Elizabeth II. Roy Grace appears in the subjects alongside police procedurals, murder investigations and England, and a Roy Grace short-fiction line is part of the catalogue. The listed books start with Dead Letter Drop (1981) and Atom Bomb Angel (1983) and run to John Grebble Is Gone (2026). Max Flynn and Cold Hill are further series, and Possession (1988), Sweet Heart (1990) and Prophecy (1992) are among the early titles.

Peter King writes mystery fiction, and cooking runs through it. The Gourmet Detective (1994) opens the catalogue; Gourmet Detective and Jack London are the two series recorded under the King name. Subjects on file list gourmets, cooks, spices, cookery and ethnic restaurants beside murder and investigation, with London and England as settings. The listing holds 16 books spanning 1994 to 2023, the 2000s are the busiest decade, and the median title runs 262 pages.

Peter Kirkland writes legal thrillers across four series: Small Town Lawyer, Spencer Dunn, Maggie Gallagher and Lily Greco. Defending Innocence (2021) opens the catalogue, which reaches 14 books through Influencing Justice (2022), Burning Evidence (2023), Prescribing Doubt (2024) and Small Town Trial (2025) to Small Town Conviction. Small Town Verdict is scheduled for 2027.

Peter Leonard is an American crime novelist and the son of the writer Elmore Leonard. Before fiction came nearly thirty years in advertising as a founding partner of Leonard Mayer & Tocco, the agency behind campaigns for Volkswagen of America, Audi, Hiram Walker and Pennzoil; Leonard left it in 2009 to write full time. Quiver was the first novel. Recorded subjects include crime, suspense, revenge, Nazis, widows and ex-convicts, and the Harry Levin series stands under the name. Titles include Trust Me (2009), All He Saw Was The Girl (2011), Voices of the Dead (2012), Eyes Closed Tight (2014) and Sweet Dreams (2022).

Peter Lerangis

93 books• 27 series

Peter Lerangis, born Peter Duncan Lerangis in Brooklyn, New York, in 1955, is an American author of children's and young adult fiction. Lerangis is best known for the Seven Wonders series and for work on the 39 Clues series. Some catalogued titles, such as License to Drive (1988), appeared under the name A.L. Singer. Series include Abracadabra, Spy X, Drama Club, Max Tilt, Throwback, Antarctica and Cerulean. Subjects include adventure, fantasy, mystery, twins, dinosaurs, theater and Atlantis, and the newest title is Out of Time (2021).

Peter Lovesey

56 books• 8 series

Peter Harmer Lovesey (10 September 1936 to 10 April 2025) was a British author of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories, and also published as Peter Lear. The best-known Lovesey series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian police detective in London, and Peter Diamond, a present-day police detective in Bath. Lovesey was also a leading track and field statistician. The catalogue lists 56 books, beginning with Five Kings of Distance (1968), with Wobble to Death (1970), Abracadaver (1972) and Waxwork (1978) among the early titles. Other series include Inspector Henrietta Mallin and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.

Peter Matthiessen

41 books• 3 series

Peter Matthiessen is the only writer to win the National Book Award in both nonfiction, for The Snow Leopard in 1979, and fiction, for Shadow Country in 2008. Matthiessen, an American novelist, naturalist, wilderness writer, Zen teacher and one-time CIA agent, was born May 22, 1927, died April 5, 2014, and co-founded The Paris Review. Nonfiction covered nature, travel and American Indian history, including In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (1983) on the Leonard Peltier case, and Matthiessen was also a prominent environmental activist. The catalogue lists 41 books from The Year of the Tempest (1957) to In Paradise (2014), including Wildlife in America (1959), The Cloud Forest (1961) and At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1965).

Peter May

33 books• 5 series

Peter May, born 20 December 1951, is a Scottish novelist, crime writer and television screenwriter. The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and France's Cezam Prix Litteraire, and The Lewis Man took Le Telegramme's Grand Prix des Lecteurs. Entry Island won two awards in 2014, and May received France's Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in 2025. Sales exceed twelve million copies. The catalogue lists 33 books, from The Reporter (1978) to The Black Loch (2024), with the China Thrillers, the Enzo Files and the Lewis Tetralogy among the series.

Provence made Peter Mayle's name, in travel writing about French village life, food and neighbours. The earlier work is very different: illustrated guides for children and parents, starting with 'What's Happening to Me?' (1975) and 'Where Did I Come From?' (1977), plus the Wicked Willie cartoons. Sam Levitt heads a later crime series. Fifty-four titles make up the catalogue, which closes with My Twenty-Five Years in Provence in 2018.

Peter McLean, born 1972, is a British writer of fantasy fiction. The War for the Rose Throne series carries McLean's name, and its first book drew a nomination for best fantasy novel at the British Fantasy Awards. Burned Man and Warhammer 40,000: Astra Militarum are the other series on file. The catalogue holds 13 books from Drake (2016) to Paved with Good Intentions (2025), with occult and supernatural material, organised crime and suspense among the recorded subjects. The median McLean book runs 336 pages.

Zombies, viruses and terrorism run through Peter Meredith's catalogue of 44 books, published between 2011 and 2021. The Undead World, Generation Z and Apocalypse Crusade sequences carry the outbreak material, while the Trilogy of the Void, Hidden Lands and Daggerland Online turn to horror and fantasy. Meredith's books run long at a median of 387 pages, and the most recent, Anarchy, appeared in 2021.

Peter N. Walker is a British crime writer. The catalogue holds 35 titles published between 1967 and 1999, opening with Carnaby & the Hijackers (1967) and closing with Teenage Cop (1999). Murder, courts, law and punishment are the recurring subjects, and the listing also carries non-fiction on English legal procedure and books tied to television programmes. Walker's series are Carnaby, Panda One, Ross MacAllister and Emmerdale Farm. The 1970s are the busiest decade.

Peter Nealen has 51 books on record from 2012 to 2024. Task Force Desperate (2012) is the first catalogued title, and A Silver Cross and a Winchester and Hunting in the Shadows came in 2013. The series are Brannigan's Blackhearts, Maelstrom Rising, American Praetorians, Jed Horn, Brave New Disorder, Unity Wars and Edge of Imperium. Legacy of Terror (2024) is the newest title.

Two distinct bodies of work sit under the name Peter North in this catalogue. The recorded subjects belong to the earlier one: British commerce, guidebooks, foreign investment, business enterprises and success in business, matching Culture Shock! Cambodia (2005). From 2022 the listing turns to fiction series, among them Elemental Empire, Blood Rites, Arcane Arctic, the Gentleman's Grimoire and Side-Quest Hero, reaching Arcane Arctic 6 (2026). Thirty-six books are recorded in total, all under the single name.

Modesty Blaise (1965) opens Peter O'Donnell's catalogue and introduces the action heroine and undercover trouble-shooter who defines it. O'Donnell (1920-2010) was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, and the Modesty Blaise comic strip runs alongside the novels as a separate catalogued sequence. Under the pen name Madeleine Brent, O'Donnell also wrote gothic historical romance; Merlin's Keep took the Romantic Novelists' Association's Romantic Novel of the Year Award in 1978. The 48 catalogued titles reach from 1965 to 2017.

Peter O'Mahoney builds his catalogue around recurring leads: Tex Hunter, Jack Valentine, Bill Harvey, Dean Lincoln and Tom Whiskey each head a series, alongside the Southern Lawyer books. Justice supplies half the titles, Redeeming Justice, Whiskey Justice, A Time for Justice, Fire and Justice, Truth and Justice, Will of Justice. Thirty-five books span 2012 to 2026, from The Meaning of Theft to Deadly Secrets.

Peter Patrick writes for readers in grades 3 to 5. Eight catalogued books are dated between 2014 and 2019: Attack of the Ninjas! and Middle School Super Spy in 2014, A Giant Problem! and Space! in 2015, Daylight Robbery and Evil Attack in 2016, Pirates! in 2017 and Missions in 2019. Patrick is credited on all eight, and the catalogue holds nothing later than 2019.

Peter Rhodan is a science fiction author with 21 books published between 2021 and 2026. The catalogue opens with three Princess titles in 2021: The Princess & The Corsair, The Princess & The Privateer and The Princess & The Rebels. Kyron and Taroniah give their names to the next groups, from Kyron the Bowman and Taroniah at School (2022) to Taroniah at Peace (2023). Taroniah & Kyron Unite (2026) is the newest.

Peter Rimmer has 28 books catalogued across four series: the Brigandshaw Chronicles, Tides of Empire, Bend with the Wind and Pioneers. Cry of the Fish Eagle (1993) opens the run, and Vultures in the Wind (2014), Bend with the Wind (2015), Elephant Walk (2016), Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2017), To the Manor Born (2018) and On the Brink of Tears (2019) follow. Beneath a Divided Sky arrives in 2026, and the books run long, at a median of 379 pages.

DCI Grace Macallan is the recurring figure in Peter Ritchie's crime fiction, and two series carry the Ritchie credit: DCI Grace Macallan and the Grace den Herder Trilogy. Ten books are catalogued between 2014 and 2020, from Noble Cause (2014) to Bits of Life (2020). The Lothian and Borders Police, women detectives, gangs, human trafficking and murder investigation run through the subject headings. Cause of Death (2017), Shores of Death (2018), Maxine's Story (2019) and Where No Shadows Fall (2019) also sit in the run.

Peter Robinson

49 books• 6 series

Born in Britain on 17 March 1950 and later a Canadian, Peter Robinson wrote crime novels featuring Inspector Alan Banks and set in Yorkshire, and died on 4 October 2022. Robinson's catalogue opens with Gallows View (1987), followed by A Dedicated Man (1988), A Necessary End (1989) and The Hanging Valley (1989), and lists 49 books through Standing in the Shadows (2023). Beyond the Banks series, the output includes standalone novels, short stories and novellas, along with some poems and two articles on writing. Police procedure, murder investigation and England are recorded subjects.

Peter Soyer Beagle, born April 20, 1939, is an American novelist and screenwriter, mainly of fantasy fiction. The Last Unicorn (1968) is Beagle's best-known work, and Locus subscribers voted the book the number five All-Time Best Fantasy Novel in 1987. Beagle received a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement in 2011, and SFWA named Beagle a Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in 2018. The catalogue holds 35 books from A Fine and Private Place (1960) to I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons (2024), with the Innkeeper's World series among them.

Peter Schweizer writes non-fiction about political corruption, espionage and power in the United States. 20 catalogued titles run from Friendly Spies (1993) through Victory (1994), Disney: The Mouse Betrayed (1998), The Fall of the Berlin Wall (2000), Reagan's War (2002) and The Bushes (2004), reaching The Invisible Coup. Cold War history, business intelligence and government conduct are the recurring subjects.

Peter Stark writes travel, wilderness and history. Eight catalogued books run from Driving to Greenland (1997) to The Lost Cities of El Norte (2026), including Last Breath (2001), At the Mercy of the River (2005), The Last Empty Places (2010), Astoria (2014), Young Washington (2018) and Gallop Toward the Sun (2023). Subject headings cover description and travel, wilderness areas, winter sports, skiers, biography, geography and local history. Stark is still publishing.

Louis Morgon, recorded as a fictitious character, anchors part of Peter Steiner's catalogue, which the subjects place in France among police, police procedural and suspense. Steiner has 10 catalogued books published between 2003 and 2026, all credited to Steiner. Louis Morgon and Willi Geismeier are the two series filed under the name. The run opens with Le Crime, also listed as A French Country Murder (2003), and takes in L'Assassin (2008), The Terrorist (2010), The Resistance (2012), The Capitalist (2016), The Good Cop (2019), The Constant Man (2021), The Inconvenient German (2022) and The New Detective (2023).

Peter Straub

39 books• 2 series

Horror and psychological crime define Peter Straub's work, with the Vietnam War and its veterans behind a good deal of it. Ghost Story (1979), Shadowland (1980) and Floating Dragon (1982) belong to the horror line, while the Blue Rose Trilogy brings in serial murder and Tom Pasmore. Thirty-nine catalogued titles run from Ishmael (1972) to The Process (is a Process All Its Own) in 2017.

Peter Swanson

14 books• 4 series

Psychological suspense is Peter Swanson's field. The American author, born May 26, 1968, is best known for The Kind Worth Killing and Her Every Fear. Swanson spent ten years writing fiction before an agent read one of the short stories online, which led to the debut The Girl with a Clock for a Heart (2014). The Kind Worth Saving (2023), the ninth novel, is a sequel to The Kind Worth Killing. Swanson also writes short stories and poetry. The catalogue lists 14 books through Do You See What I See? (2026).