Featured Black Crime Fiction Authors

One of my goals in creating the podcast was to help readers discover Black authors who write crime fiction. I frequently do short podcasts where I feature an author from my directory. Click on the author's image to go to their page and listen to the episode.

Teddy Hayes

Teddy Hayes

Hard-Boiled Mystery ~ Private Investigator Mystery
Jake Lamar

Jake Lamar

Amateur Sleuth
Conspiracy Thrillers

Solomon Jones

Solomon Jones

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Police Procedurals
Crime Thrillers
Audiobooks Available

Alexia Gordon

Alexia Gordon

Amateur Sleuth
Cozy Mysteries
Supernatural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Barbara Neely

Barbara Neely

Amateur Sleuth
Cozy Mystery
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Rachel Howzell Hall

Rachel Howzell Hall

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Police Procedural
Thrillers
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available

Krys Batts

Krys Batts

Crime Thrillers
Woman Sleuth

R Lanier Clemons

R. Lanier Clemons

Cozy Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries
Kidnapping Thrillers
Woman Sleuth

Ceici Christy

Ceice Christy


Amateur Sleuth
Romantic Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

George Nelson

Nelson George

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Conspiracy Thrillers

Audiobooks Available

Tracy Clark

Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries
Police Procedurals
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available

Angela Henry

Angela Henry

Amateur Sleuth
Cozy Mysteries
Supernatural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Paula L Woods

Paula L Woods

Police Procedurals
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Karen Grigsby Bates

Karen Grigsby Bates

Amateur Sleuth Mystery
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Attica Locke

Attica Locke

Historical Mysteries
Legal Thrillers
Police Procedurals Mysteries

Audiobooks Available

Tyora Moody

Tyora Moody

Christian Mysteries
Cozy Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Terris McMahan Grimes

Terris McMahan Grimes

Amateur Detective Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Kwei Quartey

Kwei Quartey

Police Procedural
Private Investigator Mysteries
Set in Ghana

Audiobooks Available

Author R Franklin James

R Franklin James

Amateur Sleuth
Cozy Mysteries
Thrillers

Woman Sleuth

Kellye Garrett

Amateur Sleuth
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Historical Mysteries

Audiobooks Available

Hugh Holton

Hugh Holton

Police Procedurals

Chassie West

Chassie West

Police Procedurals
Private Investigator Mysteries
Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Cozy Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Robert Greer

Robert Greer

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries

Lee E Meadows

Lee E Meadows

Private Investigator Mysteries
Hard-Boiled Mysteries

Delia C Pitts

Delia C Pitts

Hard Boiled Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries

Pamela Thomas-Graham

Pamela Thomas-Graham

Amateur Detective

Woman Detective

Charlotte Carter

Charlotte Carter

Amateur Detective
Woman Sleuth

Audiobooks Available

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes

Supernatural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available

Nora Deloach

Nora Deloach

Cozy Mysteries, Woman Sleuth
Christopher Chambers

Christopher Chambers

Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Police Procedurals
Woman Sleuth

Austin Camacho

Austin S Camacho

Private Investigator Mysteries
Hard Boil Mysteries
Audiobooks Available

Stephen L Carter

Stephen L Carter

Amateur sleuth Mysteries
Private Investigator Mysteries
Espionage Thrillers
Legal Thrillers
Political Thrillers
Audiobooks Available

Cheryl A Head

Private Investigator Mysteries
LGBTQ Sleuth
Woman Sleuth

Keith Lee Johnson

Keith Lee Johnson

Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Police Procedurals
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available

John Ridley

John Ridley

Amateur Sleuth Mysteries
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
Crime Thrillers
Psychological Thrillers
Audiobooks Available

Author R Barri Flowers

R Barri Flowers

Police Procedural Mysteries
Cozy Mysteries
Woman Sleuths

Glenville Lovell

Glenville Lovell

Hard Boiled Mysteries
Patricia E Canterbury

Patricia E Canterbury

Afro-Futurist Mysteries
Mysteries for Children
Traditional Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Deliah Lawrence

Deliah Lawrence

Romantic Mystery ~ Woman Sleuth
Pamela Samuels Young

Pamela Samuels Young

Legal Thriller Mysteries
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available

Myra Jolivet

Myra Jolivet

Cozy Mysteries
Supernatural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Elizabeth Wilkerson

Cyber Thrillers ~ Woman Sleuth
Danny Gardner

Danny Gardner

Hard Boiled Mysteries
Grace Edwards

Grace F Edwards

Private Investigators Mysteries ~ Woman Sleuth
Eleanor Taylor Bland

Eleanor Taylor Bland

Police Procedural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth

Frankie Y Bailey

Frankie Y Bailey

Amateur Detective
Police Procedural Mysteries
Woman Sleuth
Audiobooks Available