Books defined as cozies are usually ones there is are elements of romance, suspense, wit (though not too much otherwise it becomes caper) with neither sex, violence not vulgarity and often having a woman as either amateur sleuth and/or victim.

	Christianna Brand	Considered the last author of the Golden Age of the Detective novel.
	Agatha Christie	The Queen of the Golden Age of British Detective Fiction.
	Elsie (LC) Hayden	A writer with a considerable experience, Elsie Hayden has just started to write novels.
	Elizabeth Peters	Whereas her Amelia Peabody Series may be consider caper, Barbara Mertz (a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters) has also written other cozy mysteries.
	Aileen Schumacher	Rising in popularity, Aileen Schumacher is the author of engineering whodunits featuring Tory Travers and Detective David Alvarez.