Here we list those authors that have decided to place their scenarios back in history no matter what kind of specialization (whodunit, spy) nor country of origin. The table has an extra column where the setting is mentioned.

	Stephanie Barron (a.k.a Francine Mathews)	UK, Early 19th Century	Writes mysteries featuring Jane Austen as amateur sleuth.
	Andrea Camilleri	Italy, Sicily, 19th century	One of the most famous Italian crime authors who also uses this genre to write historical novels on Sicily.
	Lindsey Davis	Ancient Rome	Very, very famous, Davis has recently won the new historical gold dagger, for this book.
	Michael Dibdin	Sherlock Holmes Pastiche	Author of a Sherlock Holmes Pastiche.
	Margaret Doody	Ancient Greece	Excellent whodunits starring Aristotle.
	Umberto Eco	Italy, Middle Ages	Author of one of the classics of this sub genre.
	Elizabeth Eyre (a.k.a. Susannah Stacy)	Renaissance Italy	Whodunits set in imaginary places featuring sleuth Sigismondo.
	Carlo Lucarelli	Fascist Italy	Lucarelli is an expert on policing during the fascist regime.
	Sharan Newman	France, Middle Ages	Considered to be the new Ellis Peters, Sharan Newman is among the best historical fiction authors.
	Arturo Perez-Reverte	Spain, Middle Ages	Arturo Pérez-Reverte is currently one of the most successful Spanish language writers reaching best selling standards in many countries.
	Elizabeth Peters	Egypt, late 19th century	Famous for her extremely witty Amelia Peabody Series, Barbara Mertz (a.k.a. Elizabeth Peters) has also written other mysteries.
	Ellis Peters	Britain, 12th century	The Brother Cadfael series is probably the most famous historical mystery series of all times.
	Lynda Robinson	Ancient Egypt	Acclaimed by Egyptologists for accuracy, Lynda Robinson's hero is Lord Meren, chief investigator of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
	Laura Joh Rowland	Japan, Late Middle Ages	By setting her characters in a Shogun-type atmosphere, Laura Joh Rowland has found /many followers that are not just interested in crime novels.
	Leonardo Sciascia	Italy, various periods	One of the most famous modern Italian writers, Sciascia liked to analyze past court cases.
	Martin Cruz Smith	Various	The creator of the Arkady Renko series also wrote two historical mysteries.
	Richard Zimler	Portugal, 16th century	Author of the International Best Seller The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon.