Top 40 Crime Book Influencers in 2025
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Here are Top 40 Crime Book Influencers to Follow on Instagram in 2025
1. Ashley Flowers
Bio Host of @crimejunkiepodcastFounder of @audiochuckFounder of @seasonofjustice#1 NYT Bestselling Author of ALL GOOD PEOPLE HEREgrab your copy 👇 ****@parcast.comInstagram Handle @ashleyflowersInstagram Followers 488.1KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact Are you a creator? Submit your profile to get listed and be discovered by brands in your niche!Submit
2. Matthew Cox
Bio 📖True Crime Author📖💰Most Wanted Criminal💰 🚔13 years in prison🚔👇Watch my YouTube channel👇 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @insidetruecrimeInstagram Followers 211.8KType MacroGender Male Get Email Contact
3. Abby
Bio Recommending your next favorite thriller book 🔎#readcrimefiction 🕵🏻♀️Houston, TX 📍 CBTB blog 👇🏻 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @crimebythebookInstagram Followers 178.3KType MacroGender Female Get Email Contact
4. Magen
Bio 📖 Helping you find your next favorite thriller (& maybe true crime) read👇🏼 Join my virtual thriller book club (2.6k+ members)📍 ThrillerFest, June 19Instagram Handle @bonechillingbooksInstagram Followers 93.8KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
5. Billy Jensen
Bio NY Times bestseller: “Chase Darkness with Me” about how I started solving murders. New book “Killers Amidst Killers” about addiction.Friend of Bill W. ****@billyjensen.comInstagram Handle @billyjensenInstagram Followers 84.2KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
6. Chelsea
Bio Thrillers • Mysteries • Crime🔎 Join my bookclub @thrillersbythebookclub🎙 Host @thrillersbythebookclubpod📍 Southern California (let’s hang out 👋🏻) ****@yahoo.comInstagram Handle @thrillerbookbabeInstagram Followers 54.4KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
7. Jillian Lauren
Bio Bestselling author & mother of dragonsCONFRONTING A SERIAL KILLER streaming all over! BEHOLD THE MONSTER is OUT NOW! @sourcebooks Grab your copy ⬇️Instagram Handle @jillianlaurenInstagram Followers 17KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
8. James Phelps
Bio Australia’s #1 Best Selling True Crime WriterInstagram Handle @james_phelps_authorInstagram Followers 16.7KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
9. Lorraine
Bio Thriller enthusiast ☕'The world was hers for the reading.'📖 -Instagram Handle @shereadscrimethrillersInstagram Followers 12.5KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
10. Laurie Buchanan
Bio Sean McPherson crime thriller novels ✍🏼 Shutterbug 📸 Dog's best friend 🐶 Read, review, repeat 📚Pacific Northwest vibes🌲Red licorice ❤️ Cheeky 🫢 ****@lauriebuchanan.comInstagram Handle @lauriebuchanan.authorInstagram Followers 10.5KType MicroGender Female Get Email Contact
11. Jonathan
Bio 📚 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery🌍 Belfast, Northern IrelandCR 📖 - The Death of Us by Abigail DeanBook Goal 2025 - 23/70Instagram Handle @jonathan.bookstagramInstagram Followers 10.9KType MicroGender Male Get Email Contact
12. Sara Divello
Bio 📚Author, “Broadway Butterfly”🗞️Ft:@vanityfair🏖️ Co-Chair @nantucketbookfestival 👩🏻💻@internationalthrillerwriters Brand Strategy🎙️@thrillermavenInstagram Handle @saradivelloInstagram Followers 8.4KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
13. Kelly Banaski
Bio True crime scribe, 55 and thriving. Unraveling mysteries faster than society's outdated views on women's mental health. Advocating for prison reform. ****@thewomancondemned.comInstagram Handle @truecrimekellyInstagram Followers 7.7KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
14. Sophie Hannah
Bio Bestselling writer of crime fiction and self-helpFounder of Dream Author CoachingCreator and host of How To Hold A Grudge podcast ****@sophiehannah.comInstagram Handle @sophiehannahwriterInstagram Followers 6.4KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
15. Noelle Holten
Bio 📚 Works in publishing by day | Thriller writer & reviewer by night ✍🏻 Dabbles in fantasy too b/c Dragons! Follow/ find everything you need to know 🔗👇🏻 ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @author_noelleholtenInstagram Followers 3.6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
16. Roy Maloy
Bio Author of ten true crime biographies, including “Squizzy”, and “The Dawn of Crime” series. #truecrime #australiancrime #crimehistory ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @thedawnofcrimeInstagram Followers 3.5KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
17. Katy
Bio 🌟Book Reviewer🌟Lover of mysteries, true crime, horror movies, and Bigfoot. Booksirens, NetGalley, Goodreads reviewsAccepting physical ARCs & EBooksInstagram Handle @the.sleepyreader79Instagram Followers 2.8KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
18. R.W.R. McDonald
Bio Award-winning Author | Picture Books by 🌞, 🔎Crime Fiction by 🌘| #thenancys #anambushofwidows | Queer dad 🏳️🌈 |Coexist HarryCat🐈 | #QWSpodcast host🎙|Instagram Handle @rwrmcdonaldInstagram Followers 2.7KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
19. Robin Lyons
Bio Who doesn’t love a good murder mystery! Books, giveaways, true crime, and ranch life in my weekly newsletter. ****@robinlyons.comInstagram Handle @robinlyonsauthorInstagram Followers 2.7KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
20. Sarah Weinman
Bio Crime Lady. Columnist, @nytbooks. Author of SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor of anthologies, including EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN (7/4/23). She/her. ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @sarahweinmanInstagram Followers 2.5KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
21. Gilbert King
Bio Host, producer of the podcast, BONE VALLEY.Author of Pulitzer prizewinning book, DEVIL IN THE GROVE. ****@mac.comInstagram Handle @gilbertkingpicsInstagram Followers 2.6KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
22. Abir Mukherjee
Bio •Crime Fiction Author•6 Books in the bag•New book: HUNTED out now!•View website ⬇️Instagram Handle @radiomukhersInstagram Followers 2.1KType NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
23. Alice Hunter
Bio ✍️ Author of THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE📚 Latest release: BAD APPLE📗Next release: THE PERFECT PSYCHOPATH Ex prison Interventions FacilitatorInstagram Handle @alicehunter_authorInstagram Followers 1.8KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
24. Vikki Petraitis
Bio True crime author and podcaster, winner of the Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction PrizeInstagram Handle @vikkipetraitisInstagram Followers 1.7KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
25. Cherry
Bio 🩷Girly girl reading dark thrilling books💄🖤Book reviews and TBRs 📚🩷 Thrillers & mysteries 👀💌****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @booksforthrillsInstagram Followers 1.6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
26. Toni Larue
Bio Toni Larue'Crime\Mystery\SuspenseWelcome to the darkside of fiction ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @authortonilarueInstagram Followers 1.7KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
27. Mary Kay McBrayer
Bio true crime. hidden histories. film/TV. travel. Author of MADAME QUEEN and AMERICA'S FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER. Represented by @pandeliterary.Instagram Handle @marykaymcbrayerInstagram Followers 1.6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
28. Katie
Bio 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎🪦🔪𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛🦇🩸𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜🖤𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢🤫& 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 📖 🐝 @htp_hive 25’📍 Port CityInstagram Handle @morbidly_readingInstagram Followers 1.3KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
29. Aimée Baker
Bio Telling the stories of America’s missing and unidentified women on the @she_goes_by_jane podcast. 📚 Author of DOE 🎥 made into the documentary SHEInstagram Handle @aimee.e.bakerInstagram Followers 1.2KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
30. Erica
Instagram Handle @abookwormsthoughtsInstagram Followers 1.2KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
31. Mitzi Szereto
Bio OFFICIAL ACCOUNT#Author of #Books #TrueCrime #CrimeFiction #Anthologies. Tweets @MitziSzereto.Instagram Handle @mitziszeretoInstagram Followers 1.1KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
32. Nate Hendley
Bio Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based freelance writer/editor/author. I have written several true-crime books. ****@sympatico.caInstagram Handle @nate.hendleyInstagram Followers 824Type NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
33. Robert Chute
Bio Super readers wanted! Apocalyptic suspense and killer crime thrillers. #scifi #novelist #horror #crime AllThatChazz.comInstagram Handle @robertchazzchuteInstagram Followers 381Type NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
34. Beth Satterstrum
Bio ****@gmail.comInstagram Handle @bethmeetsworldInstagram Followers 235Type NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
35. Emma
Bio Crime and thriller book lover📚 Brutally honest 📍Merseyside, UK 🇬🇧⬇️ Contact & moreInstagram Handle @emmareadscrimeInstagram Followers 6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
36. Carly
Bio Welcome ☠️ 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈Book reviews, ratings, & recsCrime Fiction / Thriller / Mystery / Police Procedural / Nordic Noir & more 🔪🩸🚔🕵🏻♀️Instagram Handle @crimefictionjunkieInstagram Followers 4.6KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
37. Melissa Moore
Instagram Handle @lifeaftercrimeInstagram Followers 828Type NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
38. Marti
Bio Cosa leggiamo oggi ~📚 | thriller • truecrime • mystery🇰🇷 | libri coreani💡 | mamma de #lescopertine e #athrillingkoreanbookclubInstagram Handle @tomeraider_Instagram Followers 4.9KType NanoGender Female Get Email Contact
39. John Leake
Bio The official page of true crime author John Leake! Shop John's entire catalog of bestselling and award-winning books at authorjohnleake.comInstagram Handle @authorjohnleakeInstagram Followers 817Type NanoGender Male Get Email Contact
40. George Jared
Bio My name is George Jared and I’m a true crime author. I’ve covered many murder cases through the years including the infamous West Memphis Three case.Instagram Handle @authorgeorgejaredInstagram Followers 787Type NanoGender Male Get Email Contact