Top 60 Crime Book Influencers in 2026

1. Billy Jensen

Bio NY Times bestseller “Chase Darkness with Me." Latest book on addiction: “Killers Amidst Killers.” Friend of Bill W. *****@billyjensen.com Instagram Handle @billyjensen Instagram Followers 77.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact Request 530 Crime Book Instagram Influencers with email contacts in a spreadsheet or csv file. Email us at [email protected] Copy emailEmail us

2. Jonathan

Bio 📚 Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
🌍 Belfast, Northern Ireland
CR 📖 - The Housewife by Natalie Barelli
Book Goal 2026 - 40/60 Instagram Handle @jonathan.bookstagram Instagram Followers 14.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

3. Laurie Buchanan

Bio Gritty Pacific Northwest crime thrillers. Author of the Sean McPherson series. Tap below 👇 for suspense, danger & justice! *****@lauriebuchanan.com Instagram Handle @lauriebuchanan.author Instagram Followers 10.4K Follower Growth (3mo) -3% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

4. Sara Divello

Bio 📕BROADWAY BUTTERFLY
🏖️Co-chair @nantucketbookfestival
🎙️ @thrillermaven
🎙️ @realplotpointpodcast
🎙️ @southendlibraryauthorseries
📚 @bostonbookfest Instagram Handle @saradivello Instagram Followers 9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

5. Sophie Hannah

Bio Bestselling writer of crime fiction and self-help
Founder of Dream Author Coaching
Creator and host of How To Hold A Grudge podcast *****@sophiehannah.com Instagram Handle @sophiehannahwriter Instagram Followers 7.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

6. Kelly Banaski

Bio True crime junkie with a pen. Mental health advocate. 56 & aging out loud. No filter, all facts, and a little fire. *****@thewomancondemned.com Instagram Handle @truecrimekelly Instagram Followers 7.3K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

7. Mary Kay McBrayer

Bio MADAME QUEEN book author
Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told host
Killer storyteller of history’s mysteries
Film critic Instagram Handle @marykaymcbrayer Instagram Followers 5.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +71% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

8. Casey Kelleher

Bio I write gritty crime and psych thrillers.
New release: Gangland Trilogy -
📕 BURIED
📘TRAPPED
BOOK 3 coming soon!
Grab your copy here ⬇️ *****@caseykelleher.co.uk Instagram Handle @caseykelleher Instagram Followers 5K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

9. Noelle Holten

Bio 📖 Crime writer, publicist & reviewer
✨ Writing crime & recommending thrillers, fantasy & dark stories
📚 Books, reviews & recs below *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @author_noelleholten Instagram Followers 4.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

10. Gilbert King

Bio Author of BONE VALLEY, the book. Host and producer of the podcast, BONE VALLEY.
Author of Pulitzer prizewinning book, DEVIL IN THE GROVE. *****@mac.com Instagram Handle @gilbertkingpics Instagram Followers 4.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +10% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

11. Abir Mukherjee

Bio 🫆 Crime Fiction Author
📚 8 books in the bag
🗼THE PINNACLE OUT NOW!
🔥 THE BURNING GROUNDS out now Instagram Handle @radiomukhers Instagram Followers 3.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +19% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

12. Bethany

Bio 🔍 Crime | Mystery | Thriller book reviews & recommendations
📧 *****@gmail.com
📍 Harrogate, Yorkshire, UK Instagram Handle @bethreadscrime Instagram Followers 3.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +8% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

13. R.W.R. McDonald

Bio Award-winning Author | Picture Books by 🌞, 🔎Crime Fiction by 🌘| #thenancys #anambushofwidows | Queer dad 🏳️‍🌈 |Coexist HarryCat🐈 | #QWSpodcast host🎙| Instagram Handle @rwrmcdonald Instagram Followers 3.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

14. 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.com Instagram Handle @sarahweinman Instagram Followers 2.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

15. Katy

Bio 🌟Book Reviewer🌟
Lover of mysteries, true crime, horror movies, and Bigfoot.
Booksirens, NetGalley, Goodreads reviews
Accepting physical ARCs & EBooks Instagram Handle @the.sleepyreader79 Instagram Followers 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

16. Lex Brookman

Bio 📍 London / SE / Kent
🔪 Reading Crime
💻 @LexBrookman / Open To Work
👟@WhatLexyLifts ✨ *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @whatlexysaid Instagram Followers 2.7K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

17. Emma Christie

Bio 📚Crime writer. “Superb,” says Ian Rankin. “Compelling,” says The Times
🥾Founder @writeandwalkspain
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Crime Book of the Year 2021 shortlist *****@emmachristiewriter.com Instagram Handle @theemmachristie Instagram Followers 2.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

18. Alice Hunter

Bio ✍️ Author of THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE
Out now: THE SERIAL KILLER GENE 🧬
Ex prison Interventions Facilitator Instagram Handle @alicehunter_author Instagram Followers 2.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

19. Vikki Petraitis

Bio True crime author and podcaster, winner of the Allen & Unwin Crime Fiction Prize for The Unbelieved. Instagram Handle @vikkipetraitis Instagram Followers 2.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +6% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

20. Rebecca Millar

Bio ✍️ Helping crime authors sharpen plots, deepen suspense & craft standout stories
📚 From first draft to final polish
📌 Need direction Let’s chat👇🏻 *****@rebeccamillareditorial.com Instagram Handle @rebeccamillareditorial Instagram Followers 2.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

21. Katie

Bio 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚖𝚎🪦🔪𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛🦇🩸𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚛𝚜🖤𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚢🤫& 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 📖
📧:*****@gmail.com
📍 Port City Instagram Handle @morbidly_reading Instagram Followers 1.3K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

22. Aimée Baker

Bio Writer & researcher unearthing the stories of women history tried to forget.
🎙 @she_goes_by_jane | 📚 DOE | 🎥 SHE | 📬 GIRLHUNT Instagram Handle @aimee.e.baker Instagram Followers 1.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

23. Mitzi Szereto

Bio OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
#Author of #TrueCrime #CozyCrime #Anthologies #books. 100% human (and bear) authored books - no AI! Follow on socials @MitziSzereto. Instagram Handle @mitziszereto Instagram Followers 1.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

24. Erica

Bio book reviews | reading diary | 💌📖 Instagram Handle @abookwormsthoughts Instagram Followers 1.1K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

25. Nate Hendley

Bio Nate Hendley is a Toronto-based freelance writer/editor/author. I have written several true-crime books. *****@sympatico.ca Instagram Handle @nate.hendley Instagram Followers 980 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

26. Melissa Moore

Instagram Handle @lifeaftercrime Instagram Followers 798 Follower Growth (3mo) -4% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

27. Paris Hansen

Bio 📚 Crime Fiction Author
❤ Coolest Auntie in the World
📚 Voracious Reader
❤ Sports Fan *****@parishansen.com Instagram Handle @authorparishansen Instagram Followers 615 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

28. Beth Satterstrum

Bio *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @bethmeetsworld Instagram Followers 237 Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

29. Matthew Cox

Bio 📖True Crime Author📖
💰Most Wanted Criminal💰
🚔13 years in prison🚔
👇Watch my YouTube channel👇 *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @insidetruecrime Instagram Followers 582.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

30. Ashley Flowers

Bio Host of @crimejunkiepodcast
Founder of @audiochuck
Founder of @seasonofjustice
2x NYT Bestselling Author - ALL GOOD PEOPLE HERE & THE MISSING HALF👇 *****@parcast.com Instagram Handle @ashleyflowers Instagram Followers 575.4K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

31. Abby

Bio Abby is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction review blog and Instagram account she launched right after graduating college. Nearly a decade on, it has taken her to crime fiction events and festivals around the world and given her the chance to interview many of her favorite authors. By day, she works in book publicity for a division of Penguin Random House, while CBTB remains her passion project. *****@gmail.comMORE Instagram Handle @crimebythebook Instagram Followers 224.2K Follower Growth (3mo) +4% Type Macro Gender Female Get Email Contact

32. Magen

Bio 📖 Helping you find your next favorite thriller (& maybe true crime) read
👇🏼Join my virtual thriller book club (3k+ members) Instagram Handle @bonechillingbooks Instagram Followers 109K Follower Growth (3mo) +2% Type Macro Gender Male Get Email Contact

33. Chelsea

Bio Thrillers • Mysteries • Suspense
🔎 Thriller reviews & recs
📚 Join my bookclub @thrillersbythebookclub
📍 Southern California (let’s hang out 👋🏻) *****@yahoo.com Instagram Handle @thrillerbookbabe Instagram Followers 58.5K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

34. Emma

Bio Crime and thriller book lover📚
Brutally honest
TikTok - 18K+
📍Merseyside, UK 🇬🇧
⬇️ Contact & more Instagram Handle @emmareadscrime Instagram Followers 19.2K Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

35. Jillian Lauren

Bio Author, feminist, advocate. Jewess, Marxist, maximalist. Pigeons and poodles. Crime and punishment. Welcome to the show! Instagram Handle @jillianlauren Instagram Followers 17.3K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

36. Lorraine

Bio 🔎 99% thrillers
CR: House Of Flies - Graham Masterton
✨ 'The world was hers for the reading.' ✨
📍Somerset, UK Instagram Handle @shereadscrimethrillers Instagram Followers 14K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Micro Gender Female Get Email Contact

37. James Phelps

Bio Australia’s #1 Best Selling True Crime Writer Instagram Handle @james_phelps_author Instagram Followers 11.2K Follower Growth (3mo) -2% Type Micro Gender Male Get Email Contact

38. Joebella

Bio Spoiler free reviews
Crime, thriller, horror and YA girl
Contact info:
*****@hotmail.com or feel free to DM
📚 2025 goal completed it mate! Instagram Handle @joebella_p_reads Instagram Followers 6K Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

39. Miss.bookblogger

Bio 🔪 Thriller, misterio y suspense
📚 Reseñas sinceras y recomendaciones
✨ Para lectores de verdad
📝 Cuadernos de lectura aquí ⬇️ Instagram Handle @miss.bookblogger Instagram Followers 5.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

40. Marti

Bio Cosa leggiamo oggi ~
📚 | thriller • truecrime • mystery
🇰🇷 | libri coreani
💡 | mamma de #lescopertine e #athrillingkoreanbookclub Instagram Handle @tomeraider_ Instagram Followers 4.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

41. Carly

Bio Welcome ☠️ 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈
Book reviews, ratings, & recs
Crime Fiction / Thriller / Mystery / Police Procedural / Nordic Noir & more
🔪🩸🚔🕵🏻‍♀️ Instagram Handle @crimefictionjunkie Instagram Followers 4.6K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

42. Afsha

Bio 📍Dallas, TX | Corgi mama 🐾
NetGalley ARC Reviewer 📚
creepy and dark thrillers are my favorite 🔪
🎧: they say a girl died here
2026: 103/150 Instagram Handle @caffeineandcrime Instagram Followers 3.9K Follower Growth (3mo) +30% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

43. Terri

Bio 🔪thrillers + crime + horror, oh my!
📍lutruwita🇦🇺| 🌈Safe Space
📚49/50 | 💌*****@gmail.com
✨ Yes, I read ARCs! Email me 👆 Instagram Handle @twist.and.doubt Instagram Followers 3.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +34% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

44. Katy Watson

Bio 📚Author of the Three Dahlias Mysteries
🎭3 actresses all played the same detective. Now they solve murders together
👇Read Ch1 of DEATH ON A LIVELY SEA Instagram Handle @katywatsonauthor Instagram Followers 3.1K Follower Growth (3mo) +11% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

45. Robin Lyons

Bio Retired school accountant writing murder mysteries, love junk journals, coffee, cookies, and a good belly laugh. 🤣 *****@robinlyons.com Instagram Handle @robinlyonsauthor Instagram Followers 2.6K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

46. Haritini

Bio | A girl who loves crime, thrillers & mystery books🔪
| #bookreviewer from Athens, Greece
| Books 📚 tea 🍵 chocolate 🍫
| Dm 📩 for collab Instagram Handle @missx_crimes Instagram Followers 2.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

47. Toni Larue

Bio Toni Larue'
Thriller\Horror\Suspense *****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @authortonilarue Instagram Followers 2K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

48. Troy Hunter

Bio Bestselling YA crime
📗GUS & THE CLIMATE KILLER 2027
📔GUS & THE BURNING STONES
📕GUS & THE MISSING BOY(Ned Kelly/Danger Award shortlists)
🎙️QWS podcast *****@icloud.com Instagram Handle @troyhunterwriter Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) +5% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

49. Cherry

Bio 🖤Thriller reviews, recs and TBRs 📚🕵🏼‍♀️
🩷Girly girl reading dark thrilling books💄🍒
🇬🇧UK ❤️
💌*****@gmail.com Instagram Handle @booksforthrills Instagram Followers 1.7K Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

50. 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.com Instagram Handle @authorjohnleake Instagram Followers 1.6K Follower Growth (3mo) +1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

51. Nikki Lee Taylor

Bio 📚Winner of the 2024 Scarlet Stiletto Crime Fiction Award & Hawkeye Manuscript Award
📖 Int. Bestselling Author
🐕 Dog mum *****@nikkileetaylor.com Instagram Handle @author_nikkileetaylor Instagram Followers 1.1K Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

52. Fabiha

Bio Psychology student | Home brista☕
📚 crime, thriller, mystery & fantasy
📩 DM for arc, reviews & collab Instagram Handle @fabxreads_ Instagram Followers 948 Follower Growth (3mo) +9% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

53. 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 @authorgeorgejared Instagram Followers 861 Follower Growth (3mo) +3% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact

54. Nadya Frank

Bio 🔎Page-turners about tough women in Russia
📖Start binge-reading today (link below👇)
✨Queer, neurospicy, recovering from Slavic mindset *****@nadyafrank.com Instagram Handle @nadyafrankauthor Instagram Followers 418 Follower Growth (3mo) +40% Type Nano Gender Female Get Email Contact

55. Robert Chute

Bio Super readers wanted! Apocalyptic suspense and killer crime thrillers. #scifi #novelist #horror #crime AllThatChazz.com Instagram Handle @robertchazzchute Instagram Followers 396 Follower Growth (3mo) -1% Type Nano Gender Male Get Email Contact