Editing Crime fiction (section)

===Classics and bestsellers===
Only a select few authors have achieved the status of "classics" for their published works. A classic is any text that can be received and accepted universally, because they transcend context. A popular, well-known example is [[Agatha Christie]], whose texts, originally published between 1920 and her death in 1976, are available in UK and US editions in all English-speaking nations. Christie's works, particularly featuring detectives [[Hercule Poirot]] or [[Miss Jane Marple]], have given her the title the Queen of Crime, and made her one of the most important and innovative writers in the development of the genre. Her most famous novels include ''[[Murder on the Orient Express]]'' (1934), ''[[Death on the Nile]]'' (1937), and the world's best-selling mystery ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' (1939).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/21-best-selling-books-of-all-time.htm|title=21 Best-Selling Books of All Time|last=Davies|first=Helen|author2=Marjorie Dorfman|author3=Mary Fons|author4=Deborah Hawkins|author5=Martin Hintz|author6=Linnea Lundgren|author7=David Priess|author8=Julia Clark Robinson|author9=Paul Seaburn|author10=Heidi Stevens|author11=Steve Theunissen|date=14 September 2007|publisher=Editors of Publications International, Ltd.|access-date=2009-03-25|archive-date=2009-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407002704/http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/21-best-selling-books-of-all-time.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other less successful, contemporary authors who are still writing have seen reprints of their earlier works, due to current overwhelming popularity of crime fiction texts among audiences. One example is [[Val McDermid]], whose first book appeared as far back as 1987; another is [[Florida]]-based author [[Carl Hiaasen]], who has been publishing books since 1981, all of which are readily available.