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Compare [[Most Writers Are Writers]], [[Interdisciplinary Sleuth]]. See also [[Mystery Fiction]] and [[Detective Fiction]].
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== Anime & Manga ==
* The leads from ''[[Kamen Tantei]]'' kind of subvert this. Yes, they're mystery writers who investigate mysteries. But the female lead, especially, is a "fairplay" mystery writer living in a world where ghosts, psychic powers, "all a dream" endings and fictional characters come to life (including the title character) make it impossible to use logic and common sense to actually solve mysteries.
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== Comic Books ==
* Gabe Webb from ''[[The Maze Agency]]''
* Kaye Daye, one of the [[Batman
== Literature ==
* [[Ellery Queen]]
* [[Author Avatar]] Ariadne Oliver from various [[
* Harriet Vane from the [[Lord Peter Wimsey]] novels is another example.
== Live-Action TV ==
* Jessica Fletcher from ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
* ''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''
* ''[[The Snoop Sisters]]''
* Temperance Brennan, from ''[[Bones]]''. She writes mystery novels, and she also helps solve crime. Although her career as a forensic anthropologist is probably more important to her ability to solve crimes than her [[Informed Ability|alleged skill as a writer]].
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== Real Life ==
* A Real Life partial example might be Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From The Other Wiki: "Conan Doyle was also a fervent advocate of justice and personally investigated two closed cases, which led to two men being exonerated of the crimes of which they were accused." See [
** Granted, Conan Doyle had actual forensic training, and he had been a detective and lecturer himself before writing the [[Sherlock Holmes]] stories.
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