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Julian Symons född 1912 i London, död 1994, var en engelsk kritiker, litteraturhistoriker och författare som skrev så kallade socialdeckare.

Han var yngre bror till författaren A. J. A. Symons.

Bibliografi (i urval))

• Confusions About X (1938) (diktsamling)
• An Anthology of War Poetry (1942) (redaktör)
• The Second Man (1943) (diktsamling)
• Döden går på vernissage (1945; The immaterial murder case)
• Mord i gula handskar (1947; A Man Called Jones)
• A.J.A. Symons : his life and speculations (1950)
• Den 31:a februari (1950; The Thirty-First of February)
• Maktens labyrint (1953; The Broken Penny)
• Nätet (1954; The Narrowing Circle)
• Horatio Bottomley (1955) (biografi)
• Snitseljakten (1956; The Paper Chase)
• The General Strike - A Historical Portrait (1957)
• Mordets färg (1957; The Colour Of Murder)
• The Gigantic Shadow (1958)
• The Thirties: a Dream Revolved (1960) (reviderad upplaga 1975)
• Brottets bana (1960; The Progress Of A Crime)
• Mordet på Fracie Lake (1962; The killing of Francie Lake)
• Buller’s Campaign (1963) (militärhistoria)
• Slutet på visan (1964; The End Of Solomon Grundy)
• England's Pride: The Story of the Gordon Relief Expedition (1965) (militärhistoria)
• Crime and Detection: An Illustrated History from 1840 (1966)
• Critical Occasions (1966) (essäer)
• Mannen som tog livet av sig (1967; The Man Who Killed Himself)
• En mördares dröm (1968; The man whose dreams came true)
• Lilla mordboken (1972; Bloody Murder - From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel: A History)
• Den kusliga leken (1972; The Players and the Game)
• Komplotten mot Roger Rider (1973; The Plot Against Roger Rider)
• Falskt vittnesbörd (1974; Bland Beginning)
• Ett trepiporsproblem (1975; A Three Pipe Problem )
• How to Trap a Crook (1977) (noveller)
• Giftmorden på Blackheath (1978; The Blackheath poisonings : a Victorian murder mystery)
• Verdict of Thirteen: a Detection Club Anthology (1978)
• The tell-tale heart : the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe (1978)
• Agatha Christie - the Art of Her Crimes (1981)
• Critical observations (1981) (essäer)
• Affären Detling (1982; The Detling Murders)
• The Tigers of Subtopia (1982) (noveller)
• Crime and Detection Quiz (1983)
• Så dog Annabel Lee (1983; The Name Of Annabel Lee)
• Dashiel Hammett (1985)
• Skottet i Venedig (1985; The Criminal Comedy of the Contented Couple)
• Makers of the New: The Revolution in Literature, 1912-1939 (1987)
• The Kentish Manor Murders (1988)
• Dödens mörka ansikte (1990; Death's Darkest Face)
• Somebody Else (1990) (noveller)
• Something Like a Love Affair (1992)
• Criminal Practices - Symons on Crime Writing 60s to 90s (1994)
• Playing Happy Families (1994)
• The Man Who Hated Television (1995) (noveller, även utgiven som Did Sherlock Holmes Met Hercule...?)
• A sort of virtue : a political crime novel (1996)
• The Detections of Francis Quarles (2006) (noveller)

Priser och utmärkelser

• The Crossed Red Herrings Award 1957 för The colour of murder
• Edgarpriset 1961 för The Progress Of A Crime (Brottets bana)
• The Martin Beck award 1971 för Den 31 februari
• Grand Master-diplom 1977
• The Cartier Diamond Dagger 1990