Editing Detection Club (section)

== Presidents ==
*[[G. K. Chesterton]] (1930–1936)
*[[E. C. Bentley]] (1936–1949)
*[[Dorothy L. Sayers]] (1949–1957)
*[[Agatha Christie]] (1957–1976)
*[[Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell|Lord Gorell]] (1957–1963)
*[[Julian Symons]] (1976–1985)<ref>
{{cite ODNB
|last=Lejeune
|first=Anthony
|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn
|date=Sep 2004
|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/55772
|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/55772
|access-date=10 June 2010
}}</ref>
*[[H. R. F. Keating]] (1985–2000)
*[[Simon Brett]] (2000–2015)
*[[Martin Edwards (author)|Martin Edwards]] (2015–)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.watsonlittle.com/martin-edwards-named-the-next-president-of-the-detection-club |title=Martin Edwards named the next President of The Detection Club! |date=23 June 2015 |publisher= Watson, Little |access-date=22 November 2015}}</ref>

Lord Gorell shared the presidency with Agatha Christie, who only agreed to accept the role if a co-president was appointed to conduct the club's proceedings.<ref>
{{cite ODNB
|last=Morgan
|first=Janet
|author-link=Janet Morgan, Lady Balfour of Burleigh
|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn
|date=Sep 2004
|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30926
|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30926
|access-date=10 June 2010
}}</ref>