His father is hinky, she said with a sigh. And by hinky…

I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.

— Chelsea Cain

You won't make a living writing until you learn to write when you don't want to.

— Chelsea Cain

“She'd liked Pearl. Pearl hadn't meant to Tazer Archie. Well, she meant to Tazer him, but how was she supposed to know that her…

— Chelsea Cain

I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.

— Chelsea Cain

I often keep my eyes open for bodies. I do. Ever since I was a kid. I think I read too many 'Nancy Drew'…

— Chelsea Cain

I used to write travel essays, and I was struck by how the fact of writing about a place would change my relationship with…

— Chelsea Cain

“Robbins had opened Gabby up. Her charred skin was peeled back, and her ribs were removed. She was pink inside, like steak that had…

— Chelsea Cain

I am a control freak, but not when I travel. For some reason when I travel, I am able to surrender more than in…

— Chelsea Cain

“But people in masks were always assholes. It was a scientific law. Give someone anonymity and all social niceties break down. The Internet had…

— Chelsea Cain

Every year, I give my dad an advance copy of my latest book. He reads it over the next several nights and says something…

— Chelsea Cain

You know what I hate? I hate people who give me plants. The whole giving someone plants - it's like giving someone a pet.…

— Chelsea Cain

I love to write just about more than anything, but there are times I have to force myself to sit down and work. I…

— Chelsea Cain

“Her body was spattered with tiny bits of the reverend’s flesh and blood, like someone had combined shrimp and tomato soup and then forgot…

— Chelsea Cain

People read stuff over your shoulder when you're in public, and when you write the kind of stuff I do, and people read it…

— Chelsea Cain

There's something about the Pacific Northwest, the scale of it, and the fact that not so long ago people came here and died getting…

— Chelsea Cain