I love crime fiction, and I'm proud to be part of it, but…

“So, fuck ’em, we say. Fuck the mundane of Mainstream, the elitists of Literature. We’re GENRE FICTION and proud of it, proud to wear…

— Hal Duncan

I have never believed that the critic is the rival of the poet, but I do believe that criticism is a genre of literature…

— Harold Bloom

After I started writing crime fiction, I said to myself, 'I may be limited, but the genre's not. There's no reason to change genres…

— Laura Lippman

The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald. He's wily,…

— Laura Lippman

For me, crime fiction was an opportunity to sneak up on readers with social issues, something they won't go out of their way to…

— Laura Lippman

The built-in form is a window frame. You can use this genre [crime fiction] to go where you want to go, and explore what…

— Michael Connelly

The techniques are all means of dealing with one simple idea: She wrote it. (That is, the "wrong" person--in this case, female--has created the…

— Joanna Russ

“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least beans you…

— Sara Sheridan

Scandinavian crime fiction has become a great success all across the world and rightfully so. Sjowall and Wahloo ushered in a whole generation of…

— Camilla Lackberg

“Humanity thrown together in the equivalent of a Petri dish under a microscope bred malignant organisms as often as benign.”

— B.V. Lawson

“At that exact moment, 6-0-0, the sun climbed over the skyline of oaks, revealing its full summer angry-god self. Its reflection flared across the…

— Gillian Flynn

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All…

— John Connolly

“Payne sought clarification. “Vertical or horizontal?” “Horizontal, of course.” “Sorry but I can’t help you.” “Will you pipe down for a minute? Naturally she…

— Ed Lynskey

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers

— Jacques Barzun

“We saved the lives of a whole family that night. Children, parents, uncles, aunts, grandparents, all sailed to safety in Sweden inside a little…

— Steen Langstrup