Chelsea Cain

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…

— 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…

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— Chelsea Cain

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

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Chelsea Cain

“Even the most blatant assholes seemed to function in a state of grace when confronted with the brutal loss of a loved…

— Chelsea Cain

I'm a sucker for a screwed-up protagonist. We all have issues.

— Chelsea Cain

Our relationship is complicated by the fact that I am emotionally retarded.

— Chelsea Cain

There's not a lot of arc in an actual psychopath.

— Chelsea Cain

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.

— Chelsea Cain

“He's not like his father. She reconsidered this. I mean, he's not perfect. But he's not Scarface.”

— Chelsea Cain

“What's she like?' Archie repeated softly. He put his hand on the trooper's shoulder and leaned forward, so his face was inched…

— Chelsea Cain

“Debbie often talked about Gretchen as if she was his mistress. But to Archie it sometimes felt like the other way around.…

— Chelsea Cain

“She lied to me today," Archie said. "A teenager?" Susan said with faux surprise. "Lying to an authority figure? Impossible.”

— Chelsea Cain

Lovely chatting with you, darling, but I've got to run. Face it, you're always more content when you're chasing me than when…

— Chelsea Cain