About Quote by Deborah Harkness

I've been surprised that 'Elizabeth is Missing' has been so well received as a crime book. I love mystery stories, and that is what…

— Emma Healey

While I was writing 'Elizabeth Is Missing' and struggling with the intricacies of the plot, I told myself the next book would be really…

— Emma Healey

I had thought for years, probably 30 or 40 years, that it would be a lot of fun to try my hand at a…

— Alan Bradley

I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of some little…

— Jean M. Auel

I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when I was…

— Natasha Trethewey

After I had written seventeen full-length mysteries, two volumes of mini-mysteries, a travel guide and some quiz books, not to mention a spin-off Roman…

— Caroline Lawrence

I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life.

— Jane Smiley

I pretty much always wanted to write a series, because I love reading them.

— Marie Rutkoski

I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British…

— Maureen Johnson

At first I imagined I'd write detective novels, because I loved 'Nancy Drew.'

— Martha Nussbaum

When I started writing, I just hoped for a nice little paperback series.

— Clive Cussler

I'm working on something that's not yet novel-shaped but is something of a film-noir-flavored 'Alice in Wonderland.' It will also very likely be a…

— Erin Morgenstern