Contemporary Quote by Donna Leon

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is…

— Karin Slaughter

“In most crime novels the violent act, usually the murder, is the engine. Take that away and there is little left to drive the…

— Mo Hayder

I think there's a concept that crime fiction is or was male-dominated, but it really never has been.

— Megan Abbott

Libraries are filled with stories on generations of brutal men, trapped in a cycle of aggression. I wanted to write about the violence of…

— Gillian Flynn

Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change -…

— Andrew Vachss

You don't read many scripts, especially for crime dramas, that feature a strong woman as the central character.

— Jodie Whittaker

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of…

— Nick Petrie

Of the paperbacks that you see at the airport, I am the most violent woman writer.

— Chelsea Cain

I've never been a great fan of crime fiction. I read Agatha Christie in my youth, but that's all.

— Olga Tokarczuk

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

— John Connolly

Crime fiction is a genre for writing stories about people - about conflict, about guilt, about passion, about the human condition.

— Jo Nesbo

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

— Karin Slaughter