Book Quote by Emma Healey

I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in…

— Isabel Allende

If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he…

— Nicole Krauss

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 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

Once upon a time, about 10 years ago, I thought maybe I could write a mystery series about a midwife in Elizabethan England. I…

— Deborah Harkness

I've always been a mystery fan. My very first grown-up book, I distinctly remember going to the library and my mom helping me pick…

— Gillian Flynn

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 don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have…

— Celeste Ng

I decided to read something I normally hate: a cosy mystery. You know one of those mysteries where everything is tidily wrapped up at…

— Justine Larbalestier

I always loved watching and reading family-friendly mysteries growing up, like the shows Murder, She Wrote and Nancy Drew, and am thrilled to be…

— Candace Cameron

One of the things that did intrigue me about when I read the pilot - because I had not read the books before doing…

— Sasha Alexander

It seems to me that good novels celebrate the mystery in ordinary life, and summing it all up in psychological terms strips the mystery…

— Anne Tyler