Curious Quote by Emma Healey

But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own.

— Peter Shaffer

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

Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to write a…

— Ruskin Bond

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

Anyone can write a detective story about a detective who fails, for Pete's sake. That's pretty unambitious.

— Mark Waid

I would like it to be said that I was a good writer of detective and thriller stories.

— Agatha Christie

One of the first serious attempts I made to write a novel was when I was in Grade 6 and I had read 'Matilda.'…

— Randa Abdel-Fattah

My brother-in-law wrote an unusual murder story. The victim got killed by a man from another book.

— Robert Sylvester

I had a novel in the back of my mind when I won an Ian St James story competition in 1993. At the award…

— Kate Atkinson

I was a prodigy who learned how difficult writing was only after getting published. I paid my dues later.

— David Quammen

While I was writing I assumed it would be published under a pseudonym, and that liberated me: what I wrote was exactly what I…

— Nicholson Baker

How about Proust's In Search of Lost Time?" Tamaru asked. "If you've never read it this would be a good opportunity to read the…

— Haruki Murakami