Criticism Quote by Gregory Mcdonald

Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm…

— Wendelin Van Draanen

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

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Why are murder mysteries so popular? There's a 3-part "formula" (if you want to call it that) for a genre novel: (1) Someone the…

— Lois Duncan

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

The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that…

— Tana French

As much as I adore Agatha Christie - and I think people make this claim about murder mysteries in general - it's often a…

— Christopher Bollen

“I write mysteries to say something, not just for entertainment”

— Dennis Lynds

One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery novel, the…

— Carolyn Wheat

I love mysteries on television - the more psychologically complex, the better.

— Rebecca Eaton

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

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