Best Quote by Joe R. Lansdale

I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror.

— Sarah Zettel

I am, after all, a thriller writer. I routinely delve into the darkest chambers of the human heart. I've written about murder, kidnapping, depravity,…

— Harlan Coben

I'm most interested in people who've lived life in the extreme, which is what draws me to crime fiction.

— Nick Petrie

All I've really ever done is write since I was 17, so I don't know anything about anything. For me to do a novel,…

— Lisa Gardner

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels.

— Hallie Ephron

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself…

— Peter Temple

I grew up on genre - on Westerns, spy thrillers, sci-fi, fantasy novels, horror novels. Especially horror novels.

— Benjamin Percy

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

— Olga Tokarczuk

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books.

— Michael Connelly

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction.

— Colson Whitehead

I wrote my first five horror novels while I was teaching.

— Sarah Pinborough