Authors Quote by Karin Slaughter

Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

— Denise Mina

One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out…

— Kathy Reichs

There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.

— Daniel Woodrell

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

— John Connolly

Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all levels of…

— Allan Massie

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

— Andrew Vachss

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for…

— Orson Scott Card

Crime stories are often sensationalized. They can provoke lower standards.

— David Grann

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.

— Tod Goldberg

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

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people do not…

— Anonymous

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

— Karin Slaughter