Arrivals Quote by Michael Connelly

I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I…

— Kaskade

I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it…

— Jay McInerney

I love that movie 'Chicago.'

— Khandi Alexander

I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my favorite city.

— John Green

There's something specific about Chicagoans, and I just felt like I'd love to tell their story in a creative way. Not in a way…

— Lena Waithe

“A Long Way from Chicago is the funniest book I have read in a while. You will enjoy the antics of Grandma and the…

— Robert Peck

Chicago is just where I found myself and found my voice.

— Chris Redd

Writing New People I was thinking a lot about the era that I came of age - the 90's. Brooklyn, in particular, this moment…

— Danzy Senna

I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me…

— Daniel Sunjata

I had the advantage of reading the book, and when the script was first submitted to me, it was just another gangster story -…

— Edward G. Robinson

“I loved the True Crime Story "Fighting the Devil" by Jeannie Walker. It is such an interesting book.”

— Jeannie Walker

The first time I read a crime novel - I think it may have been an Elmore Leonard book - it took some time…

— Alastair Reynolds