American Quote by Richard Cabral

I'm proud to be a crime novelist. What I've chosen is the best way to convey the questions I'm trying to raise.

— George Pelecanos

I grew up on the crime stuff. Spillane, Chandler, Jim Thompson, and noir movies like Fuller, Orson Welles, Fritz Lang. When I first showed…

— Frank Miller

My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did…

— Sue Grafton

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

— Nick Petrie

I was very influenced by films and books like 'Serpico,' 'The French Connection,' and 'Prince of the City.' They were some of the reasons…

— Don Winslow

I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh, and Sue…

— Michael Connelly

True crime has long been a passion for me, but I'm also a sucker for biographies, particularly of politicians, writers, or Hollywood icons.

— Megan Abbott

A lot of my family weren't present when I was young, so I was getting a lot of stories told to me about them.…

— Bugzy Malone

I'm not a big crime reader, but I'm reading Michael Connelly's 'The Reversal.' I'm going back to his novels. I'm also reading Keith Richards'…

— Jo Nesbo

I love the character I played in 'Criminal Minds.'

— Jane Lynch

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've learned a lot with every character, everything from being a cop, to a lawyer to a tattoo artist. And underneath that stuff, I've…

— Sarah Shahi