Bookstores Quote by Robert Crais

I not only read Raymond Chandler but read all the crime fiction classics. I was hooked.

— Michael Connelly

I had done 12 little romance books, and I decided I wanted to move into crime fiction.

— Janet Evanovich

I read a lot of true crime growing up - 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy.

— Karin Slaughter

Well, I was a big fan of the book and therein a huge fan of the girl Precious. And so I felt like I…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved all his…

— Jo Nesbo

My love was always in books. I was just one of those avid readers. Films came later, but the stories were always present.

— Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.

— Lennie James

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 favorite book growing up was 'The Little Prince.'

— Antoni Porowski

Goofy pictures and crazy times. Sisters at heart and partners in crime.

— Narenkumar

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

— Olga Tokarczuk

Smallville' was my first love and it is always close to my heart.

— Erica Durance