Crime Quote by Val McDermid

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

— Lennie James

I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought of as…

— Sophie Hannah

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

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

— Olga Tokarczuk

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

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

— John Connolly

If you ask people if they enjoy crime novels, they'll say, 'Oh, my guilty pleasure is...' then name a really brilliant crime writer.

— Sophie Hannah

The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald. He's wily,…

— Laura Lippman

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

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

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 think that Brighton, for a crime writer, is almost like a character.

— Peter James