“It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.” WritingMeanMatterLiteratureFictionNovelStreetsConversationNo Matter WhatAutobiographyBiographiesDetectivesDetective Fiction Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante
“Marshall Jevons is the pioneer for integrating economics and detective fiction, and The Mystery of the Invisible Hand is another fine effort in this genre.” HandsEffortFictionMysteryFineEconomicsInvisibleGenreDetectivesPioneersIntegratingInvisible HandDetective Fiction Author:Tyler Cowen
“Detective fiction could not have existed without Edgar Allan Poe.” FictionDetectivesDetective FictionAllan Poe Author:Giles Foden
“I've always had a great fondness for English detective fiction such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.” FictionDetectivesFondnessChristieDetective Fiction Author:Kazuo Ishiguro
“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 a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.” FirstsBookHardLawFatherFictionStudyTaughtAreasDecidedPoliceSeriesCriminalsCaliforniaProceduresDetectivesExpertiseFiction WritersCriminal LawDetective Fiction Author:Sue Grafton
“Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction.” WayReadingFictionCrimeMy WayLifelongDetectivesHolmesDetective FictionLifelong Love Author:Stanley Bing