“I like to believe my suspense novels marry the strong characters from my romance writing past, with the twisty, clever plots of my mystery writing present.” WritingBelieveCharacterPastRomanceStrongNovelMysteryCleverSuspensePlotStrong CharacterSuspense Novels Author:Lisa Gardner
“I still read romance, and I read suspense. I read them both. And part of it is, I like stories with strong characters, and I like stories where there's closure at the end. And I like stories where there's hope. That's a kind of empowerment. I think romance novels are very empowering, and I think suspense novels are, too.” ThinkingKindStillsEndsCharacterStoriesRomanceStrongNovelEmpowermentSuspenseEmpoweringRomance NovelClosureStrong CharacterSuspense Novels Author:Lisa Gardner
“I'm unique for a suspense author in that I don't have a specialty background. A lot of suspense writers used to be lawyers or crime beat reporters. I didn't even know a cop when I started out. I finally figured out that I could visit prisons - I just had to be willing to make the phone calls.” KnowsUsedCrimeWillingUniqueBeatsPrisonPhonesLawyerBackgroundsUsed To BeSuspenseCopReportersPhone CallsSpecialty Author:Lisa Gardner
“One key to the distinction between mystery and suspense writing involves the relative positions of hero and reader. In the ideal mystery novel, the readers is two steps behind the detective.... The ideal suspense reader, on the other hand, is two steps ahead of the hero.” WritingTwoHandsBehindsStepsNovelMysteryPositionKeysReaderHeroIdealsSuspenseDistinctionRelativeDetectivesMystery Novels Author:Carolyn Wheat
“The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.” WorldLongPhilosophyRomanceAttitudeFictionPsychologyModernTheoryNegativeStandingScience FictionSuspenseGenreEtcAcademicExistentialSociologyFascinationNegative AttitudeFallouts Author:Jayne Ann Krentz