“Thanks to the success of Henning Mankell and Peter Hoeg, there wasn't the same stigma attached to writing genre thrillers in Scandinavia as there was in many other cultures. Quite the opposite, in fact.” WritingFactsCultureOppositesThanksGenrePeterStigmaThrillersOther CulturesScandinavia Author:Jo Nesbo
“The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.” WritingPersonsCharacterCommonNovelVirtueActiveGood PersonThrillersPredatory Author:Thomas Perry
“If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.” IfsMenWritingMightFictionMysteryHorrorThrillersSpeculative Fiction Author:Jennifer Weiner
“I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.” WritingTryingFactsStoriesStylePagesResearchCourtNonfictionDocumentsThrillersWriting Nonfiction Author:Ben Mezrich
“I'm writing a film called 'Bug.' It's an original script, and it's not about killer insects. It's a thriller set in a high school. The bug of the title refers to a surveillance device.” WritingSchoolFilmHigh SchoolOriginalsScriptsTitlesDevicesKillersInsectsBugsSurveillanceThrillers Author:Wes Craven
“A lot of my books have been that way. My World War II thriller about Sarin gas [Black Cross] was published two months before the Sarin attack in the Japanese subway. There are very weird coincidences out there. And I do have one surefire plot I have not and probably never will write, because of my fear someone will carry it out.” WorldWayWritingHas BeensTwoBookWarBlackMonthsCrossesWar Of The WorldsGasPlotWorld War IiWorld War ICoincidenceThrillersSubwayTwo Months Author:Greg Iles