I have two children. They are more fun than anything in the world, and it's more immediate fun than the hard slog of writing.
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going t… - Denise Mina
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going t…
- Denise Mina
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read. - Denise Mina
None of us know what is going to sell or what people want to read.
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny. - Denise Mina
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did la… - Denise Mina
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did la…
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position. - Denise Mina
To have a very strong opinion all the time is corrosive to a person's intellect. It becomes your default position.
People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries. - Denise Mina
People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries.
Journalism is a Darwinian process. - Denise Mina
Journalism is a Darwinian process.
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws. - Denise Mina
I think the negative traits are what makes us love other human beings, the foibles and the flaws.
Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live. - Denise Mina
Usually when I'm trying to establish character, I try and find out where they live.
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