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People are interested in crime fiction when they're quite distanced from crime. People in Darfur are not reading murder mysteries.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Crime Crime Fiction Darfur Fiction Interested Mysteries People Quite Reading

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The book I made it big with in the U.S. was my fourth book, 'Sanctum.' My novels sell really well both there and in Canada, so once a year I do a promotional tour, visiting a different city every two days, doing book readings and signings.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Big Book Both Canada City Days Different Doing Every Fourth Made Novels Once Once A Year Readings Really Sell Tour Two Visiting Well Year

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My family were great story-tellers. My mum was one of 12 and they were all fighting to tell stories. You have to tell a good tale or no one is going to listen. You have to make it entertaining and interesting. That's how I learned to tell stories.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Entertaining Family Fighting Going Good Great How Interesting Learned Listen Make Mum Stories Tale Tell Were You

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It's all chaos and the house is occasionally filthy but I get to stand at the school gates. Writers are so lucky to have that flexibility.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Chaos Filthy Flexibility Gates Get House Lucky Occasionally School Stand Writers

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There's a real emphasis on being witty in Scotland, even in crime novels.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Being Crime Emphasis Even Novels Real Scotland Witty

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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

Topics: Could Funny He Love Original Places Political Realise Story Takes Unexpected Very Writing I Love

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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.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Anything Children Fun Hard Immediate More Than Two World Writing

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Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Crime Crime Fiction Crimes Deserve Fiction Get History Social Societies

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I'm terrified to get married. I'm not getting married till my gay friends can.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Friends Gay Get Get Married Getting Getting Married Married Terrified Till

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Journalism is a Darwinian process.

~Denise Mina

Topics: Darwinian Journalism Process

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Biography

Nationality: Scottish

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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