Don Winslow, author of the
new crime novel The Force, answers the New York Times' questions about books.
Whom do you consider the best
crime writers working today? And among classic writers of the genre?
I’m always reluctant to
answer this question for fear of leaving someone out. There are so many, and I
think that the genre is producing some of the best writing we have today. But
O.K., here goes: Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, Val McDermid, Steve Hamilton,
T. Jefferson Parker, Joe Wambaugh, Lou Berney, Denise Mina, James Ellroy, Reed
Farrel Coleman, Adrian McKinty, Lee Child, Meg Gardiner, Lawrence Block.…
Among the classic writers? I
never stop learning from Raymond Chandler and Mr. Elmore Leonard. (The
half-hour I spent with him on the phone shortly before he passed were 30 of the
best minutes of my life.) John MacDonald, Ross Macdonald, James Crumley,
Charles Willeford, Chester Himes, Robert B. Parker. Those guys turned crime
writing into music.
You can read the rest of the
interview via the below link:
Note: My review of Don
Winslow's The Force will appear shortly in the Washington Times.
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