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The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.
Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Ken Follett
Born: Jun 5, 1949

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Ultimately, a great thriller is a roller coaster ride. I like to think that's a promise I have never failed to keep, and one that I'd say has served my books well. James Patterson
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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. Thomas Perry
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'Homeland' is a thriller with a lot of cloak and dagger spy stuff, which is one of the things that makes it so much fun. Adam Rayner
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I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller. Alexander Skarsgard
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I have a couple of thick files about things that have gone wrong between people; I ought to write about them in the manner of a thriller. It would finally convince me that I was a real writer. Amitava Kumar
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