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About Ruth Rendell
English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, was an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. She is best known for crime fiction that focuses on suspense, psychology, and the hidden motives behind violent acts. Her work moved between thriller and murder mystery forms, and her books made her a prominent name in English popular fiction.
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- “I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don't want to do it in my…”Ruth Rendell
- “Hugh Grant will always be associated with his scandal, and so will Max Mosley.”Ruth Rendell
- “I like to show what happens to people in the past and how it affects their present.”Ruth Rendell
- “I always know when a novel is going to be a Barbara Vine one. In fact I believe that if I weren't to write it…”Ruth Rendell
Silence: more sayings
- “You see, Risa, survival is a dance between our needs and our consciences. When the need is great enough, and…”Neal Shusterman
- “I looked out across the Ocean, and determined to drown myself.I was up to my chin when the shout came, and I…”Jeanette Winterson
- “Grave silence is far more powerful than the same old voices yapping away.”Carolyn Chute
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- “You’ll have days of complete lack of faith in your abilities. But you have to keep coming back. That’s when y…”Markus Zusak
- “There is only one trait that marks the writer. He is always watching. It's a kind of trick of the mind and he…”Morley Callaghan
- “There are things I want to say: They are very important to me, and, not being a writer, I do it through movie…”Richard Attenborough
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Books by Ruth Rendell
Sight for Sore Eyes, A
1999
Simisola
1995
13 Steps Down
2005
Road Rage (Inspector Wexford)
1998
A dark-adapted eye
1986