“People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market. But the problem is that it's all backwards. It's not that you do the right thing and hope it pays off; the morally right thing is by definition the thing that gives the biggest payoff.”

Irish writer and theatrical actress

Tana French is an Irish writer and theatrical actress based in Dublin. She is known for her crime fiction, especially her debut novel, In the Woods, published in 2007. In the Woods won the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Barry awards for best first novel. French has become closely associated with psychological mystery writing, and The Independent has called her "the First Lady of Irish Crime".