How Many Crime Fiction Writers Have Actually Committed a Crime?

[Benjamin Sobieck]

You don't necessarily have to say "yes" or "no." But what does a "yes" or "no" mean? Better or worse for the writing?

[Flic Manning]

Very, very true!

[S. K. Booke]

I once asked a very sweet little old lady, whom I'd known all my life, if she had ever thought of divorce. This 75-year-old sweetheart who had been married for 57 years looked me right in the eye and said, "Divorce, no, never -- murder, many many times."

I think most people have committed crimes in their imaginations, although many would never admit it.