I don't find any real rivalries with crime and thriller writers anyway. That might sound a little Pollyanna, but for the most part the writers I compete with, if you want to use that word, it's a pretty friendly rivalry. I think we all realise that the boat rises and sinks together.
Harlan CobenNo, I donโt live in heartache. I donโt cry myself to sleep or any of that. I am, I tell myself, over it. But I do feel a void, icky as that sounds. Andโlike it or notโI still think about her every single day.
Harlan CobenI wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
Harlan Coben