C. J. Box Quotes

United States, Author
1958

Charles James (C.J.) Box Jr. is an American author of twenty-one novels. Box is the author of the popular Joe Pickett series, as well as several stand-alone novels, and a collection of short stories. The novels have been translated into 27 languages. Over ten million copies of his novels have been sold in the U.S. alone.

Also known as Novelist

I really think more fledgling novelists - and many current and even established novelists - should get out into the real world and cover local politics, sports, culture, and crime and write it up on deadline.

C. J. Box
- Up
- World
- Real
I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.

C. J. Box
- Writing
- Research
- Admit

I love to feature children and young adults as real people - flawed, naive, virtuous, venal - but real. I think it adds nuance and depth to the stories that wouldn't exist without them.

C. J. Box
- People
- Children
- Real
As a reader, I'm often put off by authors and story-lines without families or children and all of the angst and joy they bring with them.

C. J. Box
- Children
- Joy
- Without