C. J. Box Professions : Author Born : 1967 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by C. J. Box 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 real writing sports 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 stories joy children I do like the research part of writing, I must admit. C. J. Box research writing 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 think love children people Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors