Criminals can be creative, and this can lead to their being more successful in their criminality. This chapter presents mostly examples and case histories to show how criminals use creativity to succeed. If there were lots of research studies, I would present them, but the evidence comes mainly from my work with prisoners and from information from others who have worked with criminals or their captured cousins, prisoners. Part of being creative is using original and effective ways to get what you want. Depending how you look at it, this could be called “manipulating the environment” or “being manipulative” or “being persuasive.” Many people must be persuasive: salespeople, lawyers, teachers, therapists, parents, and so on. The criminals discussed in this chapter were, at times, very good at being persuasive or, as I will usually refer to it, at being manipulative or using manipulation. “Manipulation” has a more negative connotation, implying that it gets others to do things they may not want to do. This fits well with what occurred in the prison. We usually do not think of manipulation as being part of creativity, but any reflection will show that creativity enables a person to get what he or she wants. Thus creativity leads to increased manipulation, whether it is manipulation for good or for bad purposes.