My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
From Karin Slaughter
I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on.
I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
I have a few unusual fans, as you can imagine, so I try to protect the privacy of my home life.
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books.
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.
Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.
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