My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
From Karin Slaughter
I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.
I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.
I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.
I read about violent things. I think what I get out of that is entertainment by learning about different things, and reading the genre and getting an understanding of motivations. But at the end of the day, it's still a book, and I can walk away.
I busted my chin open trying to be Evel Knievel on my bike. When it happened, you could see straight through to the bone, I thought my dad was going to pass out. It left a scar that I still have now.
It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
If you wear them outside, they stop being pyjamas. I wear mine to the mail box, which is right in front of my house - that's my limit. Anything else is wrong.
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