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" Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give it. "

Karin Slaughter

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" I'm really boring. I get up early. I go to bed early. I don't smoke or drink. I mean, I'll eat a cupcake. I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. "

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" If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. "

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" Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. "

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" I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. "

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" I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the highest form of humor. "

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" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "

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" As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival. "

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" My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes. "

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" I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to. "

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" A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so much by the end of the class that I never wanted to see it again. "

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" I love reading almost as much as I love writing. "

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" People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. "

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" Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. "

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" I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. "

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" Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness. "

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" 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. "

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" It was always my dream to write for a living. "

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" I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on. "

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" Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be. "

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" The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me. "

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" Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live. "

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" My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my email, then get to work on the various interviews and questions and phone calls that come with being an author. "

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" Visual storytelling is at once immediate and subversive. "

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" That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. "

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" I grew up reading thrillers. Honestly, I was always drawn to the very detailed ones like Patricia Cornwell. I love details. "

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" I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. "

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" Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder. "

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" I'm going to name a name: Janet Evanovich. She writes the same book over and over, and I read every single one of them and eagerly anticipate them. "

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" I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that. "

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" I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver. "

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