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" Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. 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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" I started Save the Libraries in 2010 by hosting a big fundraiser in my city library of DeKalb County in Atlanta. Through that, I learned that even with fundraisers, libraries often don't make money - they just barely break even. "

Karin Slaughter

City

Atlanta

Started

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people. "

" As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world. "

Karin Slaughter

Down

World

" Libraries are the backbone of our education system. "

" Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory. "

" It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' "

Karin Slaughter

Your

Seems

" 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. "

" We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others. "

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

" Though he was not a reader himself, my father understood that reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life. "

" I read a lot of true crime growing up - 'The Stranger Beside Me' by Ann Rule about Ted Bundy. "

Karin Slaughter

Crime

Growing

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

" I think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time. "

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

Karin Slaughter

Details

Love

" Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. "

" I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found my way and realized that wasn't me. "

" Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.' "

Karin Slaughter

Thought

Wind

" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "

" My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter. "

" It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff. "

" Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work. "

" I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty. "

" 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. "

" I hate to badmouth any book or writer, because I know how it feels to be on the other end of that. "

" Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction. "

" When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost. "

" My father and his eight siblings grew up in the kind of poverty that Americans don't like to talk about unless a natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina strikes, and then the conversation only lasts as long as the news cycle. His family squatted in shacks. The children scavenged for food. "