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" Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated, though; I just liked being alone. "

Karin Slaughter

Myself

Alone

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Lot

Hung

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Karin Slaughter

Home

Door

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Karin Slaughter

Your

Seems

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Karin Slaughter

Choice

Awards

" I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. "