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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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

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

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" 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. "

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" Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I didn't see the - any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff. "

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" Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.' "

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

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" The book that first made me want to be a writer is Flannery O'Connor's short story collection 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find.' "

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" Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

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" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

" I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there! "

Karin Slaughter

" I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock. "

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" I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily. "

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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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" Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. "

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" With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. "

Karin Slaughter

" When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community. "

Karin Slaughter

" I don't get hung up a lot on angst. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life. "

Karin Slaughter

" I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things. "

Karin Slaughter

" I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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

" 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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