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" 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. "

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" Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study. "

Karin Slaughter

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Day

" In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk. "

" You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel. "

" Graphic novels let you take risks that just wouldn't fly in the conventional book form. "

" When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness. "

" The most important lesson I have learned from spending years talking to law enforcement officers is that the vast majority of them really want to do a good job. They have a physical need to do a good job. And yet, we don't give them the resources that would help them. "

" There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood, so in that regard, I feel incredibly fortunate. "

" 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

" For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty. "

" I love twins stories. "

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

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

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

" Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. "

" Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words? "

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

" I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid - my parents would drop me off and leave me there all day. I would just sit in the back and read whatever I could find. "

" 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. "

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

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

" There's a tendency among some male writers to make the women in their stories weak and needing of rescue so that their hero looks like a manly man. "

Karin Slaughter

Weak

Man

" 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

" 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. "

" It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances. "

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

" I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died. "

" I grew up watching the 'People's Choice Awards.' "

Karin Slaughter

Choice

Awards

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

" I've always been drawn to historical fiction. "

" I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me. "