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

Karin Slaughter

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" 'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'Gone With the Wind' - these are the books that defined my childhood. They thrilled me. They made me feel like I wasn't alone in the world. "

Karin Slaughter

" As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the sisters in 'Pretty Girls' share some similarities to my own. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do? "

Karin Slaughter

" If you wear them outside, they stop being pyjamas. I wear mine to the mail box, which is right in front of my house - that's my limit. Anything else is wrong. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" What I know is the characters in a Southern town. I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long. And I know the neighborhoods, and I hopefully know the people, and I feel a connection to them. And I also feel like I'm honoring them when I talk about them. "

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. "

Karin Slaughter

" Women know how to scare other women. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

" Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. "

Karin Slaughter

" The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,' the lecherous misanthropes of Dickens or the lone gunman from 'The Great Gatsby.' "

Karin Slaughter

" 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

" As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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

" Prosecutors and public defenders deserve to make a living wage. "

Karin Slaughter

" I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter