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" My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves. "

Karin Slaughter

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" It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing. "

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