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" My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter. "

Karin Slaughter

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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" I grew up in a small town in Georgia where nothing bad happened - it was like Mayberry. "

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" I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.' "

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

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

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

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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. "

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

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" I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on. "

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" Reading is power. Reading is life. "

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" That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in. "

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

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

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" I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. "

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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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" Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. "

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

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" I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died. "

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" When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime. "

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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. "

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