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" 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

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Book

Lost

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

Karin Slaughter

About

Things

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

" Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. "

" As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people. "

" I've never purposefully based a character on any one person I know, but I'm certain there are amalgamations that exist. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 think a lot of guys who are on the Internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time. "

" I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books. "

" No crime lab in the world looks like the 'CSI' ones because there's simply not the money for all those fancy machines. "

Karin Slaughter

Looks

Crime

" I love twins stories. "

" I always want to make sure the book I'm writing is the best book I can deliver. "

" 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. "

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

Karin Slaughter

Details

Love

" Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest. "

Karin Slaughter

Enjoy

Ignore

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

" The familiar trope of the woman in peril doesn't really interest me. "

Karin Slaughter

Interest

Familiar

" Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction. "

" If I wasn't a writer, I would probably be a watchmaker. I like putting puzzles together, and that is what a watch is, figuring out how all the gears and everything else works together. I'm patient and good at focusing on a single task. "

" 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. "

" Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right. "

" Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness. "

Karin Slaughter

Neatness

About

" If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. "

" If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off and over. "

" Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be. "

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

Karin Slaughter

Lot

Hung

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