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" Women know how to scare other women. "

Karin Slaughter

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" 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. "

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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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" I'm just not a crazy, stay-out-all-night sort of person. I love writing. "

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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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