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

Karin Slaughter

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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 never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. "

Karin Slaughter

" Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you read a police report, there's some backstory. "

Karin Slaughter

" As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women. "

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" Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. "

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" Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I didn't see the - any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff. "

Karin Slaughter

" People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" Reading is power. Reading is life. "

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" I could type in a closet and be fine. It's just a matter of cocooning myself. Just me and the story. "

Karin Slaughter

" In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk. "

Karin Slaughter

" I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me. "

Karin Slaughter

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2. It's still hard for me to be away from home much, and I have to make sure I get lots of time alone in my room when I'm touring. "

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" I love twins stories. "

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

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

" 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. "

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

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

Karin Slaughter

" I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. "

Karin Slaughter

" I want to be a better writer. I want to learn and grow, to know how to tell stories in a different and more challenging way. I've learned it doesn't get easier each time. It actually gets harder. "

Karin Slaughter

" Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

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

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

Karin Slaughter

" People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them - especially the kind that are never definitively solved. "

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