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Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter
American Writer
Born: Jan 6, 1971
Book Me People Reading Writing You
Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward
Being a Southerner, I'm interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting. Karin Slaughter
Life Religion Sex Make Southerner Being Interested Interesting Things Violence
I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring. Karin Slaughter
Time You Nice Think Sympathize Characters Boring Get Really Who
I busted my chin open trying to be Evel Knievel on my bike. When it happened, you could see straight through to the bone, I thought my dad was going to pass out. It left a scar that I still have now. Karin Slaughter
You Thought Bone Out Scar See Could Through Open Pass Still Left Trying Going Happened Chin Straight Bike Busted Dad Now
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
You Else Mine Wear Mail Outside Wrong House Box Limit Front Stop Being Anything Anything Else Which Them Right
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. Karin Slaughter
Time Language Internet Think Kind See Some Guys Because Lot Who Violent
Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction. Karin Slaughter
World Crime Crime Fiction True Piece Narrative Crafting Different Fiction Gripping
My sister is dyslexic, and she's so smart, so intelligent in all of the ways that matter. Karin Slaughter
Dyslexic Smart Matter Sister Ways She Intelligent
I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily. Karin Slaughter
Behavior Evil Think Too Hook Easily Off Up Human Human Behavior Us Lets
I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock. Karin Slaughter
Day Write Hours Stopping Fifteen
It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last, and in order to do that, I have to take chances. Karin Slaughter
Best Book Better Take Deliver Make Sure Goal Than Just Order Want Story Each Last Chances
I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. Karin Slaughter
Alone Good People Some People Think Some Liked Child Being Being Alone Really
Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then I write on my laptop in the recliner and handle the business side of email at my desk, which is sagging in the middle - maybe from so many words? Karin Slaughter
Business Words Side Books Email Characters Dream Couch Write Most Nap Lines Up Begin Handle Maybe Middle Story Which Story Lines Then Business Side Laptop Many Here Desk
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. Karin Slaughter
Me Thought Wind Beginning Gone Way Writer Had Always Rewrite Wanted In The Beginning Gone With The Wind Realized Found Eventually
Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy. Karin Slaughter
Random Healthy Definitely Libraries Invested House Keeping
It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.' Karin Slaughter
Time Women Seems Like Always Women Are Your
Women can be two different people - one person at home, another at work. Karin Slaughter
Work Home Women People Another Person Different Different People Two
I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work. Karin Slaughter
Work Saying Great Me Writing Sometimes Thought Add Everyone Those Would Write Had No-One Simply Name Liked Read Got Southern Get List Any Wanted Stories Story Literature Storytellers Note Fortunately Rejected
Visual storytelling is at once immediate and subversive. Karin Slaughter
Once Immediate Visual Visual Storytelling Subversive Storytelling
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. Karin Slaughter
Country Community Every Kind Writers Readers Always Up Stood Across
Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction. Karin Slaughter
Characters Sexiest Jack Fiction
Libraries are the backbone of our education system. Karin Slaughter
Education Our Backbone System Libraries
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. Karin Slaughter
Best Day Me Library Parents Drop Sit Whatever Back Spent Kid All Day Would Find Having Could Weekends Read Leave Lot Off Up Just Grew Place Ever
When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community. Karin Slaughter
Me Library Book Important Whatever Community Libraries About Writer Tours Since Involved Talking Became Said How Coming Want Then Help Published
No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community. Karin Slaughter
You Library Political Matter Sense Community Every System Libraries Small Investment Supporting Make Returns Dollar Dollars Five Political Spectrum Where Spectrum
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
Revenge Girl Three Own Older Some Pretty Pretty Girls Similarities My Own Share Most Course Were Sisters Childhood Against Fantasies Youngest Works
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. Karin Slaughter
People Crime Other Out Struggling Foot Put Bed Get Front Happens Afterwards Awful
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