Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughteris an American crime writer, whose first novel Blindsightedbecame an international success, was published in almost 30 languages, and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001. She has sold more than 30 million copies of her books, and is published in 35 languages...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 January 1971
CountryUnited States of America
love people terrific writers
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.
anyone bad begin happening lives next people town wonder
I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
author hard meeting people readers recognise work
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.
complain frankly gotten people puzzle reviewers wants
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.
guess people
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.
blond people romances somebody
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.
people
I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.
thinking environmental-factors people
I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.
stupid mistake people
People just make stupid mistakes. And they keep making them and keep making them, and suddenly they can't dig themselves out.
children thinking people
I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.
age contract
I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
revelation
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 any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff.
boundaries fiction polite pushing society
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
believe books experience good insight opens
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. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.