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
fiction great information lovely open social talk whether
I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader.
valentine talking feet
Talking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.
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.
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.
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.
books interested loved
I've always been interested in violence, even as a teenager. I loved 'Helter Skelter' and books like that.
My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
figuring focusing gears good patient putting puzzles watch works
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.
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!
characters entertain job letting
My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
believed boys dad date scaring
My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
needed next
Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'