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
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.'
chief detective interest
When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my interest in crime.
atlanta cabin georgia home house latter majority means north sounds time
It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.