I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I'm extremely introverted. I used to think it was shyness, but I got over that, so it must be door No. 2.… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
'Encyclopedia Brown Takes the Case,' 'The Secret of the Old Clock,' 'Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret,' 'Flowers in the Attic,'… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Growing up in Georgia in the southeastern United States, I was always reading and always kept to myself. I never felt isolated,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
I love puns. I've been known to turn the car around just to take advantage of a good pun situation. It really is the… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“Moon was from somewhere up east, the kind of place where consonants took on a life of their own. In addition to this, she… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
Denise Mina is probably one of the most gifted writers out there, whether it's mystery or literary or whatever label you want to give… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
“a large chifforobe wedged into a small closet that their mother said they’d have to pay Tom Robinson a nickel to bust up.” — Karin Slaughter Copy Share
