Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid -… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I started Save the Libraries in 2010 by hosting a big fundraiser in my city library of DeKalb County in Atlanta. Through… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think… — 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
