Karin Slaughter

I don't get hung up a lot on angst.

— Karin Slaughter

I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

— Karin Slaughter

“Jeffrey felt too blindsided”

— Karin Slaughter

Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness.

— Karin Slaughter

Women know how to scare other women.

— Karin Slaughter

Reading is power. Reading is life.

— Karin Slaughter

I love twins stories.

— Karin Slaughter

“She had felt capable of anything.”

— Karin Slaughter

I've always been drawn to historical fiction.

— Karin Slaughter

You can take risks with the characters and their development in a standalone novel.

— Karin Slaughter

It's a very Southern thing to be interested in dark stuff.

— Karin Slaughter

I write fifteen hours a day, stopping at Oprah-o'clock.

— Karin Slaughter

I love reading almost as much as I love writing.

— Karin Slaughter

Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.

— Karin Slaughter

A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.

— Karin Slaughter

Even 'Gone With the Wind' had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

— Karin Slaughter

I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed.

— Karin Slaughter

When I was growing up, my stepmother's sister was the chief detective in one of the adjoining towns, so she piqued my…

— Karin Slaughter

If there is still an American dream, reading is one of the bootstraps by which we can all pull ourselves up.

— Karin Slaughter

“fund-raiser where the whitest men and women in North Atlanta sat around in Dolce & Gabbana sampling perogies and Swedish meatballs made…

— Karin Slaughter

“A man who has grown up in an orphanage cannot take a dog to the pound. Even if it is a Chihuahua.”

— Karin Slaughter

“A trial is nothing but a competition to tell the best story. Whoever sways the jury wins the trial.”

— Karin Slaughter

I certainly went to high school with some mean girls, and I would not wish that hell on anybody.

— Karin Slaughter

If you're going to write thrillers, you have to make a decision if you are going to be realistic or go off…

— Karin Slaughter

Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was…

— Karin Slaughter

Most of my books begin with a nap on my couch here, when I dream up characters and story lines, and then…

— Karin Slaughter

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;'…

— Karin Slaughter

I'm over the word 'like' in conversation, and 'you know' seems to be the placeholder of choice, but when I'm writing dialogue,…

— Karin Slaughter

The most enduring stories in literature generally have some kind of crime at their center, whether it's the bloody butchery of 'Hamlet,'…

— Karin Slaughter

“People were outraged. They were glued to their televisions, to their web pages, to their Facebook feeds. They vocally expressed sorrow, horror, fury,…

— Karin Slaughter

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where for the first time in my life…

— Karin Slaughter

“Rage had consumed her. She hadn’t wanted to just murder him. She had wanted to empty her gun into his chest. And…

— Karin Slaughter

“He saw the towel in her hands. "I've got this." "Let me help." "I think you've helped enough." She thought he was…

— Karin Slaughter

“Will let out a long breath. "She leaves me a lot. That's what she does. She leaves, and then she comes back.…

— Karin Slaughter

“I found this." He put the briefcase on the table and opened the locks. She saw a stack of papers, an evidence…

— Karin Slaughter

“Curiosity broke her earlier resolve. "Have you ever been tested?" "No." He stood behind Sara, holding the camera in front so she…

— Karin Slaughter

“Acid filled Sara’s mouth. It wasn’t fair. That’s what Sara wanted to say. To scream at the top of her lungs. It…

— Karin Slaughter

First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are…

— Karin Slaughter

The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot…

— Karin Slaughter

I went to a Christian School, and when I reached a certain age, I wasn't allowed to wear pants to school anymore.…

— Karin Slaughter