Karin Slaughter

I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.

— Karin Slaughter

I read extensively about serial killers and all sorts of things people get up to.

— Karin Slaughter

“You could only ever see a thing when you were standing outside of it.”

— Karin Slaughter

“I've always preferred crazy to stupid. Stupid can break your heart.”

— Karin Slaughter

I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.

— Karin Slaughter

Libraries are the backbone of our education system.

— Karin Slaughter

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

— Karin Slaughter

It seems like women are always told, 'It is not your time.'

— Karin Slaughter

There aren't many people in the world who can say that they are doing the job they've wanted to do since childhood,…

— Karin Slaughter

sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls.

— Karin Slaughter

“A possum stared at me through the door all night.” “That’s Bill.” Charlie turned on the giant television. “He’s my lover.”

— Karin Slaughter

I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in…

— Karin Slaughter

“Sara studied him. "Is that a Chihuahua behind your back?" "No, I'm just happy to see you" Sara gave him a confused…

— Karin Slaughter

“People just dump their trash here and don’t even care about who has to pick it up. Like they think the trash…

— Karin Slaughter

Even if you live in a big city, everybody lives in a small town. We identify ourselves by our neighborhoods - 'I…

— Karin Slaughter

It really sucks getting older. Sometimes I'll be walking along and I'll just glance over my shoulder to make sure nothing has…

— Karin Slaughter

I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no…

— Karin Slaughter

A book I would take with me to a desert island is 'Paradise Lost,' which I studied in college and hated so…

— Karin Slaughter

I grew up having the library as the best place ever. I spent a lot of weekends there as a kid -…

— Karin Slaughter

Reading develops cognitive skills. It trains our minds to think critically and to question what you are told. This is why dictators…

— Karin Slaughter

As the youngest of three girls, most of my childhood works were revenge fantasies against my older sisters, so of course the…

— Karin Slaughter

As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library…

— Karin Slaughter

“people found off-putting. You could not beat her at chess or Trivial Pursuit or even Monopoly. She knew all the questions on…

— Karin Slaughter

“What a rapist takes from a woman is her future. The person she is going to become, who she is supposed to…

— Karin Slaughter

“. . . he was about as forthcoming as an amnesiac with lockjaw.”

— Karin Slaughter

I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.

— Karin Slaughter

“It is a father’s job to love his daughter in the way that she needs to be loved.”

— Karin Slaughter

It was always my dream to write for a living.

— Karin Slaughter

Visual storytelling is at once immediate and subversive.

— Karin Slaughter

When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.

— Karin Slaughter

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

— Karin Slaughter

Random House is definitely invested in keeping libraries healthy.

— Karin Slaughter

“I was told you take your capital cases seriously down here.”

— Karin Slaughter

In the South, we drink the Bible with our mother's milk.

— Karin Slaughter

When I'm on a good go, I can do 12, 13 hours of writing.

— Karin Slaughter

Anyone who's been to high school with teenage girls knows how horrible girls can be.

— Karin Slaughter

Equal access to reading is fundamental to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

— Karin Slaughter

I never really fitted in, because I've always been interested in really dark things.

— Karin Slaughter

“IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ~ JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD UNTIL YOU FIGURE IT OUT. (sorry all caps is how…

— Karin Slaughter

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

— Karin Slaughter