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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.

— Karin Slaughter

I've always been drawn to dark stories. I enjoy reading Flannery O'Connor, Patricia Highsmith, and Margaret Mitchell.

— Karin Slaughter

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

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

“To all the librarians in the world on behalf of all the kids y’all helped grow up to be writers”

— Karin Slaughter

“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

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

— Karin Slaughter

Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.

— Karin Slaughter

“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”

— Karin Slaughter

Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.

— Karin Slaughter

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

— Karin Slaughter

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