American - Writer | January 6, 1971 -
I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
Karin Slaughter
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next 'Gone With the Wind.'
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I've always been drawn to historical fiction.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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I didn't want to spend the next thirty years writing about bad things happening in the same small town - not least of all because people would begin to wonder why anyone still lives there!
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I paid for my name a lot when I was growing up because other kids teased me.
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My books are never about the crimes. They are about how the characters react to the crimes.
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I think being a woman and writing frankly about violence has gotten me some attention, and as someone who wants people to read my books, I can't complain about that attention, but it does puzzle me that this is something reviewers focus on.
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I taped the autopsy photos from Marilyn Monroe's death to my lunch box in fifth grade, and I would write stories in which someone inevitably died.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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