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I'm not somebody who believes in evil.

Karin Slaughter

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Karin Slaughter
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: January 6
Novelist
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Covington
Georgia
Believes
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Evil
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Being a Southerner, Im interested in sex, violence, religion and all the things that make life interesting.
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Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else.
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A lot of men just don't read. They don't read fiction at all.
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Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.
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I can’t—” Lena repeated. “I can’t do it. I can’t live without him.” Sara gently pulled her hand away from Jared’s. She smoothed down the sheet, tucked it in close around his side. She looked at Lena—really looked at her straight in the eye. “Good,” Sara told her. “Now you know how it feels.
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I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.
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I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to bring that to my work because I think people can read your excitement about a story.
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Every successful author I know faced crushing rejection early on, and they got back up and kept going.
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