I think a lot of guys who are on the internet a lot, they're kind of anesthetized to some of the violent language and all that because they see it all the time.
Karin SlaughterDon't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.
Karin SlaughterI'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.
Karin SlaughterTalking of the local Sheriff, Jake Valentine, tall and skinny and his wife Myra, "She was a short woman, maybe five feet tall in her socks, the top of her head not quite reaching Jake's chest. What she lacked in height she made up for in girth. Jeffrey guessed she was at least a hundred pounds overweight. Standing side by side, the Valentines looked like the living embodiment of the number ten.
Karin SlaughterFirst and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are always different layers to the story, though, so if you want to think about social justice, or sexism or racism or homophobia, or really drill down into why the world is a better place when the police force looks like the people they are policing, then that's there, too.
Karin Slaughter