The plot is very important because writers have to play fair with their readers, but no one would care about the plot if the character work wasn't there. So, basically every book I work on starts with me thinking not just about the bad thing that's going to happen, but how that bad thing is going to ripple through the community, the family of the victim, and the lives of the investigators. I am keenly aware when I'm working that the crimes I am writing about have happened to real people. I take that very seriously.
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 Slaughter[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.
Karin Slaughter