Karin Slaughter

Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.

Flannery O'Connor was a revelation for me. When I read her, I was very young, and I didn't understand what she was doing. I didn't see any of the Catholicism or any of the social stuff.

I can clearly trace my passion for reading back to the Jonesboro, Georgia, library, where, for the first time in my life, I had access to what seemed like an unlimited supply of books.

When the market goes to hell, it's more of an opportunity than a problem.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!