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I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

- Karin Slaughter
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Crafting a piece of gripping, narrative true crime that engages the world is not that different from crafting a piece of crime fiction.

Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'

When you grow up starving, you cannot point with pride to a book you've just spent six hours reading. Picking cotton, sewing flour bags into clothes - those were the skills my father grew up appreciating.

Women who write thrillers are called 'dark.' Male writers are called 'powerful.'

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Oh, I'm completely OCD about neatness.

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. This was where I discovered 'Encyclopedia Brown' and 'Nancy Drew,' 'Gone With the Wind' and 'Rebecca.' This was where I became inspired to be a writer.

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I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.