Karin Slaughter
Overview
United States
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crime writer, whose first novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
Blindsighted
Blindsighted
Blindsighted , is an award winning New York Times and Times bestseller psychological thriller novel, by author Karin Slaughter. It is the first of the Grant County, Georgia Series of books. It became an instant international success and was published in 23 different countries.It introduces the...
(2001) became an international success, was published in almost 30 languages, and made the Crime Writers' Association
Crime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001.
Fractured
Fractured
Fractured is an Industrial band created by Canadian Nick Gorman in 2003. Formed in Toronto, his self produced release CD-R demo titled Contami-Nation caught the attention of European label Dependent who signed them. After the release of the demo Gorman was joined by Famine and in 2006 released...
, the second novel in the Will Trent series, debuted at number one in the UK and the Netherlands
Netherlands
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, and was the number one adult fiction
Fiction
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title in Australia
Australia
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. At the same time, Faithless
Faithless (novel)
Faithless is the fifth novel in the Grant County, Georgia series by author Karin Slaughter. It was originally published in hardback in 2005. It was a #1 The Times bestseller. Previous books in the series are Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, and Indelible...
(Gottlos) published in Germany at number one. All told, Slaughter has sold more than 16 million books worldwide.
Slaughter was born in a small southern Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
community.
