Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer born on January 6, 1971, in Covington, Georgia, and raised in Lake Spivey. She debuted with the novel Blindsighted in 2001, which launched her Grant County series, and has since authored over twenty-five novels, including New York Times bestsellers like Cop Town, Pretty Girls, and False Witness, with more than 40 million copies sold worldwide in 120 countries.[1][3]

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