Karin Slaughter For the Media
Slaughter is a number one bestseller in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Holland and Germany, and consistently debuts in the top five on other European lists.
See the Fallen press kit.
See high-resolution photos of Karin here.
See the press release from Bantam Dell about Undone.
Learn more about publicity opportunities involving Karin Slaughter.
Who She Is
- Karin Slaughter was born in Georgia, and, with the exception of traveling to support her book publications domestically and abroad, always returns home to Atlanta.
- Karin Slaughter is her birth name and not a pseudonym.
- Attended two years of college at Georgia State, and never graduated, though she considers herself a voracious and lifelong learner.
- Started a sign business before becoming a successful writer.
- Has toured a dozen countries promoting her work, including Australia, Singapore, France and Finland.
Her Work
- In the Grant County series: Blindsighted, Kisscut, A Faint Cold Fear, Faithless,and Beyond Reach/Skin Privilege.
- In the Will Trent series: Triptych, Fractured.
- In the Georgia series: Undone/Genesis, Broken and Fallen.
- Martin Misunderstood, a novella commissioned by the Center for the Propaganda of the Netherland Book in Holland. Almost a million copies were given away to lucky readers.
- Edited Like a Charm, a novel with friends Lynda LaPlante, Mark Billingham, Laura Lippman, and Lee Child, among others.
Her Interests
- Enjoys running and not running
- Swam with the sharks in Australia
- Went weightless in the Zero-G Vomit Comet
- Jumped butt-naked into the Baltic after a bracing sauna in Finland
- Plans to enter sub-orbital space via Virgin Galactic's space program
Sales
- 20 million Worldwide to date
- Karin is the only author in the history of the Dutch bestseller list to have 8 titles on the list, including the number one spot.
Bestseller lists
- #1 bestselling author in the UK
- #3 bestselling author in the US
- #1 bestselling author in Ireland
- #1 adult title in Australia
- #1 bestselling author in the Netherlands
- #1 bestselling author in Germany
Languages of Publication
- English/US & UK
- Chinese Simplified (Mainland)
- Chinese Complex (Taiwan)
- Croatia
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hebrew
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese in Brazil
- Portuguese in Portugal
- Russian
- Romanian
- Serbian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Thai
- Turkish
To request an interview or appearance, please use this form. Otherwise, please contact Karin here.
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