“As voters and taxpayers, we must demand that our local governments properly prioritize libraries. As citizens, we must invest in our library down the street so that the generations served by that library grow up to be adults who contribute not just to their local communities but to the world.”

American crime writer

Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer and #1 New York Times bestselling author. She has written more than twenty-five novels and has 142 quotes on the site. Her books include the Edgar-nominated Cop Town, as well as the standalone novels Pretty Girls and False Witness. She is also an international bestseller, with her work published in 120 countries and more than 40 million copies sold worldwide.