Hey Storytellers! Vermont
College of Fine Arts and I are so thrilled to inspire you
with today's AWESOME new episode! We have #1
internationally bestselling author Karin
Slaughter on the show! Karin is one of the
world’s most popular and acclaimed storytellers with over
32 MILLION copies sold around the world.
Karin unpacks her writing process, shares
how she transitioned from Renaissance poetry to writing
crime novels, her thoughts on writing
workshops, and we dive into the thought processes
and technicalities behind her newest book ‘PRETTY GIRLS’. Novelists,
crime writers, and loyal fans of psychological
thrillers—YOU'LL LOVE THIS EPISODE!
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“I want to have some sense that there is such thing as
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ABOUT ‘PRETTY GIRLS’
With PRETTY GIRLS, #1 internationally
bestselling author, Karin Slaughter, dazzles with an explosive and
chilling standalone psychological thriller. Delving into a buried
history of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and forbidden truths,
estranged sisters must come together to search, finally, for the
horrifying details about two harrowing tragedies, perpetrated
twenty years apart, that devastated their bond and even their
attempts to lead separate lives.
Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, PRETTY GIRLS boasts Slaughter’s
masterfully created, three-dimensional characters, who wrestle with
genuine moral dilemmas and the parameters of their own humanity.
Here, once again, Slaughter crafts wildly unpredictable plotting
that cast light into the darkest corners of our lives, and
challenges the very boundaries of suspense fiction, as she perfects
all the tricks and tropes of the genre. This is a haunting and
viscerally unforgettable thriller from one of the finest suspense
writers working today, and her most riveting novel yet.
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What You’ll Learn From This Episode:
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The inspiration behind the story of ‘Pretty
Girls’
- Advice on character development
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The importance of having distinct voices for
the characters and how to develop
them
- How Karin balances light and dark themes
throughout her books and the importance of having that balance
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Why you need to understand if writing
workshops are the right fit for you
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How to define ‘success’ for
yourself
- Why it’s beneficial to have a strong grasp of your own
writing method and finding out what works
best for you
Learn More About Karin Slaughter
A #1 internationally bestselling author, Karin
Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed
storytellers. Published in 33 languages, with more than 32 million
copies sold across the globe, her fifteen novels include the Grant
County and Will Trent books, as well as the Edgar-nominated
Cop Town and her first psychological
thriller, Pretty Girls. A native of Georgia, Karin
Slaughter currently lives in Atlanta.
Karin’s Recommended Books & Resources:
Flannery O’Connor Short
Stories