Karin Slaughter

Karin Slaughter Biography

Karin Slaughter was born on January 6th, 1971 and is currently 52 years old. Karin Slaughter was born in Covington, Georgia, USA.

Karin Slaughter is the author of the Will Trent series which currently consists of 14 novels. The Will Trent series started in 2006 with the novel Triptych. The most recently released novel in the Will Trent series was After That Night which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming novels for the Will Trent series.

Karin Slaughter has also written the Grant County series which has 8 books including Blindsighted and Kisscut.

Karin Slaughter was inducted into the Nielsen Bestseller Awards' 21st Century Platinum Hall of Fame.

Karin Slaughter Awards & Accolades

Karin Slaughter has won multiple awards including: The International Thriller Writers Award, Silver Bullet Award, in 2011 and the Nielsen Awards, Honorary Platinum Bestseller Award, in 2019.

Slaughter's books have also won multiple awards, The Unremarkable Heart won the Edgar Award, Best Short Story, in 2013. Cop Town won the Crime Writer's Association Award, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, in 2015. Pretty Girls won the RUSA Awards, Adrenaline Award, in 2016.

The following novels by Karin Slaughter were also nominated for these awards:

• Blindsighted: Crime Writer's Association Award, New Blood Dagger Award (2001). Barry Award, Best First Novel (2002). Macavity Award, Best First Mystery (2002).
• Triptych: Crime Writer's Association Award, Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award (2007).
• Beyond Reach / Skin Privilege: Crime Thriller Awards, International Author of the Year (2008).
• Fractured: Lefty Award, Hawaii Five-O Award (2009).
• Fallen: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2011).
• Criminal: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2012).
• The Unremarkable Heart: Macavity Award, Best Short Story (2013). Anthony Award, Best Short Story (2013).
• Unseen: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2013).
• Cop Town: Edgar Award, Best Mystery Novel (2015).
• Pretty Girls: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2015).
• The Kept Woman: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2016).
• The Good Daughter: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2017).
• Pieces of Her: International Thriller Writers Award, Best Hardcover Novel (2019).
• The Last Widow: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2019). Ned Kelly Awards, Best International Crime Fiction (2020).
• After That Night: Goodreads Awards, Best Mystery and Thriller (2023).

Karin Slaughter: TV/Movies Based on Books

The standalone novel Pieces of Her was made into an 8-episode mini-series for Netflix in March 2022. It starred Toni Collette, Bella Heathcote, Terry O'Quinn, and Omari Hardwick.

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Austin D.

2 years ago

Karin’s books feature a ton of twists, fast paced action, and one very horrifying baddie which will haunt your nightmares. Not to mention doing a great job of hooking the reader right from the very start and keeping their attention until the end. She bares the darkest parts of the human heart, helping to make these books that much more fascinating.

When you finish one of the novels from her book list, you want to jump right into the next one.

It’s no small feat that she manages to remain gritty and brilliantly plot her novels out over twenty novels.

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Edgar A.

2 years ago

I only discovered Karin Slaughter in the past few months when I read the gritty and dark novel The Good Daughter.
What I really liked about the novel and the Good Daughter series is how she painstakingly constructs the backstories and relationships of her lead characters.
Since reading the entirety of the Good Daughter series I have become a Karin Slaughter addict. Even though I read Blindsighted the first of the series less than a year ago, I am now enamored with the brand of dark found in most of her novels.
My obsession for the guts and blood that splatter her crime plots combined with the thriving emotions that drive the multi faceted characters usually have me counting down to when the next novel in the series is coming out.

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Andrew M.

2 years ago

For years now, I’ve known Karin Slaughter as a compelling and irresistible twisted thriller writer of all time.
Her books are one heck of a read, and the plots are freaking awesome.
The Good Daughter is full of drama, suspense and by the time I was through with the prologue, I was breathless.
Slaughter’s pacing is fantastic, with lots of tension in it.
The first book in the series felt more like an investigation on how crime affects a family in a town three decades later.
My interest was in the dynamics between the sisters, Samantha and her father, the Quinn family, and Charlotte and her husband.

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Kyler F

2 years ago

Pieces of Her was the first book from Karin Slaughter that I read when it was recommended by multiple people to me. I was instantly engrossed with the speedy pace and intriguing characters, and finished it quickly. After that I got into her two Georgia-based series of Grant County and Will Trent, reading a handful of volumes from each series, with plans to finish both off in the near future. There is also an adaptation of Pieces of Her coming out from Netflix that I am quite excited about, and hope that it will lead to more of her work being discovered by new watchers and readers. 

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Michael K.

1 year ago

Karin Slaughter is a little too good at her job. I remember reading ‘Pretty Girls’ and being seriously disturbed. By disturbed, I mean I had to skip some scenes because of how graphic they had become.

Normally, that would irritate me. In fact, I have abandoned some novels because I couldn’t handle the brutality. But in this case, I was so engrossed in Claire’s journey that I couldn’t stop reading.

Karin’s work isn’t for the faint-hearted. Her books are heavy, which is why I don’t read them back-to-back. I usually read other authors in between. It isn’t as much of an issue these days because I’m up to date with her releases.

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Toni F

10 months ago

Karin’s books are so well thought out and detailed. Her Will Trent series is now showing on ABC and it’s always fun to watch a book come to life. Pieces of Her was made into a Netflix show and was done so well. Her series, Grant County, was also an excellent series and you meet Will Trent in that series. I haven’t been disappointed in anything she’s written from stand alone to series.

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SSP

3 months ago

I am a big fan of the Will Trent series and have read all the books leading up to the newest 2023, After That Night. I just may have to try another Karin Slaughter series.

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Alison Segrest

2 months ago

I enjoyed the Will Trent series so much that I’m now reading/listening to the Grant County series. It is great to know the “before Will Trent” story.

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Deborah Moore

2 months ago

Not sure what I think about the Will Trent series on TV. The main character is well protrayed but not so sure about the other characters (especially Angie) which don’t seem true to the books. Will be interesting to see what develops if the series was renewed.

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cpottsy71

1 month ago

Karen’s books seem to relax you into thinking that you know what is going to happen. Her twists even have twists. Her characters are flawed, damaged and tragic, however they are impossible not to root for.

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