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Karin Slaughter

1971 - Today

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Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels Pretty Girls and False Witness. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Her first novel, Blindsighted (2001), was published in 27 languages and made the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award shortlist for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Karin Slaughter is the 6,087th most popular writer (down from 5,637th in 2024), the 10,528th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,561st in 2019) and the 769th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Karin Slaughter ranks 6,087 out of 7,302. Before her are Waleed Al-Husseini, Sigitas Geda, Nalini Bala Devi, Mikhail Svetlov, Wallace Stegner, and Ralph Giordano. After her are José Burgos, James Dickey, Mathias Énard, Henry Ward Beecher, Fredy Perlman, and Frances Power Cobbe.

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Among people born in 1971, Karin Slaughter ranks 308. Before her are Hsiao Bi-khim, Danijela Martinović, Edd China, Aga Khan V, Letícia Sabatella, and Víctor Aristizábal. After her are Deuce, Mark Feuerstein, DJ Ötzi, Younes El Aynaoui, Pyrros Dimas, and Hélène Ségara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Karin Slaughter ranks 10,530 out of 20,380. Before her are Irma Thomas (1941), Barbara Bates (1925), David Blackwell (1919), Frank Press (1924), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), and Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823). After her are Cal Tjader (1925), Haley Bennett (1988), Wanda Hawley (1895), Spencer Dryden (1938), Cal Ripken Jr. (1960), and Frances Perkins (1880).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Karin Slaughter ranks 769. Before her are Gustav Hasford (1947), Michael Swanwick (1950), Maxine Kumin (1925), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), David Simon (1960), and Wallace Stegner (1909). After her are James Dickey (1923), Henry Ward Beecher (1813), Roderick Thorp (1936), Robinson Jeffers (1887), Kevin Kelly (1952), and Ernest Lehman (1915).

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