Political Rewind: Author Karin Slaughter On Writing Thrilling And Timely Fiction
Monday on Political Rewind: We were joined by New York Times and internationally\xa0bestselling author Karin Slaughter.\n\nHer newest novel, False Witness, incorporates many timely issues into its narrative. Set in Atlanta during the pandemic, Slaughter tells the story of an up-and-coming attorney in Atlanta balancing single parenting with the responsibilities of a demanding job. Meanwhile, an important court case involving a powerful man accused of sexual assault places this story in the all-too-familiar context of the #MeToo era.\n\nSlaughter spoke\xa0to us\xa0about weaving real-world issues into her narratives. When writing about violence against women,\xa0she\xa0has sought\xa0to depart from\xa0troubling patterns in the depiction of misogyny in fiction.\n\n"I want\xa0to tell women's stories and I don't want to do what I had been seeing in a lot of crime novels, which is sort of sexualizing violence and making it\xa0titillating," Slaughter said. "I wanted to write about it in a frank way and to talk about what it leaves behind."\n\nPublished in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe, Slaughter\u2019s novels include Cop Town and Pretty Girls, The Good Daughter, and Pieces of Her.