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Slaughter, Karin
The American author Karin Slaughter was born and raised in Jonesboro, a small town near Atlanta, Georgia where her father worked as a car salesman. She went to college for two years without graduating and then ran a small design company before she made her debut as a crime novelist in 2001.
Her first book, Blindsighted, was translated into some thirty languages and became a major bestseller in...
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Kantor, MacKinlay
The author and journalist MacKinlay Kantor was born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor in Webster City, Iowa. His father, John Martin Kantor, a Swedish immigrant, did not stay long in any job and his marriage was a disaster. He abandoned his family when his son was born and from then on all contact with his two children ceased. Benjamin grew up with his mother, Effie McKinlay Kantor, at her parents' house...