Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer, born on January 6, 1971. She has written 24 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, Blindsighted (2001), was published in 27 languages and was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's Dagger Award for "Best Thriller Debut" of 2001.

Slaughter won the 2015 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award for her novel Cop Town. Her 2018 novel, Pieces of Her, was adapted into an eight-episode television series of the same name, released in March 2022 on Netflix.

Additionally, she is the author of more than twenty instant NEW YORK TIMES bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter, Pretty Girls, and Girl, Forgotten. Her works are published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold globally. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series starring Toni Collette. The Will Trent Series is on ABC (and streaming on Hulu in the U.S and Disney+ internationally). The Good Daughter and False Witness are in development for film/TV.

Slaughter is also the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.