Karin Slaughter is an American crime writer born on January 6, 1971. She has authored over 24 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies worldwide and have been published in 120 countries. Her debut 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 released on Netflix in March 2022.

Slaughter 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 work includes the Will Trent Series, which is available on ABC and streaming on Hulu in the U.S and Disney+ internationally. The Good Daughter and False Witness are currently in development for film/TV.

Karin 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 resides in Atlanta.