International bestselling crime
writer Karin Slaughter and Crime Watch blogger Craig Sisterson will meet for
the first time, thanks to the New Zealand Book Council, Wellington City Library
and Random House NZ. Karin Slaughter is visiting Auckland and Wellington as
part of a worldwide tour, and will be interviewed by Sisterson about her life
and her latest novel, Coptown, at the
Wellington City Library from 6.00pm – 7.30pm on Tuesday 12 August.
Set in 1970s Atlanta after the
Vietnam War, Coptown follows two
female police officers who are fighting to prove themselves in both a society
and an institution that are wrestling with the changing ideals of the time.
Slaughter paints a stark picture far removed from the kitsch 70s stereotype,
where sexual harassment, racism and corruption are part of the job, and an
accepted way of life.
Since Slaughter’s hit debut in
2001, Blindsighted, she has become known for her gritty writing
style, and generated a loyal base of readers worldwide. Her novels have sold in
excess of 30 million copies and have been published in thirty-two different
languages.
Raised in Georgia, Slaughter
credits her father with igniting her love of reading and writing, by simply
taking her to their local library as a child. As a result, she is passionate about
communities having free access to books, and after a meeting with the American
Library Association, she was inspired to spearhead an ongoing campaign, savethelibraries.com.
New Zealander Craig Sisterson is a
proactive advocate for great writing. He founded the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best
Crime Novel in 2010 to champion the wealth of great crime, thriller and mystery
writing in New Zealand, and writes Crime Watch, a blog dedicated to readers and
writers of crime: http://kiwicrime.blogspot.co.nz/.
Sisterson is well known for asking in-depth, unexpected questions, which has led him to
interview many of the best crime novelists writing today.
Entry is free of charge, and audience members are promised a
dynamic and engaging evening with a chance to have their copy of Coptown personally signed by Karin
Slaughter.
Meet
Karin Slaughter
Join crime
blogger Craig Sisterson for a compelling interview with Karin Slaughter, the
internationally bestselling US crime-writer of Unseen and Criminal,
as she tours her latest release, Cop Town.
Tuesday
12 August, 6.00pm – 7.30pm
Ground
Floor, Wellington City Library, 65 Victoria Street, Wellington
FREE
ENTRY
Books
available for purchase and signing courtesy of Whitcoulls.
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