Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretsky
Sara Paretskyis an American author of detective fiction, best known for her novels focused on the female protagonist V.I. Warshawski...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth8 June 1947
CountryUnited States of America
american-author chicago community degree finished loved moved service spent summer work
I had spent a summer in Chicago doing community service work and loved the city, so when I finished my undergraduate degree I moved there permanently.
novel wanted publish
Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel
news vietnam world
The decimation of Lebanon was showing up in Chicago as a series of restaurants and little shops, just as the destruction of Vietnam had been visible here a decade earlier. If you never read the news but ate out a lot you should be able to tell who was getting beaten up around the world.
writing care
Write what you care about.
good-luck lucky born
If you're born lucky, you don't have to be good.
sibling home parent
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
grandmother proud
I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.
chicago cubs dies
I live and die with the Chicago Cubs
writing pages nine
It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating
sister crime members
Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide.
lakes swim golden
Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior.