Bad Company – Chapter 1
March 17, 2025
Speaking In An Age of Fear
Since November 5, I have been in a place of rage, and fear, and disbelief, that frequently leaves me paralyzed and immobile. I try to work on my novel, I try to continue my acts of resistance, but I am sluggish, unable to picture a future. I have panic attacks and suffer from agoraphobia which […]
READ MOREMarch 17, 2025
Speaking in a time of fear
Since November 5, I have been in a place of rage, and fear, and disbelief, that frequently leaves me paralyzed and immobile. I try to work on my novel, I try to continue my acts of resistance, but I am sluggish, unable to picture a future. I have panic attacks and suffer from agoraphobia which […]
READ MORENovember 13, 2024
Chicago Magazine Interview
Mike Thomas speaks with Sara about her protagonist, brass knuckles, and fear of being murdered in this Chicago Magazine Magazine interview.
READ MORENovember 3, 2024
Cloudy, With a Chance of Death: the forecast for Women’s Health in Trump’s America
No one should be exposed like this to the public gaze: doubled-over naked on the floor, covered in blood, but that was how Gerri Santoro died. She was 28, mother of two daughters, fleeing a violent husband when she realized she was pregnant. Using a scalpel and a textbook, she performed an abortion on herself. […]
READ MORESeptember 10, 2024
Writers Digest interviews Sara
Clay Stafford has a conversation with Sara on the writing process, how editing works, why Simon and Schuster rejected her first novel, and more
READ MOREMay 24, 2024
Pay Dirt Launch – Lawrence Public Library talk
The Lawrence Public Library and Raven Book Store hosted Sara during the launch of Pay Dirt. You can hear her full talk here.
READ MOREApril 16, 2024
The Good Reviews Keep Coming
Pay Dirt has hit the stands, and the reviews are clear that THIS is the book to read. It’s made USA Today’s April booklist, as well as those of Crime Fiction Lover, Crime Read, Book Page, Hasty Book List, and Mystery Tribune. Amazon’s editors have made it one of their picks for April. “Readers who […]
READ MOREJanuary 22, 2024
Want a Free Paretsky Short Story?
Pay Dirt is a prequel to the adventures of Cady Perec. Cady is a social studies teacher in Lawrence, Kansas, who plays a big role in Pay Dirt. She also appeared the first time V.I. Warshawski went to Kansas in Fallout. As you’ll know when you read Pay Dirt, Cady has a hard time with her school board. What […]
READ MOREJanuary 22, 2024
Get a Free Paretsky Short Story
Pay Dirt is a prequel to the adventures of Cady Perec. Cady is a social studies teacher in Lawrence, Kansas, who plays a big role in Pay Dirt. She also appeared the first time V.I. Warshawski went to Kansas in Fallout. As you’ll know when you read Pay Dirt, Cady has a hard time with her school board. What […]
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