Author: paretsky
March 15, 2012
Sara Paretsky Day at the Chicago Public Library
The Chicago Public Library declared March 14 “Sara Paretsky Day.” They made a wonderful event of it, putting up posters in all the branches, and getting Mayor Rahm Emmanuel to […]
READ MOREMarch 11, 2012
Name That Corporation!
Did the first Breakdown contest frustrate you because you had to be a U.S. resident with a Facebook page? Here’s your chance to enter and win no matter where you are […]
READ MOREFebruary 21, 2012
What is Too Political for Fun?
Every time I publish a book, I know I’ll get some angry letters, and readers response to Breakdown proved no exception. “I just threw away my hardcover copy,” one reader […]
READ MOREFebruary 12, 2012
A Farewell to Arms, or at least to Touring
I was on the road with my new novel, Breakdown, from the first of January until February 2, so I substituted little snippets on Facebook for my blog. Being on […]
READ MOREDecember 13, 2011
Breakdown Contest
Sara’s hosting a contest on Facebook page to celebrate the release of Breakdown. To enter, fill out the multiple choice questions about Breakdown, Body Work, and the other books you […]
READ MORENovember 29, 2011
Good News on the Budget Frontiers
My native state, Kansas, has so little money that the governor cancelled the state arts program, tried to eliminate all funding for family planning, slashed budgets for judicial support staff–putting […]
READ MORENovember 24, 2011
Happy Thanksgiving
To all friends near and far, new and old. I am grateful for another year with such good friends, grateful for my cousin Barb and her intrepid spirit, serving in […]
READ MORENovember 19, 2011
Why I Write
Publishers Weekly invited me to contribute an essay to their weekly “Why I Write” column. My piece ran on November 18; for those of you who, like me, don’t have […]
READ MORENovember 6, 2011
Testimony Before the City Council
(On Wednesday, November 2, I joined Robert Wislow and Stuart Dybek in presenting testimony to the Chicago City Council in defense of the library system. Since people who weren’t there […]
READ MORENovember 3, 2011
And the winner is…
Many thanks to everyone who took part in the “Name the Flashlight Slogan” contest. The ideas were all unusual and wonderful, and it was hard to choose a winner. We […]
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