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January 29, 2013
Returning Veterans and Crime Fiction
I just started reading a new novel whose protagonist is a returning Iraq-Afghan veteran. Like most fictional vets, he suffers flashbacks and nightsweats; as the reader, I don’t yet know […]
READ MOREDecember 27, 2012
Best Books of 2012
I recently asked some knowledgeable book people for the best books they’d read in 2012 (whether they were published this year or not.) Since I’m a reader as well as […]
READ MOREDecember 20, 2012
Crows Over A Cornfield
I am writing like a maniac, trying to finish the new book before the end of the year, but the end seems to be receding–kind of like the horizon in […]
READ MORENovember 12, 2012
Where is V I? Week 5: Sneak Peak at the next VI novel
We took a break from our “Where is V I” while people started digging out from Sandy, and while we held Presidential and other elections. It’s time to get back […]
READ MOREOctober 23, 2012
Week 4: Where is V I this time?
I rely on a team who don’t know my friends to pick the winners every week so that selection can be unbiased. Thanks to everyone who remembered that VI’s father […]
READ MOREOctober 16, 2012
October 16: Why is V I with this Man?
Our contest continues! This week, V I Warshawski is standing on Washington Street, near Grant Park, with Officer Mota of the Chicago Police Department. V I is often prickly, some […]
READ MOREOctober 9, 2012
October 9: Where in Chicago Is V I Warshawski
We had a great response to Week 1 and we have two winners! Rachel Benoit, and silvermaple@ca.rr.com As soon as we get mailing addresses, we’ll get early copies of the […]
READ MOREOctober 2, 2012
October 2: Where in Chicago is V I Warshawski?
V I is a big sports fan. She went to college on a basketball scholarship, her cousin Boom-Boom played for the Blackhawks, and she herself follows Chicago baseball and football. […]
READ MORESeptember 28, 2012
Where in the World is V I Warshawski?
V I Warshawski spends a lot of time racing across Chicago looking for clues. Here’s your chance to join her on her journeys! Every Tuesday for the next seven weeks […]
READ MORESeptember 20, 2012
On the Road
I recently went to Vienna, Austria to do a little background work for the novel I’m currently writing. I wanted to see the Institute for Radium Research, which was radical […]
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