One Last Favor
December 24, 2023
One Last Favor
Have you ever had to work for someone who was so entitled they thought you should sweep the sidewalk in front of them? A friend of mine did when life was falling down around her. She wouldn’t take money from me, so I wrote this story to boost her spirits (and she managed to leave […]
READ MOREDecember 17, 2023
Sara on the Axe Files
Sara joined David Axelrod, founder and director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, on his CNN podcast The Axe Files. She talked about her family history, the recent rise in antisemitism, using her writing to give voice to the marginalized, the creation of V.I. Warshawski, and work on abortion and women’s rights.
READ MORESeptember 5, 2023
David Thompson Special Service Award
Sara is pleased to be this year’s recipient of the David Thompson Special Service Award, given by the Bouchercon Board to honor the memory and contributions to the crime fiction community of David Thompson, a much beloved Houston bookseller who passed away in 2010. Winners are selected for their “extraordinary efforts to develop and promote […]
READ MOREApril 28, 2023
Coming April 16, 2024: Pay Dirt
V.I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her sardonic humor, and her unflinching courage. All that changed when a case ended with a father killing the child she’d been hired to find. She’s second-guessing herself, forgetting to eat, forgetting her workout.
READ MOREJune 30, 2022
Life After Dobbs
Spared the flames
I returned to Domremy
Minded my brothers’ children and their sheep
June 3, 2022
The Reviews Are In!
Overboard is now on sale everywhere and I’m pleased to report that the reviews have been positive. The Washington Post chose it as one of their 10 noteworthy books for May. Publisher’s Weekly said “Propulsive…. The tale’s relentless pacing, sky-high stakes, and strong social justice advocacy should keep readers invested in the expertly crafted characters’ fates. […]
READ MOREFebruary 4, 2022
Sal’s Gin and Grits
Opening scene; ext shot, Sal’s Gin and Grits. This is a dingy building on an urban street, windows heavily barred and with thick blinds blocking any view of the interior. A door of re-enforced steel is locked. Surveillance cameras cover the sidewalk.
READ MORENovember 17, 2021
Tom Phillips Changed My Life
The summer I turned 19, in 1966, Martin Luther King came to Chicago to support the local Civil Rights movement in their fight for open housing, and for access to jobs. The Presbytery of Chicago supported this mission, and asked for college students volunteers, who would be embedded in the neighborhoods, and assist in any way asked of them.
READ MOREAugust 3, 2021
Girl, Interrupting
Andromeda came into this world with a few impediments to the happy life most parents want for their daughters. She had a cleft lip and a wall eye. And her parents gave her a weird name. Who knows why?
READ MOREJuly 26, 2021
Remembrance of People Past
Over the weekend, I submitted what I hope will be the final version of my 23rd novel. The working title is Double Dirty, but I’ve struggled so much with this novel that I’ve been calling it Ugly Baby.
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