On Writing in the Age of Silence
May 24, 2007
On Writing in the Age of Silence
From The Spectator, May 24, 2007: This first collection of Paretsky’s essays was short-listed for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle awards. In it, Paretsky weaves together public and private narratives to show how her own writing voice was shaped both by her upbringing and by the extraordinary social justice movements of the 1960s and […]
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The Outfit: A Collective of Chicago Crime Writers
Sara has been blogging regularly with The Outfit, a Collective of Chicago Crime Writers.
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America’s Top Sleuths
MSNBC taped Sara for inclusion in a piece they were creating on America’s Top Sleuths, a show about the top ten film and TV detectives from the last 70 years.
READ MOREAugust 10, 2006
Bleeding Kansas and Writing in an Age of Silence
Bleeding Kansas and Writing in an Age of Silence are now available in paperback.
READ MOREAugust 9, 2006
Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award
British Crime Writers Association awarded Sara the Cartier Diamond Dagger for Lifetime Achievement as a crime writer. They cited her groundbreaking role as a writer with the creation of V I Warshawski, and her role in mentoring other writers. Sara got a tiny lapel pin in the shape of a dagger. The real dagger, which […]
READ MOREAugust 11, 2005
On Blacklist
The dependable delights of a Warshawski novel are also in abundant supply: witty dialogue, Warshawski’s “bad girl” behavior when confronted by authority, taut action scenes, sharp social commentary and the return visits of series regulars like Lotty Herschel and the always fretting Mr. Contreras. The real triumph of Blacklist, however, is the intelligence it brings […]
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On Fire Sale
Warshawski’s tense, sharp 11th shows that you really can go home. — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Packed with social themes and moral energy, held together by humor, compassion and sheer feistiness, this novel shows why Paretsky and her heroine are such enduring figures in American detective fiction. — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
READ MOREAugust 11, 2003
On Total Recall
Dark, absorbing, probing Paretsky’s novel explores the complex web of degrees of guilt and complicity surrounding the fate of Holocaust victims and survivors, with Lotty’s story emerging with compelling, terrible clarity and inevitability._— Publishers Weekly You can’t accuse Sara Paretsky of resting on her laurels. Total Recall is written with the stylistic verve and intellectual […]
READ MOREAugust 11, 2001
On Hard Time
This is the best Warshawski novel ever and well worth waiting for. Brilliantly plotted, full of heart-wrenching emotion, packed with fast-paced action, and peopled with richly complex characters. — Booklist (starred) …and one of her most satisfying ambitious novels yet…A triumphant return to form for V I, who’s come back from a five-year sabbatical. — […]
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On Tunnel Vision
Complex, satisfying …Paretsky’s V I is a rare literary entity, a woman quick to anger and action, yet sympathetic and credible. — Publishers Weekly Articulate and independent…Warshawski never wears thin.— San Francisco Chronicle
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