This Constitution Stays Alive
November 28, 2016
This Constitution Stays Alive
Trump “is going to do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews,” reads the handwritten letters delivered to California mosques. “You Muslims would be wise to pack your bags and get out of Dodge.”
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SubGroups
In our Sunday School class, we learned about the many contributions to medicine, science, philosophy and the the arts which members of our subgroup had made; we cheered Sandy Koufax, for refusing to pitch in the World Series on one of our important holidays.
READ MOREFebruary 19, 2016
Life and Death and Crime Novels
Like all crime writers, I explore death daily, in what I read and what I write. It’s a game, of course. Some of my brother/sister writers love every graphic detail of dismemberment. I’m too squeamish for that, but still, VI Warshawski has just encountered a dead body in a rural kitchen, where there’s plenty of scope for gruesome description.
READ MOREDecember 15, 2015
Dirty Deeds in the Cornfield
Dead End The sun was setting when Peppy and I drove east of town, looking for Doris McKinnon’s farm. I’d spent a tense two hours at the hospital, but had finally received a reassuring report on Ms. Albritten—Nell, I’d learned when I went through her wallet looking for her Medicare card. I’d seen Albritten […]
READ MOREDecember 6, 2015
Happy Hanukkah
Hanukkah starts at sundown on December 6. It’s sometimes called the Festival of Lights because we light candles every night for eight nights–starting with one, ending with eight.
READ MORENovember 18, 2015
BRUSH BACK named one of the best thrillers of 2015
The Washington Post named BRUSH BACK, Sara’s most recent novel, one of 2015’s top 5 thrillers.
READ MORENovember 3, 2015
Sara receives Paul Engle Prize
Sara received the 2015 Paul Engle Prize, recognizing both her body of work and her work for social justice. See her in conversation with Maureen Corrigan at the Coralville Public Library here. Sara reviews Peter Ackroyd’s “Wilkie Collins,” a biography of one of the fathers of detective fiction, in the New York Times Book Review, […]
READ MOREJuly 23, 2015
Sara appears on BBC Radio’s Woman’s Hour
While Sara was on tour in the UK, she appeared on the Woman’s Hour, one of the most listened to programs on BBC Radio. Listen to her interview here.
READ MOREJune 26, 2015
Sara interviews with the London Times’ Crime Club
In their new crime fiction monthly newsletter, The London Times’ Crime Club asks Sara about V.I., where she came from, and how she’s changed over the years. Read the interview here.
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