Category: News
May 12, 2015
The DOLLUS Syndrome
Sara published an essay in the May 1 Booklist on issues around missing voices in contemporary crime fiction Sara’s new novel Brush Back, about troubled families, Chicago sports, and Illinois politics, will […]
READ MOREOctober 28, 2014
Sara reviews for the New York Times
The Mystery Writers of America have elected me president. What will the future hold for all of us? Watch this space! London’s Independent newspaper does a quick Q & A […]
READ MOREFebruary 12, 2014
Critical Mass–Critical Response
Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times says, “There are plenty of women among…genre writers, but not many like Sara Paretsky…Critical Mass hits a nerve with its historical back story about a Viennese physicist, […]
READ MOREMarch 14, 2013
Critical Mass On Sale October 22
V.I. Warshawski’s newest adventure uncovers secrets buried in the rubble of World War II. A particle physicist, V.I.’s beloved friend Lotty Herschel, and meth labs of rural Illinois all […]
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 MORESeptember 20, 2010
Watch Sara on Hardcover Mysteries
Some of the greatest crime authors around—including Sara—share the truth behind their stories. Catch Hardcover Mysteries—an all new series, premiering Monday, October 11th at 9PM on Investigation Discovery.
READ MOREJuly 26, 2010
Publishers Weekly gives Body Work a Star
Body Work Sara Paretsky, Putnam, $26.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-399-15674-8 Paretsky’s superb 14th novel featuring PI V.I. Warshawski (after Hardball) delves into Chicago’s avant-garde art scene. At the trendy Club Gouge, […]
READ MOREMay 24, 2010
Hardball-Coming July 31 in Paperback
Hardball, which was one of 2009’s five “most mesmerizing mysteries,” according to National Public Radio, will be out in paper on July 31.
READ MOREAugust 10, 2009
Hardball
“Sara Paretsky is tough,” writes Marilyn Stasio in the New York Times, “not because she observes the bone-breaker conventions of the private eye genre, but because she doesn’t flinch from […]
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