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Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is the author of 20 books, including her renowned V. I. Warshawski novels. Her many awards include the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award from the British Crime Writers’ Association and the 2011 Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

Sara Paretsky: V.I.
Warshawski and My Quest for Voice and Justice

"V. I. Warshawski becomes not just my voice in the world, but the expresser of my own conflicts over morality."

Sara Paretsky on Dorothy B. Hughes and the Meaning of 'Noir'

In Hughes's Ride the Pink Horse, a disturbing portrait of human suffering—and sometimes kindness.

March 2, 2021 By Sara Paretsky

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