She works on a wide range of projects with award-winning and bestselling authors, but is most passionate about smart, commercial fiction and suspense. Her books are published in 30 countries.Įxecutive Editor Emily Krump has been with William Morrow since 2006. Paretsky’s work is celebrated in Pamela Beere Briggs’s documentary, Women of Mystery. Other awards include the British Crime Writers Cartier Diamond Dagger for lifetime achievement the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and a number of honorary doctorates. In 1986 she created Sisters in Crime, a worldwide organization to support women crime writers, which earned her Ms.

Not only has Paretsky’s own work broken barriers, she has helped open doors for other women. She has mentored teens in Chicago’s most troubled schools and works closely with literacy and reproductive rights groups. As a contributor to the New York Times and the Guardian newspapers, and a speaker at such venues as the Library of Congress and Oxford University, Paretsky is an impassioned advocate for those on society’s margins. reflects her creator’s own passion for social justice. Publishers Weekly says, “Among today’s PIs, nobody comes close to Warshawski.”Ĭalled “passionate” and “electrifying,” V.I. Hailed by critics and readers, Indemnity Only was followed by nineteen more best-selling Warshawski novels. By creating a believable investigator with the grit and the smarts to tackle problems on the mean streets, Paretsky challenged a genre in which women typically were either vamps or victims. Sara revolutionized the mystery world in 1982 when she introduced V.I.

Warshawski, her friends and family, and a remarkably diverse group of other people. Sara Paretsky’s latest release, Love & Other Crimes, is a collection of 14 stories about Chicago shamus V.I. Sign up once with your email address and gain access to all future conversations as well as all video archives. Conversations with Authors is our free online event series produced with Extended Session.

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