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Sara Paretsky
American
Author
Born:
Jun 8
,
1947
Book
Country
Crime
Life
Time
Write
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Zig Ziglar
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon.
Sara Paretsky
Justice
Criminals
Possibility
Horizon
Over
White-Collar
Ever
Receding
Bringing
I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.
Sara Paretsky
Life
Time
Smart
Thought
Tough
Investigator
Likable
Female
How
Came
Private
I'm a daydreamer.
Sara Paretsky
Daydreamer
I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.
Sara Paretsky
Work
Time
Long
Long Time
Country
Ghost
Write
Had
Wanted
I live and die with the Chicago Cubs.
Sara Paretsky
Live
Cubs
Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Die
I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.
Sara Paretsky
Proud
Mighty
Grandmother
I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues.
Sara Paretsky
Hope
Honoured
Following
Very
Loyal
My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.
Sara Paretsky
Home
Me
Parents
Liberal
Stay
Stay-At-Home
Look
Housework
Were
Intellectuals
Expected
After
Younger
Even
Sibling
People have less privacy and are crammed together in cities, but in the wide open spaces they secretly keep tabs on each other a lot more.
Sara Paretsky
Privacy
Together
People
Other
Secretly
Cities
More
Open
Open Spaces
Lot
Crammed
Spaces
Less
Each
Keep
Wide
Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write.
Sara Paretsky
Sometimes
Think
Panic
Write
Really
Write what you care about.
Sara Paretsky
You
Care
About
Write
I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming.
Sara Paretsky
Charity
Try
Desperate
Church
Side
Everyone
Bit
Out
Give
Area
Welcoming
South
Chicago
Friend
Very
South Side
Where
Who
Helped
Lives
Cohesion
I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.
Sara Paretsky
Experience
Writing
World
Financial
Crimes
Background
Marketing
Spent
About
Invaluable
Years
Manager
White-Collar
Found
Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed.
Sara Paretsky
People
Money
Awareness
Spend
Books
Magazines
Contacts
Most
Advertising
Readers
Nor
Reviewed
Get
Newspapers
Create
Among
Reviewers said Ghost Country was rich, astonishing and affecting in the way it blended comedy, magic, and a gritty urban realism in a breathtaking ride along Chicago's mean streets.
Sara Paretsky
Ride
Comedy
Country
Rich
Gritty
Astonishing
Way
Ghost
Magic
Blended
Along
Said
Affecting
Reviewers
Chicago
Realism
Urban
Mean
Breathtaking
Streets
Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel.
Sara Paretsky
Time
Publish
Around
Wanted
Turned
Novel
In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women.
Sara Paretsky
Time
Women
Men
Seven
Books
Libraries
Stay
Mystery
Writers
Attention
Come
Print
Were
Reviewed
Times
Get
Trying
Often
In Print
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