Paretsky, Sara (1947–)
Paretsky, Sara (1947–)
American detective-fiction writer. Born Sept 21, 1947, in Ames, Iowa; University of Kansas, BA; University of Chicago, MBA and PhD; m. Courtenay Wright (naval officer and physicist).
Had immediate success with 1st novel, Indemnity Only (1982), which introduced the feisty detective V.I. Warshawski, and went on to publish more in the series, Killing Orders (1983), Deadlock (1984), Blood Shot (1988), Guardian Angel (1992), Hard Time (1999), and Blacklist (2003), among others; was a founding member of Sisters in Crime (1986), to raise the profile of women crime writers; strayed from Warshawski with novel, Ghost Country (1998), which features Mara and Harriet Stonds; also edited several anthologies of crime fiction, including A Woman's Eye (1991) and Women on the Case (1996). Received Crime Writers' Association Silver Dagger (1988) and Gold Dagger (2004).