I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that’s how VI came to life. – Sara Paretsky
I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. – Sara Paretsky
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
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It’s a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are. – Sara Paretsky
I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. – Sara Paretsky
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
I grew up in conservative rural Kansas in the 1950s when it was expected that girls would not have a life outside the home, so educating them was a waste of time. – Sara Paretsky
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
Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior. – Sara Paretsky
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
Sometimes I think I’m a one-trick pony because I’m not very inventive about new ways of telling stories. – Sara Paretsky
I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses. – Sara Paretsky
The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon. – Sara Paretsky
No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship. – Sara Paretsky
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
