Chris Well: Learning Curve (Free subscription) | yesterday
Best-selling author Sara Paretsky ( Hardball ) is credited with transforming mystery fiction through the creation of Chicago female private eye V.I. Warshawski. Barnes & Noble Studio's Steve Bertrand talks with the writer about community activism, about her popular series, and why the detective is drinking more. More interviews: CAROL HIGGINS CLARK Three queens of crime ( Sue Grafton , Faye Kellerman...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Carl Hiaasen's Florida to Sara Paretsky's Chicago, novelist CJ Box identifies the US's best criminal tour guides CJ Box's series of Joe Pickett novels, as well as standalone books, have made him the winner of the Anthony Award, the Prix Calibre 38, the Macavity Award, the Gumshow Award, the Barry Award and the Edgar Award for the Best novel of 2008. US bestsellers, they have been translated into...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
TORN APART Peter Corris Allen & Unwin - NZ$35 HARDBALL Sara Paretsky Hodder - NZ$38.99 I read and enjoyed both of these crime fiction novels during this past week. Things they have in common: Protagonists in both books are well-established private investgators.Both investigators tend to be a bit smart-arse, both have been married but are currently single, and both suffer from being rathet nastily...
And So it Goes in Shreveport (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Last night I took a look at my bedside table which is where I stack books waiting to be read. I counted twelve. That's not counting the one I had in my hand. In fact, my space for books was all maxed out so I have three more on my desk. If you're keeping count, that's sixteen so far. Add two for the ones currently en route from Amazon and we're up to 18. What are they? Well, I'm currently reading two....
POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Steven Rigolosi (Guest Blogger) As society gets more complicated and technology opens up new frontiers, nothing can be taken for granted any longer. Truths seen as self-evident by previous generations come under fire, new knowledge is created, and definitions are expanded. Among the concepts being expanded are constructs like gender and sexuality. (For the record, The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology...
Ed Gorman Blog (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Mystery Scene Update Hi! The ad reservation deadline for Mystery Scene's Holiday Issue has been extended to October 31. Please let me know if you'd like us to save space for you. We'd need the finished ad by November 5th. Design services are available for $75. The Holiday Issue #112 publishes November 15th and stays on the newsstands until February 15th, 2010. BIG NEWS! 1. Lawrence Block's new column...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Hi! The ad reservation deadline for Mystery Scene's Holiday Issue has been extended to October 31. Please let me know if you'd like us to save space for you. We'd need the finished ad by November 5th. Design services are available for $75. The Holiday Issue #112 publishes November 15th and stays on the newsstands until February 15th, 2010. BIG NEWS! 1. Lawrence Block's new column of literary reminisces,...
Murder by 4 (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
© Marta Stephens 2009 all rights reserved It’s rare to see hundreds of familiar and not so familiar authors in one gathering, but this week, Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana, an hour’s drive from my home, was humming with a host of talent. This was the first time I attended Bouchercon, the largest mystery writers’ conference in the U.S. that ran from October 14 – October...
POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Sandra Parshall Sara Paretsky’s big black hat, red feather boa, and interesting footwear caused a lot of comment at Bouchercon last Friday, but as always, her words had the power to make you forget the visuals. Along with moderator Barbara Fister and writers Mary Saums, Kate Flora, and Liza Cody, Paretsky turned a panel with the deceptively dull title “Telling Women’s Stories”...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
It was the depiction of women as evil sexual predators in crime fiction that prompted Sara Paretsky to dream up an alternative. "It wasn't just implausible, it was offensive," said Paretsky. "The amount of sexually active, evil women in crime fiction exhausts...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
After a four-year hiatus to write two nonseries books, Sara Paretsky brings back Chicago detective V.I. (Vic) Warshawski in <strong>“Hardball”</strong> (446 pages; Putnam; $26.95). Warshawski’s latest case promises little money, lots of headaches and the risk of permanently destroying her family. In August 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. attended a civil rights...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
After a four-year hiatus to write two nonseries books, Sara Paretsky brings back Chicago detective V.I. (Vic) Warshawski in “Hardball.” Warshawski’s latest case promises little money, lots of headaches and the risk of permanently destroying her family. In August 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. attended a civil rights march in Chicago’s Marquette Park. The march...
Riordan's Desk (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Sara Paretsky at Bouchercon 2009.
POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
This weekend Bouchercon, the biggest convention of the year is happening in Indianapolis, Indiana. Several people who are attending have promised to send blog updates throughout the weekend. As their messages arrive, I'll post them here. So come back often during Saturday and Sunday for our electronic postcards from the edge. Saturday afternoon Which best selling crime writer wore a black, wide-brimmed...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Paretsky is reading all around the country and has three stops in Seattle.
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