Welcome to the web site for writer Sara Paretsky.

Credited with transforming the mystery through the creation of her female private eye, V I Warshawski, Paretsky’s books are international best sellers, appearing in almost thirty languages.

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Body Work by Sara Paretsky

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Body Work, V I Warshawski's new adventure, will be in bookstores everywhere on August 31.  You can read Chapter 1 right now.  Publishers Weekly calls Body Work "superb" in their starred review.

The paperback of Hardball will be out on July 25. National Public Radio named Hardball one of the top five mysteries of 2009 and the New York Times agreed.

Listen here to The Guardian newspaper podcast interview with Sara.

Blog

September 1, 2010 // While Sara is away on tour, her Sweepstakes team has randomly selected six winners. Five people have won Body Work tattoos, and one person has won a copy of Body Work (which Sara will personalize once she returns home). We’ll be emailing the winners shortly to get your mailing addresses and to request your permission [...]

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