Sara Paretsky (b. June 8, 1947 in Ames, Iowa) is a contemporary American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. She did community service work on the south side of Chicago in 1966 and returned in 1968 to work there. She ultimately completed a Ph.D. in history at the University of Chicago, writing on The Breakdown of Moral Philosophy in New England Before the Civil War, … Wikipedia
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Sara Paretsky to Address VLA Conference On Thursday, October 17, at 10:00 a.m. the 2002 VLA Annual Conference will open at the Williamsburg Marriott. The opening keynote speaker for this year’s conference will be noted award-winning author Sara Paretsky encyclopedie-en.snyke.com/articles/university_of_kansas.html