Author: Sara Paretsky

Quotes

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.

- Sara Paretsky

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

- Sara Paretsky

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with.

- Sara Paretsky

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship.

- Sara Paretsky

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work.

- 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.

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

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life.

- 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.

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

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.

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

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