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" I realised I'd never climb Everest but thought I could still write a book. "
Sara Paretsky
Thought
Write
Never
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" The crime novel has always been my favourite genre. "
Sara Paretsky
Always
Been
Crime
" 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
Together
Privacy
People
" Sisters in Crime now has more than 4,000 members worldwide. "
Sara Paretsky
Crime
Now
Sisters
" You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country. "
Sara Paretsky
Country
Weird
You
" Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel. "
Sara Paretsky
Publish
Turned
Wanted
" 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
Chicago
Rich
Ride
" I'm lucky in having found the perfect partner to spend my life with. "
Sara Paretsky
Life
Partner
My Life
" In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women. "
Sara Paretsky
Mystery
Men
Women
" I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work. "
Sara Paretsky
Country
Time
Long Time
" 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
Friend
Chicago
Charity
" White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America. "
Sara Paretsky
America
Crime
Outrageous
" I love to sing. I'm a soprano. "
Sara Paretsky
Sing
Love
I Love
" 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
Me
Parents
Stay
" I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life. "
Sara Paretsky
Time
Tough
Thought
" I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one. "
Sara Paretsky
Proud
Grandmother
Mighty
" The possibility of bringing white-collar criminals to justice is ever receding over the horizon. "
Sara Paretsky
Ever
Criminals
Horizon
" It took me nine months to write 60 pages. It was very frustrating. "
Sara Paretsky
Pages
Took
Write
" Capo, my first golden retriever, so loved to swim she once jumped off a cliff to get into Lake Superior. "
Sara Paretsky
Swim
Cliff
Golden
" I live and die with the Chicago Cubs. "
Sara Paretsky
Chicago
Live
Die
" I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. "
Sara Paretsky
American
Story
Girl
" 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
Glasses
Wish
Looking
" Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed. "
Sara Paretsky
Most
Advertising
Create
" 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
Life
Outside
Conservative
" No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship. "
Sara Paretsky
Pursue
Book
Relationship
" I'm a daydreamer. "
Sara Paretsky
Daydreamer
" 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
Finding
Best
America
" 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
Writing
World
Financial
" Sometimes I panic and think I can't really write. "
Sara Paretsky
Really
Panic
Think
" I'm very honoured that there is a loyal following and I hope it continues. "
Sara Paretsky
Hope
Very
Loyal
" I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science. "
Sara Paretsky
Graduation
Science
College