Sara Paretsky ─ A Companion to the Mystery Fiction

Kinsman, an editor, writer, and researcher on crime fiction, provides a resource on the novels, short stories, and nonfiction of Sara Paretsky, along with biographical information on her life and career. It lists her published works in chronological and alphabetical order, and presents entries on the V.I. Warshawski novels, the short stories, the novels Ghost Country and Bleeding Kansas, her memoir Writing in an Age of Silence, media adaptations, her journalism, and edited anthologies. Entries provide information on characters, themes, motifs, symbols, critical and theoretical debates, the comments of reviewers and critics, and Paretsky's work in relation to the hard-boiled private-eye genre and the Chicago literary canon. Included is an annotated bibliography of major articles, essays, interviews, and analyses about her work. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Margaret Kinsman, consulting editor of Clues and 2016 Raven Award recipient, is a visiting research fellow in popular culture at London South Bank University, United Kingdom. She has published numerous articles related to crime fiction and has presented papers and chaired panels at international conferences. Series Editor Elizabeth Foxwell, an Agatha Award winner, is managing editor of Clues: A Journal of Detection.