Don't Try to Silence V.I. Warshawski

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V. I. Warshawski is a private investigator with a forensic interest in white collar crime who loves opera, dresses down, runs whenever she can, and has a passion for her two dogs. She is Sara Paretsky’s finest invention – a character of depth and complexity. Over the course of more than 20 novels, Paretsky’s depiction of V.I. has offered readers an alternative to the ’hardboiled dick’ and radically transformed the detective fiction genre. Paretsky remembers V.I. and reflects on why social justice matters.

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Sara Paretsky was named 2011 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. She is the winner of many awards, including the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers' Association 1982. She broke all the rules of the crime genre with the invention of V. I. Warshawski; more than 20 novels have followed. Paretsky created the Sisters in Crime organisation to promote women crime writers.

Sue Turnbull is a lifetime member of Sisters in Crime and Chair of the BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival. Her books include Media Audiences: Is Anybody Watching.

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