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Sara Paretsky

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The Resume

    (June 8, 1947- )
    Born in Ames, Iowa
    Created the female private investigator V.I. Warshawski
    Novels include 'Idemnity Only' (1982), 'Deadlock' (1984), 'Blood Shot' (1988), 'Tunnel Vision' (1994), 'Hard Time' (1999), 'Blacklist' (2003), 'Body Work' (2010) and 'Breakdown' (2012)

Why she might be annoying:

    When she worked for an insurance company, 'my cubicle was regularly featured as the messiest place in the marketing department.'
    She is terrified of cockroaches.
    She said of her caffeine addiction, 'It takes a lot of cappuccino to get me through a book.'
    The movie based on V.I. Warshawski, starring Kathleen Turner, flopped.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Warshwaski is often considered the first feminist detective in crime fiction.
    She served (alongside a state senator named Barack Obama) on the board of Threshold, which helps mentally ill homeless people in Chicago.
    She mentored teens in Chicago inner city schools.
    'I joked it is better to be a Cubs fan than a Yankees fan because great art is built on suffering.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 90.91% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 64.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying