Another Turn of the Screw

Authors

  • Sara Paretsky

Abstract

16th Annual McCusker Lecture
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Dominican University
Co–sponsored by the Freedom to Read Foundation at the American Library Association

Author Biography

Sara Paretsky

Sara Paretsky is the bestselling author of the series of books featuring the female private eye V. I. Warshawski, and is a noted social justice and intellectual freedom advocate. In addition to writing fiction, she is a contributor to the New York Times and Guardian newspapers, and a speaker at venues such as the Library of Congress and Oxford University. Paretsky is an impassioned advocate for those on society’s margins, having worked as community organizer on Chicago’s South Side during the turbulent race riots of 1966 and more recently, serving with then state senator Obama the the board of Thresholds, which serves Chicago's mentally ill homeless. She is featured in the American Library Association’s “Our Authors, Our Advocates” campaign, which seeks to increase public awareness of the value of libraries, and is a frequent participant in Banned Books Week’s annual events celebrating the freedom to read.

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Vol. 20 No. 2 (2013)

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