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About the Author
Hailed by the Washington Post as “the definition of perfection in the genre,” SARA PARETSKY is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-four novels, including the renowned V.I. Warshawski series. She is one of only four living writers to have received both the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Cartier Diamond Dagger from the Crime Writers Association of Great Britain. She lives in Chicago.
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