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I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could have a sex life and not be a bad person. you could have a sex life and still solve your own problems. it was eight years from when i started having the fantasy that i was going to create such a detective to when i actually sat down and came up with v. i. warshawski. it was a long, slow journey to come to a writing voice and do that character.
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I Began Wanting To Create A Detective

Sara Paretsky
I began wanting to create a detective who really turned the tables on that image of women, to know that you could have a sex life and not be a bad person. you could have a sex life and still solve your own problems. it was eight years from when i started having the fantasy that i was going to create such a detective to when i actually sat down and came up with v. i. warshawski. it was a long, slow journey to come to a writing voice and do that character.
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