The crime writer on enjoying James Joyce, rereading Charlotte Brontë; and diving into Wide Sargasso Sea
‘I wanted to create a female detective who could have a sex life that didn’t define her moral character’ … Sara Paretsky.‘I wanted to create a female detective who could have a sex life that didn’t define her moral character’ … Sara Paretsky.I was six, walking home from school with a book that had the word “city” in it. I only knew the hard “c” and couldn’t figure out what a kitten had to do with the story.. I first read it when I was seven or eight.
Sign up to our Inside Saturday newsletter for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the magazine’s biggest features, as well as a curated list of our weekly highlights.My parents have always thought my personality was too intense. When I was a child, they gave me Mark Twain’sThey wanted me to see the fate that awaited girls who engaged too intensely with life. Instead, the story of Joan made me long for a vision and the commitment to follow it, even to death.
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