European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ? 4solving the mysteries behind Grafton Paretsky by sue Ann Wood a is louts Posl dispatch Topping the summer Reading lists of Many mystery buffs Are sure to be the latest novels in. The Best Selling series by sue Grafton and Sara Paretsky. Grafton so  is for killer and Paret i sky a Tunnel vision have hit the bookstores with a running Start. Thousands of readers wait eagerly for each new adventure of the fictional private detectives whom the two writers have created Kinsey Mil Jhone and  Warshawski respectively. Fans of these female private eyes often ask whether the fictional characters Are anything like their Ere actors. Here is How the two authors answered questions like that in recent interviews. Writer Sara Paretsky admits to sharing some of the characteristics of  female private Eye character . Warshawski a except for the physical risks she  in each of Paretsky a crime novels including the new one Tunnel vision  heroine gets badly Hurt at some Point in the plot. When this was pointed out to Paretsky she sighed and said a i know. The poor  but Warshawski always recovers and triumphs Over evil in the end ready to go on to More painful experiences in the next Case she tackles. A i done to think i could Ever imagine  sitting and Reading a Book which is my favorite activity a Paretsky said in a Telephone interview from  Home in Chicago. A a she a prefer to go to the Park and run or to a gym looking for a pickup basketball  the detective is five years younger than Paretsky 47, in Tunnel vision written two years ago . For Victoria iphigenia celebrates  40th birthday. And Paretsky said the character will continue to age right along with  creator. That a something rare in mystery fiction but Paretsky said she wants to be sure . Remains Quot histor. Mically grounded Quot As a product of the anti War civil rights and women a movements of the 1960s and �?T70s. Geographically . Is grounded in Chicago where Paretsky has lived since 1966, after a childhood in. Iowa and Kansas. That Chicago setting was a problem when Paretsky was trying to get  first Book published in 1982. The publishers on the East coast were Leety about the idea of a woman private Eye Paretsky said and they thought Chicago like the whole Middle part of the United states was a Fly Over  however  agent finally found a company willing to risk it. Five books later in 1986, Warshawski novels first hit b e St seller  the Reading Public a liking for myst ties has swelled into a tidal wave and female private eyes Are no longer rare. Paretsky thinks she broke ground in an area Ripe for tilling. . Represents the generation of women in a part of a she said. A hours was the first significant wave of women in management and professional ranks and we know How difficult that has been How much hostility there was toward  Paretsky said she a very consciously modelled the character on the hard boiled private eyes popularized by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler in the 1930s and �?T40s. Like those authors she used the first person in writing  books. A a that a almost always the Way private Eye fiction is written a she noted. A it helps to create an intimate Bond with the readers. In a not try ing to baffle them. Its an emotional journey More than an exercise in  a Best Sellers a a a if you ask sue Grafton whether she identifies with  private Eye character Kinsey Minthone this is the answer you Geta i am  then after the briefest of pauses Grafton adds a with certain  for one thing the author said during a recent. Book tour Stop in St. Louis she is older than Kinsey Millhone. A a in a 54 and she a 34. Kinsey is aging one year for every 2 books. Shell hit 40 with the last  by a last Book a Grafton is referring to the 26th in the alphabetically titled series that began with a a a 7s for Alibi and now has reached the 11-Book Mark with a  is for killer. Does the fact that she has yet to write 15 books in the series Ever seem a bit daunting a a daunting yes every Day of my life a Grafton said. Pointing to  mop of dark hair she added a a it a Given me these Gray hairs. I often wonder Why i Ever committed myself to doing that  she works 10 months a year turning out an annual novel but that does no to satisfy avid fans. At Book signings they invariably urge Grafton to a write faster and produce Kinsey adventures More frequent by. Grafton said she tells such fans to a read slower savor every word a because she would like to ease  writing schedule to a Book every two years and a get a life for  like the energetic detective in fictional Santa Theresa Calif., Grafton runs three Miles a Day when she sat  Home in Santa Barbara Calif. However unlike Millhone the author is not a native Southern californian. Born and raised in Louisville ky., Grafton still Speaks with a Trace of Southern drawl. Her father was a municipal Bond lawyer who wrote mystery novels. Their Home was filled with books especially mysteries Grafton said. A i started with Nancy Drew a she said a and went on to Mickey Spillane Raymond Chandler All the  she readily admits that she made Kinsey something of a female version of the hard boiled private detectives created by Spillane and Chandler. She preferred those fictional types to Amateur detective or police procedural characters she said. Grafton was already an established writer when she produced the a Book in 1982. She had worked in Hollywood writing movies and other scripts Lor television including the adaptation of two Agulhas Christie mysteries for to in collaboration with  husband Steven Humphrey. Like Kinsey she has been divorced twice. Unlike Kinsey she has three grown children and one grandchild. Will Kinsey Ever marry again and have children a a in la let  decide Quot Grafton said so Apps Howard news service new York times list hardback fiction 3 4 5 i 7 a the Clumber by John Grisham past week 1 weeks on list 3 the be Lesline prophecy by James redhead last week. 2, weeks in list m. A the crossing by Cormac Mccarthy Tost week on list of the placet you n got by or. Seuss last week 4, weeks on list 136 tonci Gold by Clive Cussler last week 3, weeks on list 7 a the Bridget of Madison county by Robert James Waller last week 6 weeks on list 98. 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