Dr. Sara Paretsky is being honored at Bouchercon 2011 with a Lifetime Achievement Award. What has she done? The better question is what hasn't she done? She has written several best-selling mysteries and short stories; penned articles and essays on social issues; built a thriving mystery writing business; is a social activist; and is the founding mother of Sisters in Crime, an organization that has raised awareness of mystery writers who are women. For the latter, alone, she should receive this award. The author interviewed Paretsky for the Bouchercon Program Book.
Gay Toltl Kinman has nine award nominations for her writing; several short stories in American and English magazines and anthologies; twelve children’s books; a Y.A. gothic novel; eight adult mysteries; and a collection of short stories. She has had several short plays produced; many articles published in professional journals and newspapers; and has co-edited two nonfiction books. Kinman has library and law degrees.