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Laura Miranda is a truly exceptional criminal defense attorney, a leader with a heart who cares about her clients and the judicial system. A graduate of Cornell, both undergraduate and law school, Ms. Miranda is fluent in both English and Spanish -- and her intelligence distinguishes her as advocate with both the experience (more than 17 years as an attorney) and talent necessary to win important cases. In fact, Laura Miranda was exclusively selected to appear special radio show series on The LawBusiness Insider (www.lbishow.com), "The Mystery Writers of America," featuring best-selling writers like Scott Turow, John Grisham, Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, Tony Hillerman, Michael Connelly and Carolina Garcia-Aguilera. This week she is joined by Kermit Roosevelt.

In this exclusive interview, Laura reminds all of us of basic “Miranda” rights:

The Police must inform an accused, s/he has the right to remain silent and anything said can and will be used against him/her in a court of law; an accused has a right to consult with an attorney and to have the attorney present during questioning. Furthermore, the police must also inform the person accused if indigent, a lawyer will be appointed. DO NOT WAIVE YOUR MIRANDA RIGHTS. DO NOT SPEAK, OR SURRENDER YOURSELF TO POLICE WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY PRESENT.

You can reach Ms. Miranda directly at 212-629-4500, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it


Our next guest, Sara Paretsky is the award-winning creator of the V I Warshawski detective novels. When Sara introduced V I in Indemnity Only in 1982, she revolutionized the mystery novel. By creating a female investigator who uses her wits as well a her fists, Sara challenged a genre in which women were traditionally either vamps or victims.

V I is the quintessential urban woman. She grew up in the shadow of the old steel mills on Chicago’s Southeast side and knows her way around every alley in town. She’s a street fighter, a singer, a bit of a clothes horse, and a woman of great intensity and passion.

So how much like V I is her creator? They certainly come from very different places. Sara grew up in rural Kansas where she attended a two-room school. She continues to believe the high point of her life came at the age of twelve when she was picked to play third base for the Kaw Valley District 95 baseball team.

Bleeding Kansas, Sara’s 14th novel, is set in the part of the Kaw River Valley where Sara grew up.

Sara first came to Chicago in 1966 to do community service work in the same neighborhood where Martin Luther King was organizing. It was a time of fierce passions in the city and in the country as people fought over racial justice, the rights and wrongs of the war in Vietnam, and women’s rights. Sara has always felt that that summer changed her life forever, and when she finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Kansas, she came back to make Chicago her home. Some of the history of that summer is recounted in her essay collection, Writing in an Age of Silence. In other academic ventures, Sara received a PhD in American History and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

Sara shares V I’s passion for social justice. She founded Sisters in Crimein 1986 to support women readers and writers in the mystery world. To give back to the community, Paretsky established the Sara and Two C-Dogs Foundation, which primarily supports girls and women in the arts, letters, and sciences. She has endowed several scholarships at the University of Kansas, and has mentored students in Chicago’s inner city schools. She serves on the advisory boards of Literature for All of Us, a literacy group for teen moms, and Thresholds, which serves Chicago’s mentally-ill homeless.

Sara has received numerous awards, including the Diamond Dagger for Lifetime achievement from the British Crime Writers Association, the Gold Dagger for best novel for her book Blacklist, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from several different universities. Sara’s books have been translated into almost thirty languages.

You can listen to more of one of New York’s finest Criminal Defense attorney, Laura Miranda and one of America’s most successful crime writers, Sara Paretsky, by tuning in and listening to the following stations nationwide:

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Contact:

Laura M. Miranda
Miranda Attorney At Law
PLLC
http://www.lawmiranda.com/

Sara Paretsky
Author of Bleeding Kansas
www.saraparetsky.com