Laurie R. King
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Born | Oakland, California, U.S. | September 19, 1952
Pen name | Leigh Richards |
Occupation | Writer |
Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) Graduate Theological Union (MA) |
Period | 1993 to Present |
Genre | Detective fiction |
Notable awards |
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Spouse | Noel Quinton King (1977–2009; his death) |
Children | 2 |
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Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction.
Life and career
Born in Oakland, California, King earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 and a masters in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in 1984, where her thesis was on "Feminine Aspects of Yahweh". She later received an honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific.[1]
Among King's books are the
She lives in Watsonville, California,[3] in the hills above Monterey Bay, southeast of Santa Cruz, California. From 1977 until his death in early 2009, she was married to the historian Noel Quinton King.[4] They are the parents of two children.
Awards
King's first book,
She was inducted into membership of The Baker Street Irregulars in 2010.[16][17]
Works
Kate Martinelli mysteries
- ISBN 0-312-08804-3
- ISBN 0-312-11907-0
- ISBN 0-312-14077-0
- ISBN 0-553-10713-5
- Lambda Literary Award2006)
- Beginnings (2019) ISBN 9781732464728
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mysteries
- ISBN 0-312-10423-5
- ISBN 0-312-13565-3
- ISBN 0-312-14670-1
- ISBN 0-312-16934-5
- ISBN 0-553-11093-4
(although written fifth in sequence, the events in this book take place during the latter part of those described in The Beekeeper's Apprentice) - ISBN 0-553-11113-2
- ISBN 0-553-80194-5
- ISBN 0-553-80197-X
- ISBN 0-553-80454-5
- ISBN 0-553-80554-1
- ISBN 978-0-7490-1377-6.)
- ISBN 0-553-80798-6
- ISBN 978-0-7490-1377-6
- The Game and Locked Rooms)
- The Marriage of Mary Russell (March 15, 2016)
- ISBN 978-0804177900[18]
- ISBN 978-1-4642-0733-4
contains 10 short stories:
- "Mary's Christmas"
- "Mary Russell's War: My War Journal"
- "Beekeeping for Beginners"
- "The Marriage of Mary Russell"
- "Mrs Hudson's Case"
- "A Venomous Death"
- "Birth of a Green Man"
- "My Story, or The Case of the Ravening Sherlockians"
- "A Case in Correspondence"
- "Stately Holmes"
- ISBN 978-0-804-17796-2
- ISBN 978-0-525-62083-9
- ISBN 978-0525620860
- The Lantern's Dance (2024)
Harris Stuyvesant and Bennett Grey series
(Historical novels of suspense, featuring FBI agent Harris Stuyvesant and injured British soldier Bennett Grey)
- Touchstone (2007) ISBN 978-0-553-80355-6
- The Bones of Paris (2013) ISBN 978-0-7490-1587-9
Non-series books
- A Darker Place [UK title: The Birth of a New Moon] (1999) ISBN 978-0-553-57824-9
- Folly (2001) ISBN 978-0-553-38151-1
- Keeping Watch (2003) ISBN 978-0-553-38252-5
- Califia's Daughters (as Leigh Richards) (2004) - science fiction. ISBN 978-0-553-58667-1
- Lockdown (2017) ISBN 978-0-804-17793-1
- Back to the Garden (2022) ISBN 978-0-593-49656-5
Further reading
Emrys, A. B. "Under Cover of Wartime: Disguised Murder in Works by Rennie Airth, Laurie R. King, Martha Grimes, and Anthony Horowitz." CLUES: A Journal of Detection 25.4 (Summer 2007): 53-63.
References
- ^ Townsend, Peggy. "The storyteller and the detective". UC Santa Cruz News. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Gillies, Mary Ann. 2020. Liminal Spaces in Laurie R. King’s Touchstone and Keeping Watch. In Maarit Piipponen, Helen Mäntymäki & Marinella Rodi-Risberg (eds.), Transnational Crime Fiction: Mobility, Borders and Detection, 153–168.
- ISBN 0-313-33428-5
- ^ "Noel King Obituary - Santa Cruz, CA | Santa Cruz Sentinel". Legacy.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ "Edgar Awards". Mystery Writers of America. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger". Crime Writers Association. Archived from the original on November 15, 2013. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Nero Awards". The Wolfe Pack. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Macavity Awards". Mystery Readers International. Retrieved 2010-04-07.
- ^ "Lambda Literary Awards". Lambda Literary. 30 April 2006. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Malice Domestic Convention - Bethesda, MD". www.malicedomestic.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-21. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ "Nominees and Winners". Bouchercon World Mystery Convention. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Barry Awards". Deadly Pleasures Magazine. Archived from the original on April 23, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "Orange Prize Loglist". Women's Prize for Fiction. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "RT Award Nominees and Winners". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
- ^ "MWA Announces the 2022 Edgar Award Nominations – Mystery Writers of America". Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ "The Investitured (or Invested) Irregulars" (PDF).
- ^ "PB2-FrontMatter-11" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ "'The Murder of Mary Russell' explores the women closest to Sherlock Holmes". Christian Science Monitor. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2019.