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Laurie R King Biography & Facts

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.Among King's books are the Mary Russell series of historical mysteries, featuring Sherlock Holmes as her mentor and later partner, and a series featuring Kate Martinelli, a lesbian police officer in San Francisco, California. Using the pseudonym "Leigh Richards", she has published a science fiction novel, Califia's Daughters (2004). Across these genres, she explores several humanist themes, including the effects of war on soldiers as they attempt to find their place when returning home. This is seen in several of the Mary Russell novels and has been described in a comparison of the detectives in Keeping Watch (2003) and Touchstone (2007).She lives in Watsonville, California, 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. They are the parents of two children. Awards King's first book, A Grave Talent (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award. This was followed by the 1996 Nero Award, for A Monstrous Regiment of Women, the 2002 Macavity Award for Best Novel, for Folly, the 2007 Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, for The Art of Detection, and the 2015 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel, for Dreaming Spies. She has also been nominated for two Anthonys, a Barry, two additional Edgars, another Macavity, an Orange Prize, and four RT Reviewers' Choice Awards. In 2022, she won the Edgar Award's 'Grand Master' for her work.She was inducted into membership of The Baker Street Irregulars in 2010. Works Kate Martinelli mysteries A Grave Talent (1993) ISBN 0-312-08804-3 To Play the Fool (1995) ISBN 0-312-11907-0 With Child (1996) ISBN 0-312-14077-0 Night Work (2000) ISBN 0-553-10713-5 The Art of Detection (2006) ISBN 0-553-80453-7 (Lambda Literary Award 2006) Beginnings (2019) ISBN 9781732464728Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mysteries The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994) ISBN 0-312-10423-5 A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) ISBN 0-312-13565-3 A Letter of Mary (1997) ISBN 0-312-14670-1 The Moor (1998) ISBN 0-312-16934-5 O Jerusalem (1999) 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) Justice Hall (2002) ISBN 0-553-11113-2 The Game (2004) ISBN 0-553-80194-5 Locked Rooms (2005) ISBN 0-553-80197-X The Language of Bees (2009) ISBN 0-553-80454-5 The God of the Hive (2010) ISBN 0-553-80554-1 Beekeeping for Beginners (an ebook novella) (2011) ISBN 978-0-7490-4059-8 (This short story describes the early events of The Beekeeper's Apprentice from the point of view of Sherlock Holmes. The novella is included in Garment of Shadows ISBN 978-0-7490-1377-6.) Pirate King (2011) ISBN 0-553-80798-6 Garment of Shadows (2012) ISBN 978-0-7490-1377-6 Dreaming Spies (2015) ISBN 978-0-3455-3179-7 (although written thirteenth in sequence, the events in this book take place between those described in The Game and Locked Rooms) The Marriage of Mary Russell (March 15, 2016) The Murder of Mary Russell (April 5, 2016) ISBN 978-0804177900 Mary Russell's War And Other Stories of Suspense (2016) 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"Island of the Mad (2018) ISBN 978-0-804-17796-2 Riviera Gold (2020) ISBN 978-0-525-62083-9 Castle Shade (2021) 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 978-0-7490-1587-9Non-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 978-0-593-49656-5Further 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 External links Official website Ex Libris Archives: Laurie R. King. Discover the Laurie R King popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Laurie R King books.

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  • Castle Shade synopsis, comments

    Castle Shade

    Laurie R. King

    A queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threatall await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling adventure.The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter of ...

  • Back to the Garden synopsis, comments

    Back to the Garden

    Laurie R. King

    A fiftyyearold cold case involving California royalty comes back to lifewith potentially fatal consequencesin this gripping standalone novel from the New York Times bestselling aut...

  • Hellbender synopsis, comments

    Hellbender

    Laurie R. King

    Urban Fantasy meets Future NoirOnce people have messed with a man’s DNA, what can he do but become a private eye? And when a gorgeous thing like Elizabeth Savoy comes gliding into ...

  • The God of the Hive synopsis, comments

    The God of the Hive

    Laurie R. King

    “Mesmerizinganother wonderful novel etched by the hand of a master storyteller.”Michael ConnellyMary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, have stirred the wrath of a murderous...

  • The Mary Russell Companion synopsis, comments

    The Mary Russell Companion

    Laurie R. King

    The world of Mary Russell, apprenticeturnedpartner of the great detective Sherlock Holmes, has long fascinated her followers. Over the course of ten Memoirs and a number of short s...

  • In the Company of Sherlock Holmes synopsis, comments

    In the Company of Sherlock Holmes

    Leslie S. Klinger & Laurie R. King

     In the followup to the nationally bestselling A Study in Sherlock, a stunning new volume of original stories from awardwinning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. ...

  • The Marriage of Mary Russell synopsis, comments

    The Marriage of Mary Russell

    Laurie R. King

    Laurie R. King takes readers way back in her bestselling series with this exclusive ebook short story, as Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes embark upon the riskiest adventure of the...

  • Down These Strange Streets synopsis, comments

    Down These Strange Streets

    George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Diana Gabaldon, Simon R. Green, S.M. Stirling & Carrie Vaughn

    In this collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the end of every alley and where the things th...

  • The Murder of Mary Russell synopsis, comments

    The Murder of Mary Russell

    Laurie R. King

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes series weaves rich historical detail and provocative themes with intriguing characters and enthralling susp...

  • A Grave Talent synopsis, comments

    A Grave Talent

    Laurie R. King

    THE EDGAR AWARDWINNING NOVELTHE FIRST KATE MARTINELLI MYSTERY In Laurie R. King's Grave Talent, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A series...

  • Riviera Gold synopsis, comments

    Riviera Gold

    Laurie R. King

    Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes turn the Riviera upside down to crack their most captivating case yet in the New York Times bestselling series that Lee Child called “the most sust...

  • Dreaming Spies synopsis, comments

    Dreaming Spies

    Laurie R. King

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLaurie R. King’s novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, are critically acclaimed and beloved by readers for the a...

  • Island of the Mad synopsis, comments

    Island of the Mad

    Laurie R. King

    Laurie R. King’s New York Times bestselling series featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes is “the most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today” (Lee Ch...

  • In League with Sherlock Holmes synopsis, comments

    In League with Sherlock Holmes

    Leslie S. Klinger & Laurie R. King

    The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s popular Sherlock Holmesinspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthu...

  • Garment of Shadows synopsis, comments

    Garment of Shadows

    Laurie R. King

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERLaurie R. King’s New York Times bestselling novels of suspense featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, comprise one of today’s most acclai...