Laurie R. King
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http://www.goodreads.com/laurierking
born
September 19, 1952
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female
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The United States
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Mystery & Thrillers, Gay & Lesbian
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September 2007
about this author
Edgar-winning mystery writer Laurie R. King writes series and standalone novels. Newest is the ninth Mary Russell novel The Language of Bees. In the Russell series, a brilliant teen becomes student, then partner to Sherlock Holmes. [Excerpt of The Beekeeper's Apprentice] The Kate Martinelli series follows an SFPD detective's cases on a female Rembrandt, a holy fool, and more. [Excerpt of A Grave Talent]
King lives in northern California, which serves as backdrop for some of her books.
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell, #1) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.17 — 3,221 ratings — published 1994 21 editions |
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell, #2) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.06 — 1,748 ratings — published 1995 13 editions |
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O Jerusalem (Mary Russell, #5) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.11 — 1,529 ratings — published 1999 8 editions |
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A Letter of Mary (Mary Russell, #3) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.92 — 1,453 ratings — published 1996 14 editions |
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The Moor (Mary Russell, #4) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.89 — 1,381 ratings — published 1998 14 editions |
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Locked Rooms (Mary Russell, #8) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.17 — 1,264 ratings — published 2005 8 editions |
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The Game (Mary Russell, #7) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.08 — 1,240 ratings — published 2002 9 editions |
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Justice Hall (Mary Russell, #6) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.07 — 1,099 ratings — published 2002 11 editions |
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The Language of Bees (Mary Russell, #9) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 4.05 — 716 ratings — published 2009 5 editions |
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A Grave Talent (Kate Martinelli, #1) by Laurie R. King (Goodreads author) avg rating 3.89 — 740 ratings — published 1993 14 editions |
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Open Season (Joe Pickett #1) by C.J. Box |
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Jack, the Lady Killer (Paperback) by H.R.F. Keating |
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"All Keating’s books are grand, and his work as a critic fills me with awe, but this small volume, set in 1930s Punjab, is written in verse.
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The Monkey's Mask (A Mask Noir Title) by Dorothy Porter |
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Wilde West (Hardcover) by Walter Satterthwait |
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"A hoot of a book, offering an alternative version of Oscar Wilde’s travels in the United States. A very alternative version.
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A Brother's Blood: A Novel (Paperback) by Michael C. White |
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"Compelling mystery, with an unlikely narrator, set (as are the best) in the human heart.
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In the Beginning (Paperback) by Chaim Potok |
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Lost Recipes: Meals to Share with Friends and Family (Hardcover) by Marion Cunningham |
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The Diamond in the Window (The Hall Family Chronicles) by Jane Langton |
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"A young adult novel, probably the first I read that hit me as a novel, one I read to my own kids when they were young. But be sure you get the version with Langton’s own drawings in them—before the Homer Kelly series.
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Time (Hardcover) by Andy Goldsworthy |
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"The words given voice inside the mind are not always clear, however; they can be gentle and elliptical, what the prophets call the bat qol, the daughter of the voice of God, she who speaks in whispers and half-seen images."
— Laurie R. King (The Beekeeper's Apprentice)
— Laurie R. King (The Beekeeper's Apprentice)
"I was fifteen when I first met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him. In my defense I must say it was an engrossing book, and it was very rare to come across another person in that particular part of the world in that war year of 1915."
— Laurie R. King
— Laurie R. King
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LaurieThanks so much for the friendship!
I've gotta read your books!
I love Sherlock and Miss Marple.
Best....Linda
Hi Laurie,Just finished Language of Bees and loved it. Didn't want it to end knowing I have to wait for the next one.
Hi Laurie,Thank you for the friend invitation, and greater thanks for your books. Your Mary Russell books are all amongst my absolute favorites, and now that I'm reading the Martinelli books, I see those are wonderful also.
Thanks again,
Rachel
Hi Laurie,Thanks for the friend invite. I've enjoyed all your books enormously. Congratulations on cracking the NY Times top ten!
Lisa
Thanks for the invitation!A friend of mine recommended Beekeeper's Apprentice last year after I went through a bad breakup, and though I went to it a bit grudgingly, I found the series a balm, and a beautifully built world in which to let my brain have a different kind of exercise than the usual post-split running in circles. Beekeeper's Apprentice especially was a repeated restorative for me, and is a familiar joy that I cheerfully turn back to now that life is on more of an even keel.
So thanks very much for that as well; I'm really looking forward to the next story.
Hi Laurie,
Thanks for the invite! I simply adore the Mary Russell mysteries & am so happy the series is continuing!
Hello. Thanks for adding me as a goodreads friend. Love your Mary Russell mysteries. Happy reading and writing!
Hi Laurie! Yes, I love your books, especially the Mary Russell series, which I recommended to another GoodReads friend a month or so ago. very nice to meet you! :)
Laurie,Thanks for befriending me. When I wrote that review of your book I never thought it would lead me to being one of your friends on goodreads. Again thanks!
-Maxi
