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Laura Lippman

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Since Laura Lippman’s debut, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the “essential” crime writers of the last 100 years. Stephen King called her “special, even extraordinary,” and Gillian Flynn wrote, “She is simply a brilliant novelist.” Her books have won most of the major awards in her field and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. She lives in Baltimore and New Orleans with her teenager.

Fight Tonight For What You’ll Throw Out Tomorrow

Mardi Gras season is in full swing as I write this and I am in New Orleans. Last night, I took my daughter to the parades on St. Charles Avenue. The final one to roll was Muses, an all-female krewe whose signature "throws" are decorated shoes. Old shoes, covered in glitter and furbelows, which are handed to the lucky few along the route.


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“Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.”
Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know

“There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.”
Laura Lippman

“She might not be as strong as everyone she met, or as fast, or even as smart. But she could bullshit with the best of them. Combine that with a license to carry, and a girl could more than get by in this life.”
Laura Lippman, By a Spider's Thread

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October Author Read: Some Scary Sh**

Vote for who we will read in October. Choose one of the listed authors, or add one of your own----please be sure the one you want to add is not already on the list. And please make sure the nominated author has at least a few books to choose from.

I'm looking for authors that do scary, spooky, gory, grisly, creepy, crime, deviant, deranged, chiller, thriller, killer or any other thing that fits this category. I want some real scary stuff here! More than a cozy mystery or a classic.

You can change your vote anytime before the poll closes. So if you've voted, and someone adds an author you want to change your vote to, feel free. 

 
  26 votes, 25.0%

Stephen King
 
  23 votes, 22.1%

Ray Bradbury
 
  10 votes, 9.6%

 
  8 votes, 7.7%

Chelsea Cain (write-in)
 
  8 votes, 7.7%

Ted Dekker - the Boogey Man himself (write-in)
 
  6 votes, 5.8%

Jeffery Deaver (write-in)
 
  6 votes, 5.8%

 
  5 votes, 4.8%

Preston and Child together- Relic, Reliquary, so on (write-in)
 
  3 votes, 2.9%

Jo Nesbo (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 1.9%

justin cronin (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 1.9%

David Wellington
 
  2 votes, 1.9%

 
  1 vote, 1.0%

Robert Aickman (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 1.0%

Tana French (write-in)
 
  1 vote, 1.0%

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