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Laura Lippman

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in Atlanta, GA, The United States

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Mystery & Thrillers

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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.

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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

tags: books, reading

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“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

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“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

tags: bullshit, strength-through-adversity

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