The Author
Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. She co-edited (with Lee Child) the new handbook from Mystery Writers of America, How to Write a Mystery, and has a new contemporary series with SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing, beginning with Back to the Garden.
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Awards
- Edgar Best First Novel Award for A Grave Talent from the Mystery Writers of America, 1994
- John Creasey Award for Best First Novel from the Crime Writers’ Association(Britain), 1994
- Notable Young Adult book and Outstanding Book for the College Bound from the American Library Association for The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, 1995
- 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Twentieth Century from the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association for The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, 2000
- The Nero Wolfe Best Novel Award for A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1996)
- Best Edgar Award nomination and Orange Award short-list for With Child (1998)
- Macavity Award from Mystery Readers International for Folly (2002)
- Best Edgar Short Story nomination for “Paleta Man” (from Irreconcilable Differences)
- LAMBDA Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery for The Art of Detection (2006)
- Anthony Best Anthology Award for In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, co-edited with Leslie S. Klinger (2015)
- Agatha Award for Dreaming Spies (2015)
- Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony Nonfiction Awards for How to Write a Mystery, co-edited with Lee Child (2022)
Author Awards
- Honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 1997
- Gail Rich Award for the Arts, 1998
- Guest of Honor, Left Coast Crime XII, 2001
- Career Achievement Award for Historical Mystery, Romantic Times Magazine, 2005
- Artist of the Year, Santa Cruz County, 2006
- Jack Reacher Award, Bouchercon, 2008
- Inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars as “The Red Circle,” 2010
- US Guest of Honor, Bouchercon, 2010
- 45+5 Prominent and Influential Alumni, from University of California, Santa Cruz, 2010
- US Guest of Honor, Malice Domestic, 2013
- Toastmaster, Left Coast Crime, 2017
- Grand Master Award, Mystery Writers of America, 2022
