Posts by Laurie King
Noel
My husband Noel died yesterday. Many of you were aware that he was ill for a very long time, following a 2006 stroke and then cancer diagnosis, and anyone who has had a loved one linger will understand that the sorrow is strongly colored with relief. It is odd, but somehow appropriate as well, to…
Read MoreNew, we’re new!
My so-clever daughter has become a webster, and we’re all new and shiny at the web site Fifteen Weeks of Bees! A Russellscape! Fun stuff! What do you think?
Read MoreFifteen Weeks of Bees Preview
We’ll be talking (a lot!) about Fifteen Weeks of Bees here over the next, well, fifteen weeks, but to whet your taste for what’s going on, here are just two of its elements: Mary Russell video and Mary Russell on Twitter. I love my fans.
Read More“The Thief” in In the Shadow of the Master
ISBN: 9780061690396 Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe’s birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed…
Read More“The House” in Unusual Suspects
Edited by Dana Stabenow. ISBN-10: 0441016375 Introduction The House End Notes Commentary In the spring of 2006, the Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation Department posted this notice: “On May 20, as part of her Artist of the Year Profile Performance, Laurie R. King will perform the high-wire writing act she calls Writer’s Improv: writing…
Read MoreTouchstone (2007)
ISBN 978-0-553-80355-6 UK ISBN–978-1-84722-005-9 (May 2008) A touchstone is used to test the purity of precious metals. A man with such a test can control the value of gold. How much more could be controlled by a man with a human touchstone? It’s eight years after the Great War shattered Bennett Grey’s life, leaving him…
Read MoreThe Language of Bees (2009)
Video courtesy of Two Rock Media ISBN (US) 9780553804546 ISBN (UK) 9780749007911, published by Allison and Busby press In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her legendary husband’s storied past—a painful and personal defeat that still has the power to sting…this…
Read More(Re)Writing God of the Hive (2)
The second excerpt for The God of the Hive is here, with more to follow on the 27th of February and March. For those interested in one writer’s creative process, each will be followed by a post showing the first draft of that section, with brief remarks about the rewrite process. I will take care…
Read MoreLet the Buzz Begin
The buzz (sorry) begins as the LRK e-world gears up for the Fifteen Weeks of Bees (starting February 1). Shelf Awareness featured the celebration in its January 25 edition — please visit their site for the full write-up.
Read MoreConstruction Site
We’re going to be conducting some site maintenance while we work on converting over to a new and improved website, so posts and comments will be turned off for a short while. Thanks for your patience!
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