Posts by Laurie King
The English Russells
Would you like a complete set of Mary Russell novels? You know, Mary Russell, whose first Memoir, The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, was published twenty years ago this spring? What if they were the gorgeous UK Russells? And maybe, hardbacks? (I’ll even toss in the 20th Anniversary Edition of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, as well!) If you’d like this pile…
Read MoreThis week I’ve…
This week I: – Sent Dreaming Spies in to my editor, waited a day, and received back word that she adores it, that it’s the most perfect thing I’ve ever written, and that perhaps more to the point, she’s going to send me a check. – Finished my parts of The Mary Russell Companion, coming to…
Read MoreLibrary giveaway
The first week’s Library Giveaway of a Book Club in a Box goes to the LA system’s Pacific Palisades Library–which has its very own Mysterious Book Club! The library will get a whole box of Russells, as soon as they choose which title they want to read How about you–would your library like a box…
Read MoreDevil in Easter?
I like to mix things up a little for my liturgical celebrations, so I made a Chinese recipe that actually would be great for Halloween: Then I deviled them, which interrupts the pretty surface a bit but made them quite tasty: They’re not hard to make. Thoroughly hard boil your eggs (I have best luck…
Read MoreA box of Russells goes to…
The first drawing for one library’s Book Club in a Box will be Friday. Have you nominated your favorite library for this book club’s worth of Russells? Send their name to info@laurierking.com with the subject line Library, and–good luck, this or the next six giveaways!
Read MoreLives change @ your library.
And a very Happy National Library Week to you! The theme of this year’s American Library Association celebration is Lives change @ your library. So that’s what Team LRK is celebrating as well. As you must know by now, I love libraries. I use libraries by the cubic meter, by the hundredweight, by the hour. …
Read MoreOdd housemates
I love odd plants. I’ve posted about my various odd housemates, of the vegetable variety, from time to time.Now another long-time inhabitant of a sunny window has sprouted some peculiar and quite unexpected blossoms. Who’d have guessed that something like this— would sprout into this— Life is full of such delightful surprises. (And in case…
Read MoreRussell bundles, again!
My beloved Random House has an offer you…well, you can refuse if you like, they’re not that pushy. But it’s a really nice offer, for eight Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes novels, in celebration of Russell’s 20th anniversary. The titles run from O Jerusalem to Garment of Shadows, covering ground from 1919 Palestine to 1924 Morocco, with everything…
Read MoreRussell, bundled
To celebrate the 2oth anniversary of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, Picador is selling a merry bundle– –of the first four Mary Russell e-books. That’s right, a special package deal with a sweetheart of a cover, with Beekeeper, Monstrous Regiment of Women, A Letter of Mary, and The Moor. Fill up your e-reader library, so you’re never again stuck…
Read MoreA Russell Companion!
Due May 1: The Mary Russell (e-)Companion: all manner of information and tidbits concerning Miss Russell’s Memoirs, from What does their house look like? to What’s a copper beech? Yes, there’s even a chapter on her sex life. The book page is here. And I will over to you my humble and immediate apologies…
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