Short Stories and Collaborations
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Deadly Anniversaries
Deadly Anniversaries is an anthology to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Mystery Writers of America. All its stories—all of them new—are written by Grand Masters or Edgar winners. Laurie has one, too, but she was also instrumental in the collection as a whole, acting as the Publications Committee’s liaison with the guest editors Muller and Pronzini. This is one of Laurie’s babies, start to finish.
For the Sake of the Game
The fourth collection curated by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, of stories inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon. All new tales by Peter S. Beagle, Rhys Bowen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jamie Freveletti, Alan Gordon, Gregg Hurwitz, Toni L. P. Kelner, William Kotzwinkle and Joe Servello, Harley Jane Kozak, D. P. Lyle, Weston Ochse, Zoe Sharp, Duane Swierczynski, and F. Paul Wilson.
"The Customer" in Bound by Mystery
In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. This anthology celebrates Poisoned Pen’s authors, their talent, and their diversity.
Anatomy of Innocence
(2017)
Recalling the great muckrakers of the past, an outraged team of America’s best-selling writers unite to confront the disasters of wrongful convictions. In this groundbreaking anthology, fourteen exonerated inmates narrate their stories to a roster of high-profile mystery and thriller writers―including Lee Child, Sara Paretsky, Laurie R. King, Jan Burke and S. J. Rozan―while another exoneree’s case is explored in a previously unpublished essay by legendary playwright Arthur Miller. An astonishing and unique collaboration, these testimonies bear witness to the incredible stories of innocent men and women who were convicted of serious crimes and cast into the maw of a vast and deeply flawed American criminal justice system before eventually, and miraculously, being exonerated.
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes
(2016)
Seventeen new adventures “inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon”–edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon
(2014)
“All we ask is that you let the Holmes stories inspire you. You might want to write a straight Holmes pastiche, or a graphic story, or a tale about Mycroft or Mrs Hudson or Billy the page. The story may take place in Victorian Baker Street, or in Mughal India—or on the first manned flight to Mars. Perhaps the plot takes inspiration from a Conan Doyle tale? Or your detective suspects that his case is related to one Holmes faced? Or…”
A Study in Sherlock
Stories inspired by the Holmes canon
(2011)
What would happen if you asked twenty top writers who don’t normally write about Sherlock Holmes, to write about Sherlock Holmes? Why, you’d have: A Study in Sherlock, Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon.
Not in Kansas Anymore, TOTO
(2015)
A travelogue with a limited point of view, a heavily illustrated anthropological monograph, and really just a fun project that came about when Barbara and I fell in love with Japanese toilets.
Writes of Passage
(2014)
Sometimes, you’re looking for a How-to book. Other times, what you need is a How-I book. This is one of those.
Crime and Thriller Writing
A Writers’ & Artists’ Companion
(2012)
Crime and Thriller Writing: A Writers’ & Artists’ Companion is an essential guide to writing in these exciting genres.
The Grand Game
A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship, Volumes 1 and 2
(Vol 1: 2011, Vol 2: 2012)
The Grand Game is based on the lovely fantasy played by scholars and Sherlockians that Sherlock Holmes was a real person, and that the sixty Canonical tales were actually written by Dr. Watson and reflect true historical events.
Books to Die For
The World's Greatest Mystery Writers on the World's Greatest Mystery Novels
(2012)
What is Laurie’s book to die for? Find out in the new collection Books to Die For.
My Bookstore
Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read, and Shop
(2012)
In this enthusiastic, heartfelt, and sometimes humorous ode to bookshops and booksellers, 76 known authors pay tribute to the brick-and-mortar stores they love and often call their second homes.
Writing Mysteries
second edition
(2002)
Laurie has done a chapter on the historical mystery in this second edition of Writing Mysteries, edited by Sue Grafton, and put out by Writers Digest Books
Intro to The Hound of the Baskervilles
(2002)
Laurie wrote the introduction to this 2002 edition of Conan Doyles’ tale.