A Study in Sherlock

What would happen if you asked twenty top writers who don’t normally write about Sherlock Holmes, to write about Sherlock Holmes? And what if these great writers read that proposal and decided that yes, they did have that kind of tale in the back of their minds? Why, you’d have: A Study in Sherlock, Stories…

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LRK on the road, again!

The Bee is coming! That’s right: The Language of Bees launches on Tuesday, with a fiesta abuzz with bees and Bohemians and vintage aeroplane talk—at the great Book Passage store in San Francisco’s Ferry Building. And beginning Wednesday, I will post a blog about every stop I make between Launch Day and Mother’s Day. Here’s…

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“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…

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