All times and places are subject to change, so please double check before you get in your car! To order signed books from specific stores, click on the bookstore names below. You can also watch many of Laurie’s virtual events on YouTube or Facebook.
2023
April 6, 6 PM PDT: A Poisoned Pen Bookstore virtual panel of nominees for the LA Times Book Prize, Mystery/Thriller, on the Pen’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. (They’re archived, too!)
April 21-23, University of Southern California campus: LA Times Festival of Books. Friday night—Book Prize Ceremony; Saturday 10:30 panel—Communes, Cults, & Crimes
May 6-7: Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Book Festival. Laurie will be moderating a panel on “The Art of Suspense” on Sunday, 11 AM-12 PM, at The Marsh Berkeley, with panelists Katy Hays, Marcie R. Rendon & Brendan Slocumb.
May 20, 1 PT (virtual): Sustaining a Career in Mystery, with the Capitol Crimes chapter of Sisters in Crime. (details to come)
July 16, 2 PM, Woodside, CA: Filoli House & Gardens—a talk on Back to the Garden, which is loosely based on Filoli. Free for those with tickets to Filoli that day. Sales & signing follows.
July 21-23 (in-person): Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, details and registration here.
August 30-Sept. 3: San Diego, CA: Bouchercon
Past Events
For additional recordings of past interviews and events, please go to Laurie’s YouTube Channel.
- Five Things I’ve Learned about “What Makes Mysteries Great”: purchase access to watch the video here.
- Laurie discusses “How Characters Come to Life” at Book Passage: buy tickets (video included) here.
- 2021 Noel Q King Memorial Lecture: Professor Noel Q. King helped introduce the study of religion to a young UC Santa Cruz and was instrumental in engaging Merrill College students in lifelong curiosity about and respect for the beliefs of the peoples of the world. This year marked the 5th Annual Noel Q. King Memorial Lecture at Merrill College. You can watch the recording here, and donate to the Noel Q King memorial fund to support future events here.