All times and places are subject to change, so please double check before you get in your car! Also, make sure to keep an eye on the Get Togethers thread at the Virtual Book Club for reader get-togethers at certain venues. To order signed books from specific stores, click on the bookstore names below. You can also find Laurie online — visit the Contact page or the News section of this site to find out where.
2020
March 12-15, San Diego: Left Coast Crime
Saturday 2:45
It’s Elementary: The enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes and friends. Laurie R. King (M), Anna Castle, Michael Kurland, Bonnie MacBaird, and Michael Robertson.
Sunday 10:15
Heaven Help Us: Religion and Spirituality in Mystery
Janet Rudolph (M), Patrick Coleman, Laurie R. King, William Kent Krueger, and Ilene Schneider.
March 28: Read for Pixels
A YouTube Livestream session on Writing Violence Against Women in Mystery/Crime Novels in the Age of #MeToo, with Charlaine Harris, Dana Cameron, and Laurie R. King will discuss how to write about violence against women in Crime/Mystery without dehumanising women and girls and female characters. They will also be answering questions live from the audience about this topic and their books. Bookmark the session here.
March 31: A night at the movies
Laurie and David Corbett help launch Litquake’s new monthly screening series of movies based on books. A screening and discussion of 1977’s classic AN AMERICAN FRIEND (Wim Wenders), adapted from the Patricia Highsmith novel Ripley’s Game, at San Francisco’s Alamo Drafthouse. Buy tickets here.
11:00 – 11:50: Down the River Unto the Sea – The importance of place and mood to a crime novel.
Moderator: Laurie R. King (MWA Northern California Chapter President)
Panelists: Corey Ann Haydu (2020 Young Adult Nominee – Eventown, Katherine Tegen Books).
William Lashner (2020 Paperback Original Nominee – Freedom Road, Thomas & Mercer)
Catriona McPherson (2020 Mary Higgins Clark Nominee – Strangers at the Gate, Minotaur Books)
Abir Mukherjee (2020 Best Novel Nominee – Smoke and Ashes, Pegasus Books)
Lara Prescott (2020 Best First Nominee – The Secrets We Kept, Penguin Random House – Alfred A. Knopf
John Vercher (2020 Best First Nominee – Three-Fifths, Polis – Agora Books)
126 Crosby St
May 2 to 5: Bay Area Book Fest
Berkeley, CA
June/July 2020: Riviera Gold Book Tour
July 30-August 2: Book Passage Mystery Writing Conference
Corte Madera, CA
A great, intensive craft conference where many writers have gotten their start.
October 15 to 18: Bouchercon
Sacramento, CA