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
February 11, 12 PT (virtual): Romance Can be Murder, a panel on the art of blending romance and mystery, on the MWA NorCal Facebook Page.
February 26, 5 PT (virtual): Five Things I’ve Learned About: WHAT MAKES MYSTERIES GREAT. A combination of reflection and craft, for readers and writers of crime, on five key elements of the mystery. Details and registration here.
March 4-5: Tucson, AZ: Tucson Festival of the Book
March 15, 6:30 PM (in-person): Noir at the Bar, at the Fire Truck Brewing Company, Oro Valley, Tucson, a group reading in affiliation with Left Coast Crime and Tucson Sisters in Crime.
March 16-19: Tucson, AZ: Left Coast Crime
May 6-7: Berkeley, CA: Bay Area Book Festival
May 20, 1 PT (virtual): Sustaining a Career in Mystery, with the Capitol Crimes chapter of Sisters in Crime. (details to come)
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.
- 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.