Events
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.
2026
September 9, 7 PM, Santa Cruz, CA: talk and reading from Those Who Are Gone, Bookshop Santa Cruz, pre-order here(opens in new tab).
September 28, 7 PM, Santa Cruz: a conversation with Joseph Fink (the podcast Welcome to Night Vale) about his new book, The Nudge. RSVP here(opens in new tab).
October 1, 6:30 PM, Sunnyvale: a panel on cold case mysteries, at Leigh’s Favorite Books, with Michelle Chouinard, Kelli Stanley, and Cara Black. RSVP here.
October 21-25, Calgary, Canada: Bouchercon(opens in new tab)!
Saturday, October 24, 1:30 PM—I will be moderating Through the Speculative Lens, with Candas Jane Dorsey, Lee Matthew Goldberg, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Sandra (SG) Wong.
My Those Who Are Gone etc talk at the Poisoned Pen is here; my interview with Rick Kleffel goes live Sept. 16 here on YouTube and on his Narrative Species podcast; and after Sept 26, Lisa Towles and I will be on her Story Impact podcast and her YouTube channel.
Past Events
For additional recordings of past interviews and events, please go to the Podcast page and to Laurie’s YouTube Channel(opens in new tab).
- Three Grand Masters talk craft: Laurie R. King, Michael Connelly, and Walter Mosley with Nicholas Meyer talk about the writing craft. Watch it here(opens in new tab).
- Laurie has done Facebook Live chats about thirty years of The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (on Facebook and YouTube); writing The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, from pen to paperback (Facebook & YouTube); and Building the Russell Community (Facebook & YouTube).
- Five Things I’ve Learned about “What Makes Mysteries Great”: purchase access to watch the video here(opens in new tab).
- 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.
