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 5, 4 PM, Scottsdale, AZ: pre-launch celebration for Those Who Are Gone at the Poisoned Pen. Books will be sold to those present, otherwise will be distributed on publication day, September 8. Details to come, pre-order here(opens in new tab).
September 8, 6 PM, Corte Madera, CA: launch-day celebration for Those Who Are Gone, with a talk and reading. Book Passage, Corte Madera (note: NOT Ferry Building.). Details here(opens in new tab), pre-order here(opens in new tab).
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 27, 2-4 PM, San Francisco: Litquake—a salon with Cold Crimes and Chilled Wines, with Adam Plantinga and Jody Weiner. (Tickets very limited!) Details here(opens in new tab). POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING—DETAILS TO COME
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 21-25, Calgary, Canada: Bouchercon(opens in new tab)!
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.
