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 28, 7 PM, Santa Cruz: a conversation with Joseph Fink (the podcast Welcome to Night Vale) about his new book, The Nudge. RSVP here.
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 10, 2 PM Pacific: a LIVE Q&A on Substack, with Those Who Are Gone spoilers.
October 21-25, Calgary, Canada: Bouchercon!
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.
February 27, 2027, Scottsdale, AZ: launch party at the Poisoned Pen Bookstore for Mary Russell’s Ghost and other Stories with the great Leslie S. Klinger (details to come).
April 1-4, 2027, Santa Fe, NM: Left Coast Crime
August 30-Sept 3, 2028, Indianapolis, IN: Bouchercon LIX—where Laurie R. King is the Lifetime Achievement Award Guest of Honor!
My Those Who Are Gone etc. talk at the Poisoned Pen is here; Lisa Towles and I appeared on her Story Impact podcast here; my interview with Rick Kleffel will go live here on YouTube and on his Narrative Species podcast.
Past Events
For additional recordings of past interviews and events, please go to the Podcast page and to Laurie’s YouTube Channel.
- Three Grand Masters talk craft: Laurie R. King, Michael Connelly, and Walter Mosley with Nicholas Meyer talk about the writing craft. Watch it here.
- 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.
- 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.
