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 — and watch her virtual events either on YouTube or Facebook.
2021
October 16, 10 AM Pacific: Writing The Thriller
A conversation with Meg Gardiner, for the San Diego Writers Festival. Registration here.
November 20, 1 PM Pacific: MWA NorCal’s Facebook Live
Laurie’s talk on “Giving Your Best Author Talk (Real-life & Virtual).” Watch it here.
2022
April 7-10: Left Coast Crime, Albuquerque, NM
April 22-24: Malice Domestic, Bethesda, MD
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.