ISBN: 9780061690396 Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe’s birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed…
Read MoreEdited by Dana Stabenow. ISBN-10: 0441016375 Introduction The House End Notes Commentary In the spring of 2006, the Santa Cruz County Parks and Recreation Department posted this notice: “On May 20, as part of her Artist of the Year Profile Performance, Laurie R. King will perform the high-wire writing act she calls Writer’s Improv: writing…
Read MoreISBN 978-0-553-80355-6 UK ISBN–978-1-84722-005-9 (May 2008) A touchstone is used to test the purity of precious metals. A man with such a test can control the value of gold. How much more could be controlled by a man with a human touchstone? It’s eight years after the Great War shattered Bennett Grey’s life, leaving him…
Read MoreVideo courtesy of Two Rock Media ISBN (US) 9780553804546 ISBN (UK) 9780749007911, published by Allison and Busby press In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her legendary husband’s storied past—a painful and personal defeat that still has the power to sting…this…
Read MoreThe second excerpt for The God of the Hive is here, with more to follow on the 27th of February and March. For those interested in one writer’s creative process, each will be followed by a post showing the first draft of that section, with brief remarks about the rewrite process. I will take care…
Read MoreThe buzz (sorry) begins as the LRK e-world gears up for the Fifteen Weeks of Bees (starting February 1). Shelf Awareness featured the celebration in its January 25 edition — please visit their site for the full write-up.
Read MoreWe’re going to be conducting some site maintenance while we work on converting over to a new and improved website, so posts and comments will be turned off for a short while. Thanks for your patience!
Read More1993 was a big year in my life. A Grave Talent was published, and didn’t disappear entirely. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was prepared for publication, and I went to New York to meet that mysterious and all-powerful individual, an editor. The publishers made it clear that they wanted more books, and would give me money for…
Read MoreHere’s wishing us all a sturdy and cheerful 2009. (From a 1939 British propaganda poster, sent me by the stupendous Tony Broadbent whose character Jethro the cat burglar is sure to encounter Mary Russell one of these days.)
Read MoreCorrespondence has come to light between Mary Russell and Other Important People, which will be revealed during the upcoming Twenty Weeks of Buzz. It follows the 1992 (not a typo—those old folks do get around!) tale published last year as MyStory (or, The Case of the Ravening Sherlockians.) [LINK to MyStory] The current saga posts…
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