Thank you for everyone who bought a copy of Pirate King this week, and put it at #8 on the 9/15 IndieBound bestseller list and #7 on the 9/25 New York Times bestseller list. I am walking on clouds.
Read MoreMy friend Rhys Bowen has a new book! Rhys has been a buddy since, well, for a long time now, and since we’re both in the Northern California area, we see each other occasionally. Although how Rhys has time to do anything but bend over her keyboard, I can’t think—she publishes at least fifteen books…
Read MoreWe had so many gorgeous submissions for the Parrot King contest that I couldn’t possibly choose just one. So without further ado, the co-winners are: Jenny Parks and… Shirley Bomgaars. Both will get a signed copy of Pirate King as their prize, and the two designs will be found on merchandise in the LRK Cafepress…
Read MoreExcerpts from Pirate King, with illustrations: Arabic architecture turns its back on the world, to create a cool and cloistered universe inside each set of walls. I was standing in a tiled garden. The house rose on three sides, layers of galleried passages that gave both a sense of intimacy and a plenitude of fresh…
Read MoreThe drama of the Laurie R. King Pirate King tour, in 16 seconds:
Read MoreSince Tuesday’s launch at Book Passage in the Ferry Building in San Francisco, I’ve been welcomed by some great and enthusiastic stores. (Visit the Events page to see if they have any signed books left.) Today, the University of Washington Bookstore in Seattle put on a fabulous event for Pirate King, inviting the Seattle Gilbert &…
Read MoreToday I’m over at the excellent Murderby4, who very kindly asked to reproduce a post from earlier in the summer as part of the Pirate King virtual tour. Enjoy!
Read MoreI’m prowling among the ladies of Jungle Red today, talking about…pirates. Lady pirates!
Read MoreThat’s right, the novel that juggles Sherlock Holmes, Gilbert & Sullivan, silent movies, the poet laureate of Portugal, Morocco, spies, thirteen young blonde actresses, and above all pirates, swashbuckles its way onto the shelves and (I hope!) into your hearts today. Today’s blog post sees us, as Russell did, entering the town of Salé in…
Read MoreOkay, we’re all throughly sick of the Modern Major General by now, aren’t we? Which makes this the ideal day to post this poor gent’s version, I am The Very Model of a Psychopharmacologist. If a copy of Pirate King would help your mental state better than a bottle of pills, the Poisoned Pen can…
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