Laurie R. King (born 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Detective fiction is a branch of Crime fiction in which a Detective (or detectives either professional or amateur investigate a crime usually Murder Among her books are the Mary Russell series of historical mysteries, featuring Sherlock Holmes as her partner, and a series featuring Kate Martinelli, a fictional lesbian San Francisco, California, police officer. Mary Russell is a Fictional character in a book series by Laurie R Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city
King's first book, A Grave Talent (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award. A Grave Talent (1993 is the first book in Laurie R King's Kate Martinelli series The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. This was followed by the 1996 Nero Wolfe Award, for A Monstrous Regiment of Women, and the 2002 Macavity Award for Best Novel, for Folly. A Monstrous Regiment of Women is the second book in the Mary Russell series of mystery novels by Laurie R The Macavity Awards are a literary award for mystery writers Nominated and voted upon annually by the members of the Mystery Readers International, the award is named for the She has also been nominated for an Agatha Award, an Orange Prize, and two more Edgars. The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write mystery novels in the traditional method exemplified by Agatha Christie The Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction is one of the United Kingdom 's most prestigious literary prizes awarded annually for the best original full-length Novel Using the pseudonym "Leigh Richards", she has published a futuristic novel, "Califia's Daughters" (2004).
She has earned a BA degree in comparative religion and an MA in Old Testament Theology. She also received an honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP is one of the eleven seminaries of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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Works
Kate Martinelli mysteries
- A Grave Talent (1993) ISBN 0-312-08804-3
- To Play the Fool (1995) ISBN 0-312-11907-0
- With Child (1996) ISBN 0-312-14077-0
- Night Work (2000) ISBN 0-553-10713-5
- The Art of Detection (2006) ISBN 0-553-80453-7 (Lambda Literary Award 2006)
Mary Russell mysteries
- The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1994) ISBN 0-312-10423-5
- A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995) ISBN 0-312-13565-3
- A Letter of Mary (1997) ISBN 0-312-14670-1
- The Moor (1998) ISBN 0-312-16934-5
- O Jerusalem (1999) ISBN 0-553-11093-4
- Justice Hall (2002) ISBN 0-553-11113-2
- The Game (2004) ISBN 0-553-80194-5
- Locked Rooms (2005) ISBN 0-553-80197-X
- The Language of Bees (tentatively scheduled for spring 2009)
Non-series books
- A Darker Place (1999)
- Folly (2001)
- Keeping Watch (2003)
- Califia's Daughters (as Leigh Richards) (2004)
- Touchstone (2007) ISBN 978-0553803556
Further reading
Emrys, A. A Grave Talent (1993 is the first book in Laurie R King's Kate Martinelli series To Play the Fool is the second book in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R This article is about a Mystery novel; for information about human pregnancy see Pregnancy. Night Work is the fourth book in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R The Art of Detection is the fifth book in the Kate Martinelli series by Laurie R Lambda Literary Awards (also known as the "Lammies" are awarded yearly by the US -based Lambda Literary Foundation to published works which celebrate or Mary Russell is a Fictional character in a book series by Laurie R The Beekeeper's Apprentice is the first book in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R A Monstrous Regiment of Women is the second book in the Mary Russell series of mystery novels by Laurie R A Letter of Mary is the third in the Mary Russell mystery series of novels by Laurie R The Moor is the fourth book in Mary Russell series by Laurie R O Jerusalem is the fifth book in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R Locked Rooms is the eighth book in the Mary Russell series by Laurie R B. "Under Cover of Wartime: Disguised Murder in Works by Rennie Airth, Laurie R. King, Martha Grimes, and Anthony Horowitz. " CLUES: A Journal of Detection 25. 4 (Summer 2007): 53-63.
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