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Laurie R. King

Born September 19, 1952

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 30 novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was chosen as one of the “20th Century’s Best Crime Novels” by the IMBA.) She has won the Agatha, Anthony, Creasey, Edgar, Lambda, Macavity, Wolfe, and Romantic Times Career Achievement awards, has an honorary doctorate in theology, and is a Baker Street Irregular. In 2022, she was named Grand Master by Mystery Writers of America. She co-edited (with Lee Child) the new handbook from Mystery Writers of America, How to Write a Mystery, and has a new contemporary series with SFPD Inspector Raquel Laing, beginning with Back to the Garden.

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How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America

How to Write a Mystery: A Handbook from Mystery Writers of America

2021

with Greg Herren, Charles Todd, T. Jefferson Parker, Gary Phillips, Craig Johnson and Tess Gerritsen

For the Sake of the Game

For the Sake of the Game

2018
Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

2016
A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon

A Study in Sherlock: Stories inspired by the Holmes canon

2011
Naked Came the Phoenix

Naked Came the Phoenix

2001

with Marcia Talley, Val McDermid, Lisa Scottoline and Faye Kellerman