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Laurie R. King (born 1952) is an American author best known for her detective fiction. 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.

King's first book, A Grave Talent (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award^{[citation needed]} for Best First Novel and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award. This was followed by the 1996 Nero Award, for A Monstrous Regiment of Women, and the 2002 Macavity Award for Best Novel, for Folly^{[citation needed]}. She has also been nominated for an Agatha Award, an Orange Prize, and two more Edgars^{[citation needed]}. 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.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Kate Martinelli mysteries 1.2 Mary Russell mysteries 1.3 Non-series books 2 Further reading 3 External links

[edit] Works

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 (2009) ISBN 0-553-80454-5
• The God of the Hive (scheduled for June 2010) [1]

[edit] Non-series books

• A Darker Place (1999)
• Folly (2001)
• Keeping Watch (2003)
• Califia's Daughters (as Leigh Richards) (2004)
• Touchstone (2007) ISBN 978-0553803556

[edit] Further reading

Emrys, A. 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.

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Ex Libris Archives: Laurie R. King

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