Laurie R. King

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of several novels and other works, including the Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes stories (from “The Beekeeper’s Apprentice,” named one of the 20th century’s best crime novels by the IMBA, to her latest, “Riviera Gold”). She has won an alphabet of prizes from Agatha to Wolfe, been chosen as guest of honor at several crime conventions, and is probably the only writer to have both an Edgar Award and an honorary doctorate in theology. She lives on California’s central coast.