Laurie R. King

Fast Facts:

• Laurie R. King received her Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her Master's degree from Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.
  
  
• Laurie R. King began writing fiction when her youngest child entered pre-school.
  
  
• To date, Laurie R. King has written two ongoing series (the Kate Martinelli series and the Mary Russell/Sherlock Holmes series) as well as several stand-alone novels and short stories.
  
  
• King rarely writes two books in a row featuring the same characters.
  
  
• Laurie R. King won the Edgar and Creasey awards for A GRAVE TALENT, making King the first author since Patricia Cornwell to win both awards for Best First Novel.
  
  
• Laurie R. King's other awards include the Nero for A MONSTROUS REGIMENT OF WOMEN and the MacCavity Award for FOLLY.
  
  
• Laurie R. King has been nominated for the Agatha, the Orange and the Barry awards.
  
  
• In addition to her mysteries, King wrote a futuristic novel called CALIFIA'S DAUGHTERS under the name Leigh Richards.
  
  
• Growing up, King was an avid reader and enjoyed the works of Walter Farley, Marguerite Henry, Albert Payson Terhune, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, Rosemary Sutcliff, Madeleine L’Engle and Charles Dickens.
  
  
• Like her characters, Laurie R. King has traveled widely.
  
  

Sources:
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-king-laurie.asp#view030305
http://www.laurierking.com/autobiography.php

© Copyright 1996-2008, Bookreporter.com. All rights reserved.

Back to top.