Laurie R. King

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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 San Francisco, California, police officer.

King's first book, A Grave Talent (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award. 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. She has also been nominated for an Agatha Award, an Orange Prize, and two more Edgars.

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.

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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

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

A Darker Place (1999)
Folly (2001)
Keeping Watch (2003)
Califia's Daughters (as Leigh Richards) (2004)

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