http://www.laurierking.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:32:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.laurierking.com/books/standalone-novels/califias-daughters-2004/comment-page-1#comment-21488 The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King; By Rosie C. « Rosieknitter’s Weblog Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:20:14 +0000 http://w02.merchbox.com/~laurierk/?page_id=719#comment-21488 [...] “In 1987 Laurie sat down with a pen and yellow legal pad and wrote the following words; “I was fifteen when I met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him.”  And like that, I was a writer.  Laurie wrote that first novel, The Beekeepers Apprentice in a month.  There are now eight novels in the series affectionately called the Holmes/Russell series by it’s fans.  Her other series began with the book A Grave Talent it featured a modern day San Francisco homicide detective named Kate Martinelli.  This book won the 1994 Edgar Award for best first novel.  The Marinelli series is classified as police procedural which plants it squarely in the mystery genre.  Laurie has also written several stand alone books including a futuristic story called Califia’s Daughters.” [...] [...] “In 1987 Laurie sat down with a pen and yellow legal pad and wrote the following words; “I was fifteen when I met Sherlock Holmes, fifteen years old with my nose in a book as I walked the Sussex Downs, and nearly stepped on him.”  And like that, I was a writer.  Laurie wrote that first novel, The Beekeepers Apprentice in a month.  There are now eight novels in the series affectionately called the Holmes/Russell series by it’s fans.  Her other series began with the book A Grave Talent it featured a modern day San Francisco homicide detective named Kate Martinelli.  This book won the 1994 Edgar Award for best first novel.  The Marinelli series is classified as police procedural which plants it squarely in the mystery genre.  Laurie has also written several stand alone books including a futuristic story called Califia’s Daughters.” [...]

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