Scholar's Corner

I’m often told by readers how much they enjoy having learned something from my books. Setting aside the minor fact that we fiction writers lie for a living, it’s true, a person can pick up a lot of odd bits of knowledge from a book. It’s one of the things I like about writing mysteries—there’s room for all kinds of things inside the story. 

This section, which might as well be titled For the Incurably Curious, is divided into three sections:

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1. For Educators
   This section offers suggestions for teachers who use various Laurie King titles in their classes, middle school through university. Librarians might take a look here, too.
   1. Introduction
   2. Mary Russell Books
   3. Kate Martinelli Books
   4. The Stand-Alone Books
2. For Book Groups
   This section gives discussion questions and tidbits of information on several of the books that are often read in book groups. And hey—you can print your own, personally designed, Laurie R. King bookmarks! 
   1. Introduction
   2. Discussion questions for the Beekeeper's Apprentice
   3. Discussion questions for Folly
3. Recommended Reading
   This is both a bibliography for the novels and my own personal favorites, fiction and nonfiction, children to adult, along with some remarks on research in general.
   
   1. Introduction
   2. General Reading
   3. Bibliography/From the Books
      1. Mary Russell Books
      2. Kate Martinelli Books
      3. The Stand-Alone Novels
      4. Notes on Research