Author Of The Month

June 2020: Laurie R King

LAURIE R KING has has been writing crime fiction since 1987 and won many awards for her work in fiction including the prestigious John Creasey Dagger, the Edgar, the Nero and Macavity Awards. Her background includes such diverse interests as Old Testament theology and construction work, and she is the author of highly praised stand-alone suspense novels and a contemporary mystery series, as well as the Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes series. She lives in North California.

Watch Laurie read from Castle Shade on YouTube here.

Follow her on Twitter: @LaurieRKing

Follow Mary Russell's tweets: @mary_russell

Author's Website: http://www.laurierking.com

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