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Laurie R. King is an American author best known for her detective fiction. ==Life and career== Laurie R. King (born September 19, 1952), Oakland, California, earned a degree in comparative religion from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1977 and a masters in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in 1984, where her thesis was on "Feminine Aspects of Yahweh". She later received an honorary doctorate from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Among King's books are the Mary Russell series of historical mysteries, featuring Sherlock Holmes as her mentor and later partner, and a series featuring Kate Martinelli, a fictional lesbian police officer in San Francisco, California. Using the pseudonym "Leigh Richards", she has published a futuristic novel, ''Califia's Daughters'' (2004). King's first book, ''A Grave Talent'' (1993), received the 1994 Edgar Award for Best First Novel〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edgar Awards )〕 and a 1995 John Creasey Memorial Award.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger )〕 This was followed by the 1996 Nero Award, for ''A Monstrous Regiment of Women'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nero Awards )〕 the 2002 Macavity Award for Best Novel, for ''Folly'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.mysteryreaders.org/macavity.html )〕 and the 2007 Lambda Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, for ''The Art of Detection''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lambda Literary Awards )〕 She has also been nominated for an Agatha,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Agatha Awards )〕 two Anthonys,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nominees and Winners )〕 a Barry,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Barry Awards )〕 two additional Edgars, another Macavity, an Orange Prize,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orange Prize Loglist )〕 and four RT Reviewers' Choice Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RT Award Nominees and Winners )〕 She lives in Watsonville, California,〔page 133, ''Great Women Mystery Writers'', 2nd Ed. by Elizabeth Blakesley Lindsay, 2007, publ. Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33428-5〕 in the hills above Monterey Bay, southeast of Santa Cruz, California. From 1977 until his death in early 2009, she was married to the historian Noel Quinton King. They are the parents of two children, Zoe and Nathan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laurie R. King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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