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Laura Lippman


USA flag (b.1959)

Laura Lippman was a reporter for twenty years, including twelve years at The (Baltimore) Sun. She began writing novels while working full-time and published seven books about “accidental PI” Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001.
 

Awards: CrimeFest (2024), Anthony (2015), Macavity (2008), Barry (2008)  see all

Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Tess Monaghan
   1. Baltimore Blues (1997)
   2. Charm City (1997)
   3. Butchers Hill (1998)
   4. In Big Trouble (1999)
   5. The Sugar House (2000)
   6. In A Strange City (2001)
   7. The Last Place (2002)
   8. By a Spider's Thread (2004)
   9. No Good Deeds (2006)
   10. Another Thing to Fall (2008)
   11. The Girl in the Green Raincoat (2011)
   12. Hush Hush (2012)
   The Tess Chronicles (2018)
   Tess Monaghan: A Mysterious Profile (2022)
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Novels
   Every Secret Thing (2003)
   To the Power of Three (2005)
   What the Dead Know (2007)
     aka Little Sister
   Life Sentences (2009)
   I'd Know You Anywhere (2010)
     aka Don't Look Back
   The Most Dangerous Thing (2011)
     aka The Innocents
   And When She Was Good (2012)
   After I'm Gone (2014)
   Wilde Lake (2016)
   Sunburn (2018)
   Lady in the Lake (2019)
   Dream Girl (2021)
   Prom Mom (2023)
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Collections
   Hardly Knew Her (2008)
   The Accidental Detective (2012)
   Femme Fatale and Other Stories (2012)
   Different for Girls (2018)
   Nasty Girls (2018)
   The Weaker Sex (2018)
   Seasonal Work (2022)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Arm and the Woman (2009)
   The Babysitter's Code (2009)
   Black-Eyed Susan (2009)
   The Crack Cocaine Diet (2009)
   Dear Penthouse Forum (2009)
   Easy as A-B-C (2009)
   Femme Fatale (2009)
   A Good Fuck Spoiled (2009)
   Honor Bar (2009)
   One True Love (2009)
   Pony Girl (2009)
   Ropa Vieja (2009)
   Scratch a Woman (2009)
   The Shoeshine Man's Regrets (2009)
   What He Needed (2009)
   Five Fires (2014)
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Series contributed to
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Best American Mystery Stories
   The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014) (with Otto Penzler)
     aka The Best American Mystery Stories: Volume 17
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Hush
   3. Slow Burner (2020)
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Picture Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Books containing stories by Laura Lippman
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Deadly Anniversaries (2020)
(Mystery Writers of America Presents)
edited by
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
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Death Sentences (2014)
Stories of Deathly Books, Murderous Booksellers and Lethal Literature
edited by
Otto Penzler

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Awards
2024 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award : Prom Mom
2019 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award : Sunburn
2017 CrimeFest: eDunnit Award : Wilde Lake
2015 Anthony Award for Best Novel : After I'm Gone
2008 Macavity Award for Best Novel : What the Dead Know
2008 Barry Award for Best Novel : What the Dead Know
2008 Anthony Award for Best Short Story : Hardly Knew Her
2008 Anthony Award for Best Novel : What the Dead Know
2007 Anthony Award for Best Novel : No Good Deeds
2004 Barry Award for Best Novel : Every Secret Thing
2004 Anthony Award for Best Novel : Every Secret Thing
2001 Nero Award : The Sugar House
2000 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : In Big Trouble
2000 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original : In Big Trouble
1999 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original : Butchers Hill
1998 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback : Charm City
1998 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original : Charm City
1998 Agatha Award for Best Novel : Butchers Hill

Award nominations
2023 Short Story Dagger (longlist) : Just One More
2022 CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (shortlist) : Dream Girl
2020 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Lady in the Lake
2020 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Lady in the Lake
2019 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : Lady in the Lake
2019 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Sunburn
2017 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Wilde Lake
2017 Barry Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Wilde Lake
2017 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Wilde Lake
2014 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : After I'm Gone
2011 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : I'd Know You Anywhere
2011 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : I'd Know You Anywhere
2010 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller (nominee) : I'd Know You Anywhere
2009 Macavity Award for Best Mystery Short Story (nominee) : Scratch a Woman
2009 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Scratch a Woman
2009 Anthony Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Scratch a Woman
2008 Edgar Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : Hardly Knew Her
2008 CWA Gold Dagger (shortlist) : What the Dead Know
2006 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : To the Power of Three
2005 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : By a Spider's Thread
2005 Anthony Award for Best Novel (nominee) : By a Spider's Thread
2004 Agatha Award for Best Novel (nominee) : By a Spider's Thread
2003 Shamus Award for Best PI Novel (nominee) : The Last Place
2002 Agatha Award for Best Short Story (nominee) : What He Needed
2000 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : In Big Trouble
1999 Shamus Award for Best Original PI Paperback (nominee) : Butchers Hill
1999 Macavity Award for Best Novel (nominee) : Butchers Hill
1999 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Butchers Hill
1999 Agatha Award for Best Novel (nominee) : In Big Trouble
1998 Shamus Award for Best First PI Novel (nominee) : Baltimore Blues
1998 Macavity Award for Best First Novel (nominee) : Charm City
1998 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Charm City


Laura Lippman recommends
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Broiler (2024)
Eli Cranor
"Eli Cranor has a restless imagination that serves him - and his readers - well. Broiler is his latest Trojan Horse of a novel, a satisfying hunk of noir that tells us far more about the American South than those endless newspaper think pieces set in diners and gas stations. Want to understand what's going on in the United States right now? Read Eli Cranor."
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Since She's Been Gone (2024)
Sagit Schwartz
"Since She's Been Gone is a fast-paced, timely thriller that sets itself apart with its nuanced, informed view of eating disorders."
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Beware the Woman (2023)
Megan Abbott
"Beware the Woman is Megan Abbott at her best, which is about as good as it gets. A modern-day Gothic, it is chilling and creepy, feverish and surreal, and compulsively readable."

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