Laura Lippman has won every major mystery award, including the Anthony, the Edgar, the Shamus, the Agatha, the Quill and the Nero Wolfe. One of the most polished writers of detective fiction in America today and creator of the wildly popular and award-winning Tess Monaghan novel series, she talks to Christine Cremen about her new novel, Life Sentences, a foray into the dark recesses of a writer’s mind.
LAURA LIPPMAN (INTERNATIONAL) LAURA LIPPMAN was a reporter for 20 years, including 12 years at the Baltimore Sun. She began writing novels while working fulltime and published seven books about accidental P.I. Tess Monaghan before leaving daily journalism in 2001. Laura’s novels have won almost every prize given for crime fiction in the United States, including the Edgar, Anthony, Nero Wolfe and Agatha awards. She lives in Baltimore with her husband, the writer David Simon, who created hit the TV series The Wire and Homicide: Life on the Street. Laura’s latest novel is Life Sentences. lauralippman.com