She has been nominated for four RT Reviewers’ Choice Awards, an Orange Prize, two Edgars, a Barry, two Anthonys, and an Agatha. She won the Lambda Award in 2007 for Best Lesbian Mystery for her book The Art of Detection. King has won the Nero Award in 1996 for her book A Monstrous Regiment of Women and the Macavity Award for Best Novel in 2002 for Folly. She published a futuristic novel called Califia’s Daughter in 2004 under the pseudonym Leigh Richards.

Her crime series feature Kate Martinelli, a fictional police officer that is also a lesbian operating in the San Francisco, California area.

They feature Sherlock Holmes as Mary’s mentor and later partner. King’s books include the Mary Russell series, a series of novels that are set in the historical mystery genre. She also received the John Creasey Memorial Award for the novel in 1995. Her first book of the Kate Martinelli series, Grave Talent, won an Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1994. She received an honorary degree later from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific. Her thesis focused on “Feminine Aspects of Yahweh”. King graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz in 1977 with a degree in comparative religion and later graduated from the Graduate Theological Union with a masters in theology in 1984. She was born on Septemin Oakland, California. King is a writer and American author that is best known by fans for her detective fiction. Chronological Order of Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes Books

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