Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman
Laura Lippmanis an American author of detective fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 January 1959
CountryUnited States of America
wise sexy crazy
We become comfortable saying that there's nothing new, and then something like Malarky comes along, which is new and old and different and familiar, but ultimately itself, comfortable in its own skin, wise and smart and crazy-sexy or maybe sexy-crazy-well, you just have to read it to understand. It's a novel that sets its own course, sure and steady, even when it seems like it might be about to go over the edge of the world.
eye writing mcdonalds
The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald. He's wily, talented and-rarest of the rare-a true original. He writes melancholy poetry that actually has melancholy poets wandering around, but don't turn your backs on them, either. I am always eager to see what he's going to do next.
children math odds
There was no protection, no quota system when it came to luck. It was like that moment in math when a child learns that the odds of heads or tails is always one-in-two, no matter how many times one has flipped the coin and gotten heads. Every flip, the odds are the same. Every day, you could be unlucky all over again.
morning people likes
I'm a morning person, which is a hideous thing to be. No one likes morning people, not even other morning people.
thinking talking cities
I think Baltimore suffers from nostalgia and it keeps us from being honest in talking about what really happened here. A place doesn't have to be perfect to be beloved, and I love this city and I love it better for seeing its flaws.
kids college people
I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
eating dont-trust cooks
There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.
bigger audience
I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.
children parent miserable
Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.
perfect resilience baltimore
Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
thinking facts generations
I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.
singers taste female
As for music, my tastes are eclectic. Elvis Costello is my all-time favorite. I listen to a lot of jazz, primarily the great female vocalists, and I am very fond of the late cabaret singer Nancy Lamott.
people good-intentions dangerous
There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.
reading healing teens
Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.