Laura Lippman - Southern Voices 2020

Laura Lippman has been hailed as one of the essential crime writers of the last 100 years. Tess Gerritsen states that her “stories aren’t just mysteries; they are deeply moving explorations of the human heart.” A reporter for 20 years, she began writing the Tess Monaghan series while still working full time, publishing seven novels in seven years. In 2001, she left her job at _The Baltimore Sun_ to focus on her work as a novelist. She has written more than 20 novels and multiple short stories, several of which have been anthologized in _The Best American Mystery Stories_. She has won multiple awards for her work, including the Edgar, and is a _New York Times_ best seller. Her most recent novel, _Lady in the Lake_, was hailed as one of the best books of 2019. This year, she will publish her first collection of essays, _My Life as a Villainess_.