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.
It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for. - Laura Lippman
It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.
- Laura Lippman
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, holding us up, a foundation f… - Laura Lippman
The past was worth remembering and knowing in its own right. It was not behind us, never truly behind us, but under us, holding us up, a foundation f…
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. - Laura Lippman
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.
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 per… - Laura Lippman
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 per…
I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that. - Laura Lippman
I like to see writers reach bigger and bigger audiences, and stand-alones have allowed some of them to do just that.
In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event. - Laura Lippman
In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.
Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being. - Laura Lippman
Reading was not a fallback position for her but an ideal state of being.
There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions. - Laura Lippman
There was nothing more dangerous than people convinced of their own good intentions.
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 … - Laura Lippman
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 …
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