Laura Lippman

Laura Lippman è una rinomata scrittrice americana, nota principalmente per i suoi lavori nel genere della fiction detective. Nata ad Atlanta, in Georgia, il 31 gennaio 1959, Lippman è cresciuta a Baltimora, nel Maryland, dove ha sviluppato un forte legame con la città che in seguito sarebbe diventato un elemento influente nella sua scrittura. Dopo aver frequentato la Wilde Lake High School, Lippman si è iscritta alla Medill School of Journalism presso l'Università Northwestern, dove ha ulteriormente affinato le sue capacità di scrittura.

Prima di dedicarsi completamente alla carriera di scrittrice, Lippman ha lavorato come reporter per The Baltimore Sun e il San Antonio Light. La sua esperienza come giornalista ha ispirato la serie Tess Monaghan, nella quale compare un'investigatrice privata che in precedenza era una reporter. Lo stile di scrittura di Lippman è noto per la sua rappresentazione realistica dei personaggi e dei contesti, che attribuisce alla sua precedente carriera di giornalista.

Lippman ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti per il suo lavoro, tra cui l'essere stata nominata da parte del New York Times come uno degli scrittori di crime essenziali degli ultimi 100 anni. Stephen King l'ha descritta come "speciale, persino straordinaria", mentre Gillian Flynn l'ha definita "una brillante romanziere". I suoi libri hanno vinto numerosi premi, tra cui l'Edgar e l'Anthony, e sono stati tradotti in più di venticinque lingue.

Oltre alla sua fiction di genere, Lippman ha scritto per varie pubblicazioni, tra cui il New York Times, il Washington Post e il Wall Street Journal. È sposata con David Simon, creatore della pluripremiata serie HBO The Wire, ed è apparsa in un cameo nella serie. Attualmente, Lippman vive a Baltimora e New Orleans con la sua figlia adolescente.

In sintesi, Laura Lippman è una scrittrice americana altamente celebrata, nota per la sua distintiva voce nella fiction mystery. Con il suo background nel giornalismo, Lippman ha creato personaggi avvincenti e contesti realistici nella serie Tess Monaghan e in altri romanzi standalone. Ha ricevuto numerosi premi e riconoscimenti per il suo lavoro, che è stato tradotto in molte lingue e pubblicato in tutto il mondo. Lippman continua a essere una figura significativa sulla scena artistica di Baltimora e una voce influente nel mondo della crime fiction.
Tess Monaghan Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Baltimore Blues 1997
2 Charm City 1997
3 Butchers Hill 1998
4 In Big Trouble 1999
5 The Sugar House 2000
6 In a Strange City 2001
7 The Last Place 2002
8 By a Spider's Thread 2004
9 No Good Deeds 2006
10 Another Thing to Fall 2008
11 The Girl in the Green Raincoat 2008
12 The Book Thing 2012
13 Hush Hush 2015
Tess Monaghan Collections
# Titolo Anno
1 The Tess Chronicles 2018
Romanzi singoli
# Titolo Anno
1 Every Secret Thing 2003
2 To the Power of Three 2005
3 What the Dead Know / Little Sister 2007
4 Life Sentences 2009
5 I'd Know You Anywhere / Don't Look Back 2010
6 The Most Dangerous Thing / The Innocents 2011
7 And When She Was Good 2012
8 After I'm Gone 2014
9 Five Fires 2014
10 Wilde Lake 2016
11 Sunburn 2018
12 Lady in the Lake 2019
13 Dream Girl 2021
14 Prom Mom 2023
15 Murder Takes a Vacation 2025
Racconti brevi/Novelle
# Titolo Anno
1 Hardly Knew Her 2008
2 One True Love 2008
3 Black-Eyed Susan 2008
4 Scratch a Woman 2008
5 A Good Fuck Spoiled 2008
6 The Crack Cocaine Diet 2008
7 Easy as A-B-C 2008
8 What He Needed 2008
9 Dear Penthouse Forum 2008
10 Honor Bar 2008
11 The Shoeshine Man's Regrets 2008
12 Femme Fatale 2008
13 Pony Girl 2008
14 ARM and the Woman 2008
15 Ropa Vieja 2008
16 The Babysitter's Code 2008
17 Waco 1982 2013
Raccolte di racconti
# Titolo Anno
1 Hardly Knew Her: Stories 2008
2 Hints of Heloise 2012
3 Different for Girls 2018
4 Nasty Girls 2018
5 The Weaker Sex 2018
6 Seasonal Work 2022
Libri di non-fiction
# Titolo Anno
1 My Life as a Villainess 2020
2 The Summer of Fall 2023
Akashic Drug Chronicles Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Cocaine Chronicles 2005
2 The Cocaine Chronicles (With: Lee Child, Gary Phillips, Ken Bruen, Jervey Tervalon, Bill Moody) 2005
3 The Marijuana Chronicles 2013
4 The Speed Chronicles (By: Megan Abbott, Scott Phillips, Sherman Alexie, James Franco, William T. Vollmann, Jess Walter, Beth Lisick, Tao Lin, James Greer, Jerry Stahl, Natalie Díaz, Joseph Mattson, Kenji Jasper, Rose Bunch) 2011
5 The Nicotine Chronicles 2020
6 The Heroin Chronicles (By: Jervey Tervalon, Lydia Lunch, Erin Moon, Nathan Larson, Antonia Crane, Jerry Stahl, Eric Bogosian, Ava Stander, John Albert, Michael Albo, Sophia Langdon, Tony O'Neill, L.Z. Hansen) 2013
7 The Marijuana Chronicles ( By: Jonathan Santlofer) 2013
8 The Nicotine Chronicles (By: Lee Child, Joyce Carol Oates, Hannah Tinti, Christopher Sorrentino, Cara Black, Lauren Sanders, Bernice L. McFadden, Jonathan Ames) 2020
Akashic Noir Books
# Titolo Anno
1 San Francisco Noir 2002
2 Seattle Noir 2003
3 Bronx Noir 2003
4 Brooklyn Noir 2004
5 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005
6 Chicago Noir 2005
7 Dublin Noir 2005
8 Manhattan Noir 2006
9 Miami Noir 2006
10 D.C. Noir 2006
11 Dublin Noir: The Celtic Tiger vs. the Ugly American 2006
12 Baltimore Noir 2006
13 Twin Cities Noir 2006
14 London Noir 2006
15 New Orleans Noir 2007
16 Los Angeles Noir 2007
17 Wall Street Noir 2007
18 Havana Noir 2007
19 Detroit Noir 2007
20 Queens Noir 2008
21 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008
22 Toronto Noir 2008
23 Las Vegas Noir 2008
24 Trinidad Noir 2008
25 D.C. Noir 2 2008
26 Manhattan Noir 2 2008
27 Paris Noir 2008
28 Istanbul Noir 2008
29 Boston Noir 2009
30 Rome Noir 2009
31 San Francisco Noir 2 2009
32 Portland Noir 2009
33 Delhi Noir 2009
34 Phoenix Noir 2009
35 Los Angeles Noir 2 2010
36 Mexico City Noir 2010
37 Richmond Noir 2010
38 Orange County Noir 2010
39 Indian Country Noir 2010
40 Moscow Noir 2010
41 Lone Star Noir 2010
42 Philadelphia Noir 2010
43 Haiti Noir 2010
44 Copenhagen Noir 2010
45 Pittsburgh Noir 2011
46 San Diego Noir 2011
47 Barcelona Noir 2011
48 Cape Cod Noir 2011
49 New Jersey Noir 2011
50 Staten Island Noir 2012
51 When They Are Done With Us 2012
52 Mumbai Noir 2012
53 Long Island Noir 2012
54 Venice Noir 2012
55 Kingston Noir 2012
56 St. Petersburg Noir 2012
57 Kansas City Noir 2012
58 Boston Noir 2 2012
59 USA Noir 2013
60 Manila Noir 2013
61 Buffalo Noir 2013
62 Dallas Noir 2013
63 Haiti Noir 2 2013
64 Singapore Noir 2014
65 Prison Noir 2014
66 Tel Aviv Noir 2014
67 Tehran Noir 2014
68 Belfast Noir 2014
69 Helsinki Noir 2014
70 Rio Noir 2014
71 Providence Noir 2015
72 Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015
73 Memphis Noir 2015
74 Zagreb Noir 2015
75 Marseille Noir 2015
76 Beirut Noir 2015
77 New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016
78 Stockholm Noir 2016
79 Brussels Noir 2016
80 Mississippi Noir 2016
81 St. Louis Noir 2016
82 Prague Noir 2016
83 San Juan Noir 2016
84 Oakland Noir 2017
85 Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017
86 Atlanta Noir 2017
87 New Haven Noir 2017
88 Montana Noir 2017
89 Buenos Aires Noir 2017
90 Montreal Noir 2017
91 Berlin Noir 2018
92 São Paulo Noir 2018
93 Santa Cruz Noir 2018
94 Lagos Noir 2018
95 Marrakech Noir 2018
96 Baghdad Noir 2018
97 Vancouver Noir 2018
98 Sydney Noir 2018
99 Hong Kong Noir 2018
100 Amsterdam Noir 2019
101 Milwaukee Noir 2019
102 Houston Noir 2019
103 Nairobi Noir 2020
104 Columbus Noir 2020
105 Santa Fe Noir 2020
106 Alabama Noir 2020
107 Berkeley Noir 2020
108 Addis Ababa Noir 2020
109 Tampa Bay Noir 2020
110 Miami Noir: The Classics 2020
111 Accra Noir 2020
112 Belgrade Noir 2020
113 Palm Springs Noir 2021
114 Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022
115 Denver Noir 2022
116 South Central Noir 2022
117 Cleveland Noir 2023
118 East Jerusalem Noir 2023
119 West Jerusalem Noir 2023
120 Honolulu Noir 2024
121 Sacramento Noir 2025
122 Hamburg Noir 2025
Mysterious Profiles Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike 2022
2 Elvis Cole and Joe Pike (By: Robert Crais) 2022
3 Jack Taylor 2022
4 Jack Taylor (By: Ken Bruen) 2022
5 Jack Reacher 2022
6 Jack Reacher (By: Lee Child) 2022
7 Charlie Parker 2022
8 Hieronymus Bosch 2022
9 Charlie Parker (By: John Connolly) 2022
10 Lincoln Rhyme 2022
11 Hieronymus Bosch (By: Michael Connelly) 2022
12 Lincoln Rhyme (By: Jeffery Deaver) 2022
13 Alex Delaware 2022
14 Alex Delaware (By: Jonathan Kellerman) 2022
15 Charlie Resnick 2022
16 Tess Monaghan 2022
17 Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus 2022
18 Charlie Resnick (By: John Harvey) 2022
19 Inspector Morse 2022
20 Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus (By: Faye Kellerman) 2022
21 Dismas Hardy 2022
22 Inspector Morse (By: Colin Dexter) 2022
23 Dismas Hardy (By: John Lescroart) 2022
24 Bob Lee Swagger 2022
25 Aloysius X. L. Pendergast 2022
26 Bob Lee Swagger (By: Stephen Hunter) 2022
27 Lou Boldt 2022
28 Aloysius X. L. Pendergast (By: Douglas Preston) 2022
29 Spenser 2022
30 Lou Boldt (By: Ridley Pearson) 2022
31 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt 2022
32 Spenser (By: Robert B. Parker) 2022
33 John Rebus 2022
34 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt (By: Anne Perry) 2022
35 Mallory 2022
36 John Rebus (By: Ian Rankin) 2022
37 Jane Whitefield 2022
38 Mallory (By: Carol O'Connell) 2022
39 Ian Rutledge: A Mysterious Profile 2022
40 Jane Whitefield (By: Thomas Perry) 2022
41 Amos Walker 2022
42 Ian Rutledge ( By: Charles Todd) 2022
43 Precious Ramotswe 2022
44 Amos Walker (By: Loren D. Estleman) 2022
45 Maisie Dobbs 2022
46 Precious Ramotswe (By: Alexander McCall Smith) 2022
47 Maisie Dobbs (By: Jacqueline Winspear) 2022
48 The Lincoln Lawyer 2022
49 The Lincoln Lawyer (By: Michael Connelly) 2022
50 Ben Kincaid 2023
51 Condor ( By: James Grady) 2023
52 Repairman Jack 2023
53 Ben Kincaid ( By: William Bernhardt) 2023
54 Repairman Jack (By: F. Paul Wilson) 2023
55 Joe Pickett (By: C.J. Box) 2024
56 Peter Diamond (By: Peter Lovesey) 2024
57 Nathan Heller (By: Max Allan Collins) 2024
Bibliomysteries Books
# Titolo Anno
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) 2012
3 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) 2012
4 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
5 The Book Thing 2012
6 The Book Case 2012
7 The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille) 2012
8 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
9 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012
10 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
11 Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) 2012
12 The Final Testament 2013
13 The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) 2013
14 Rides a Stranger 2013
15 Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) 2013
16 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
17 The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) 2013
18 The Book of Ghosts 2013
19 The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013
20 The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014
21 The Compendium of Srem 2014
22 What's in a Name? 2014
23 What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014
24 Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey) 2014
25 Remaindered 2014
26 The Sequel 2014
27 The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) 2014
28 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
29 The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014
30 Book Club 2014
31 Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014
32 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
33 The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) 2014
34 It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) 2014
35 It's in the Book 2014
36 The Scroll 2014
37 The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) 2014
38 The Book of the Lion 2015
39 The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) 2015
40 The Little Men 2015
41 The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) 2015
42 Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady) 2015
43 Condor in the Stacks 2015
44 Mystery, Inc. 2015
45 Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015
46 Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) 2015
47 Every Seven Years 2015
48 From the Queen 2015
49 From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) 2015
50 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016
51 The Travelling Companion 2016
52 Citadel 2016
53 Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) 2016
54 Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) 2016
55 Reconciliation Day 2016
56 Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) 2016
57 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
58 The Haze (By: James W. Hall) 2016
59 The Haze 2016
60 Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017
61 Hoodoo Harry 2017
62 The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd) 2018
63 The Pretty Little Box 2018
64 Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) 2018
65 Seven Years 2018
66 The Hemingway Valise 2018
67 The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018
68 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
69 The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) 2018
70 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
71 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) 2018
72 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
73 The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) 2020
74 The Traitor 2022
75 The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) 2022
76 The Dark Door 2022
77 The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) 2022
78 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
79 The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) 2022
Bibliomysteries Series in Chronological Order
# Titolo Anno
1 The Book of Virtue 2012
2 The Book of Virtue (By: Ken Bruen) 2012
3 The Scroll 2014
4 The Scroll (By: Anne Perry) 2014
5 Pronghorns of the Third Reich 2012
6 Pronghorns of the Third Reich (By: C.J. Box) 2012
7 An Acceptable Sacrifice 2012
8 An Acceptable Sacrifice ( By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012
9 Death Leaves a Bookmark 2012
10 Death Leaves a Bookmark (By: William Link) 2012
11 Seven Years 2018
12 Seven Years (By: Peter Robinson) 2018
13 The Book Thing 2012
14 The Book of Ghosts 2013
15 The Book of Ghosts ( By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013
16 Book Club 2014
17 Book Club (By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014
18 The Long Sonata of the Dead 2013
19 The Long Sonata of the Dead (By: Andrew Taylor) 2013
20 The Final Testament 2013
21 The Final Testament (By: Peter Blauner) 2013
22 Rides a Stranger 2013
23 Rides a Stranger (By: David Bell) 2013
24 What's in a Name? 2014
25 What's in a Name? ( By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014
26 It's in the Book (By: Max Allan Collins, Mickey Spillane) 2014
27 It's in the Book 2014
28 The Nature of My Inheritance 2014
29 The Nature of My Inheritance (By: Bradford Morrow) 2014
30 Remaindered 2014
31 Remaindered (By: Peter Lovesey) 2014
32 The Compendium of Srem (By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014
33 The Compendium of Srem 2014
34 The Gospel of Sheba 2014
35 The Gospel of Sheba (By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014
36 The Sequel 2014
37 The Sequel (By: R.L. Stine) 2014
38 The Book of the Lion 2015
39 The Book of the Lion (By: Thomas Perry) 2015
40 The Little Men 2015
41 The Little Men (By: Megan Abbott) 2015
42 Every Seven Years 2015
43 Every Seven Years (By: Denise Mina) 2015
44 Citadel 2016
45 Citadel (By: Stephen Hunter) 2016
46 Condor in the Stacks 2015
47 Condor in the Stacks (By: James Grady) 2015
48 Mystery, Inc. 2015
49 Mystery, Inc. (By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015
50 The Travelling Companion 2016
51 The Travelling Companion ( By: Ian Rankin) 2016
52 The Haze 2016
53 The Haze (By: James W. Hall) 2016
54 Dead Dames Don't Sing 2016
55 Dead Dames Don't Sing (By: John Harvey) 2016
56 Reconciliation Day 2016
57 Reconciliation Day (By: Christopher Fowler) 2016
58 Hoodoo Harry 2017
59 Hoodoo Harry (By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017
60 The Pretty Little Box 2018
61 The Pretty Little Box ( By: Charles Todd) 2018
62 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository 2018
63 The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository (By: John Connolly) 2018
64 The Hemingway Valise 2018
65 The Hemingway Valise (By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018
66 The Last Honest Horse Thief 2018
67 The Last Honest Horse Thief (By: Michael Koryta) 2018
68 The Book Case 2012
69 The Book Case (By: Nelson DeMille) 2012
70 From the Queen (By: Carolyn Hart) 2015
71 From the Queen 2015
72 The Girl Who Did Say No 2020
73 The Girl Who Did Say No (By: David Handler) 2020
74 The Traitor 2022
75 The Traitor (By: Martin Edwards) 2022
76 The Dark Door 2022
77 The Dark Door (By: Lisa Unger) 2022
78 The Honeymoon Trap 2022
79 The Honeymoon Trap (By: Peter Swanson) 2022
Hush Collection Books
# Titolo Anno
1 Treasure 2020
2 Treasure ( By: Oyinkan Braithwaite) 2020
3 Snowflakes 2020
4 Snowflakes (By: Ruth Ware) 2020
5 Buried 2020
6 Buried (By: Jeffery Deaver) 2020
7 Let Her Be 2020
8 Let Her Be (By: Lisa Unger) 2020
9 The Gift (By: Alison Gaylin) 2020
10 The Gift 2020
11 Slow Burner 2020
Laura Lippman Anthologies
# Titolo Anno
1 San Francisco Noir 2002
2 Tart Noir 2003
3 Seattle Noir 2003
4 Bronx Noir 2003
5 In the Shadow of the Master 2003
6 Brooklyn Noir 2004
7 The Adventure of the Missing Detective and 19 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories 2005
8 The Cocaine Chronicles 2005
9 Dangerous Women 2005
10 New Orleans Noir 2007
11 Brooklyn Noir 2 2005
12 Chicago Noir 2005
13 Dublin Noir 2005
14 Miami Noir 2006
15 Baltimore Noir 2006
16 Damn Near Dead 2006
17 Twin Cities Noir 2006
18 London Noir 2006
19 USA Noir 2013
20 Death Do Us Part 2006
21 Los Angeles Noir 2007
22 Wall Street Noir 2007
23 Havana Noir 2007
24 The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 2007
25 Detroit Noir 2007
26 Killer Year: Stories to Die For... 2008
27 Pulp Fiction - The Dames 2008
28 Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008
29 Toronto Noir 2008
30 Trinidad Noir 2008
31 Boston Noir 2009
32 Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading 2009
33 Delhi Noir 2009
34 Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary 2009
35 Phoenix Noir 2009
36 By Hook or By Crook and 27 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year 2010
37 Mexico City Noir 2010
38 Richmond Noir 2010
39 Orange County Noir 2010
40 Indian Country Noir 2010
41 Moscow Noir 2010
42 Lone Star Noir 2010
43 Philadelphia Noir 2010
44 Haiti Noir 2010
45 Pittsburgh Noir 2011
46 Barcelona Noir 2011
47 Cape Cod Noir 2011
48 Women of the Mean Streets 2011
49 A Study in Sherlock 2011
50 New Jersey Noir 2011
51 Staten Island Noir 2012
52 Long Island Noir 2012
53 Venice Noir 2012
54 Kingston Noir 2012
55 St. Petersburg Noir 2012
56 Kansas City Noir 2012
57 Mystery Writers of America Presents The Mystery Box 2013
58 Buffalo Noir 2013
59 Haiti Noir 2 2013
60 The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 2014
61 Singapore Noir 2014
62 Mystery Writers of America Presents Ice Cold 2014
63 Tel Aviv Noir 2014
64 Providence Noir 2015
65 Zagreb Noir 2015
66 Marseille Noir 2015
67 Beirut Noir 2015
68 Stockholm Noir 2016
69 Brussels Noir 2016
70 Mississippi Noir 2016
71 St. Louis Noir 2016
72 Prague Noir 2016
73 Oakland Noir 2017
74 Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017
75 New Haven Noir 2017
76 Montana Noir 2017
77 Buenos Aires Noir 2017
78 Montreal Noir 2017
79 São Paulo Noir 2018
80 Santa Cruz Noir 2018
81 Vancouver Noir 2018
82 Hong Kong Noir 2018
83 Amsterdam Noir 2019
84 Pretty Bitches 2020
85 Columbus Noir 2020
86 Addis Ababa Noir 2020
87 Cleveland Noir 2023