Events › Meet Laura Lippman, Author of Prom Mom

Join us on Friday, August 4 at 4:00 pm to meet New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman as she discusses her newly released book, Prom Mom! Laura will be in conversation with fellow mystery author Laurie R. King! 

Amber Glass has spent her entire adult life putting as much distance as possible between her and her past in Baltimore, where she's known as "Prom Mom"—the girl who allegedly killed her baby on the night of the prom after her date, Joe Simpson, abandoned her. When circumstances bring Amber back to her hometown, she realizes she has a second chance, as long as she stays away from the now happily married and successful Joe. Against the surreal backdrop of 2020 and early 2021, Amber and Joe are slowly drawn to each other. And then Joe asks Amber to help him do the unthinkable...

About Laura Lippman
Since Laura Lippman's debut in 1997, she has been recognized as a distinctive voice in mystery fiction and named one of the essential crime writers of the last 100 years. Lippman has produced 24 novels, 2 collections of short stories, a serialized novella, a book of essays, and a children's picture book. Her work has been published in more than 25 languages. A New York Times bestselling author, Lippman has won more than 20 prizes for her work and has been shortlisted for 30 more. Her 2019 novel, Lady in the Lake, is being adapted into a miniseries starring Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram. Lippman lives in Baltimore and New Orleans.

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