Lizzie Stark

The BBC films a segment on Leaving Mundania, and a great review from Geekadelphia.

Leaving Mundania hits stores, and the Oxford English Dictionary adds "LARPing."

While I was in Finland, I had the pleasure of participating in the Nordic Larp Talks, a yearly series of short talks on larp and larp design modeled on the TED talks and hosted by famed journalist, author and larper Johanna Koljonen. I chose to tell a story that I didn’t have room for in Leaving Mundania, [...]... Read More

Does the idea of larp fascinate you or pique your interest? Do you live in New Jersey? Do you play Knight Realms, Dystopia Rising, or another local game? Been to the DREAMATION and DEXCON conventions? Are you friends with a certain Rutgers physicist? Come on down to the Fallout Shelter (Comics, Games & Collectibles!) tomorrow night for [...]... Read More

With the publication of Leaving Mundania imminent (May 1 is the official pub date, but a few large online retailers already have it in stock!), I wanted to share a few things I learned while reporting and writing a book on larp. 1. Geeks secretly rule the world. Don’t cross the geek mafia, because they’re [...]... Read More

It’s a little like Highlander – there can be only one! Tomorrow I’m competing in Literary Death Match, the storied reading series/happening in which four writers enter, but only one may leave. In honor of the literary throwdown, Chicago Review Press has released Leaving Mundania via Net Galley for all you reviewers and libriarians. The Death Match is both [...]... Read More

New York Times bestselling fantasy author Tracy Hickman calls Leaving Mundania "an enlightening and wondrous journey."

J. Tuomas Harviainen calls Leaving Mundania "the most descriptive, all-encompassing book about larp and larpers on the market" in this early first review from darkest, larpy Finland.

Today I define "revenge larp."

Novelist Urban Waite calls Leaving Mundania a "knockout book" and a "beautiful accomplishment."