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'''Patricia Briggs''' (born 1965) is an American writer of [[Fantasy novel|fantasy]] since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson [[urban fantasy]] series.
'''Patricia Briggs''' (born December 21, 1965) is an American writer of [[Fantasy novel|fantasy]] since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson [[urban fantasy]] series.


==Biography==
==Biography==
Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in [[Butte, Montana]], United States. She now resides in Benton City, WA<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hot975online.com/15-more-celebrities-with-ties-to-the-tri-cities-mid-columbia/|title=15 More Celebrities With Ties to Tri-Cities + Mid Columbia|date=February 18, 2014|work=Hot 97.5 Online|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>
Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in [[Butte, Montana]], United States. She now resides in [[Benton City, Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hot975online.com/15-more-celebrities-with-ties-to-the-tri-cities-mid-columbia/|title=15 More Celebrities With Ties to Tri-Cities + Mid Columbia|date=February 18, 2014|work=Hot 97.5 Online|access-date=February 5, 2016}}</ref>


Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel ''Masques'' in 1993. She wrote primarily in the fantasy genre until her editor asked her to write an [[urban fantasy]], since the genre was showing promising growth.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stang |first=John |date=September 30, 2010 |title=The other 'Twilight'; Tri-Cities author spins fantasy tales |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/books/article/The-other-Twilight-Tri-Cities-author-spins-899167.php |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> Briggs wrote ''Moon Called'', which was published in 2006 and made it to the ''[[USA Today]]'' bestseller lists. The second book in the series, ''Blood Bound'', hit [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]]. The third book, ''Iron Kissed'', was a number one ''New York Times'' bestseller and subsequent novels have continued to perform similarly in sales.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patriciabriggs.com/Patty/biography.shtml|title=Biography|access-date=February 5, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203161419/http://www.patriciabriggs.com/Patty/biography.shtml|archive-date=February 3, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel ''Masques'' in 1993, and has primarily written in the fantasy and [[urban fantasy]] genres.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stang |first=John |date=September 30, 2010 |title=The other 'Twilight'; Tri-Cities author spins fantasy tales |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/ae/books/article/The-other-Twilight-Tri-Cities-author-spins-899167.php |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref>

Her second novel, ''Moon Called,'' was published in 2006, and was the first in the ''Mercy Thompson'' series. The book made it to the ''[[USA Today]]'' bestseller lists.{{Citation needed|date=July 2024}}

The second book in the series, ''Blood Bound'', made [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].

The fifth book in the series, ''Silver Borne'', debuted at #1 on The New York Times' Hardcover Fiction list for the week of April 18, 2010.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Best Sellers - Books - April 18, 2010 - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2010/04/18/ |access-date=2024-07-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>


==Published works==
==Published works==
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====Mercy Thompson series====
====Mercy Thompson series====
{{Advert section|date=July 2024}}
[[Mercy Thompson|Mercedes Thompson]] is part Native American and a Coyote Walker. She was raised by [[werewolves]], is a pretty good mechanic, and lives in the [[Tri-Cities, Washington|Tri-Cities Area of Washington]]. The series follows Mercy through her relationship with the local Alpha werewolf, who lives across her back fence,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moon Called: Author Comments|url=http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/moonCalled.shtml|access-date=2021-03-05|website=www.patriciabriggs.com}}</ref> on a series of misadventures with all manner of magical and otherworldly creatures from the land of the Fae. Mercy is tough as nails, with a heart of gold, often finding herself entangled in one complicated problem after another in her desire to help the underdog. With her sharp mind, and equally sharp wit, Mercy battles injustice and her own insecurities about her past, in this refreshingly fun and creative series.

Briggs's '''Mercy Thompson series''' follows titular protagonist, [[Mercy Thompson|Mercedes Thompson]], through a series of misadventures featuring magical and otherworldly creatures from the fictional 'land of the Fae'.

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|''Bone Crossed''<ref name="Bone Crossed">{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=June 2009 |title=Cry Wolf/Bone Crossed |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/219686415/C5CA0CE2A0AC4CD6PQ |volume=116 |issue=6 |pages=46–49 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Bone Crossed''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=June 2009 |title=Cry Wolf/Bone Crossed |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/219686415/C5CA0CE2A0AC4CD6PQ |volume=116 |issue=6 |pages=46–49 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{Cite web |date=2008-12-22 |title=Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780441016761 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}} }}</ref>
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|''Silver Borne''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2010 |title=Silver Borne |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/612733490/12EF56F5EECD4F0APQ |volume=119 |issue=1 |page=32 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Frieda |date=March 1, 2010 |title=Silver Borne |magazine=[[The Booklist]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/235550686/E38F43C707B9432CPQ |volume=106 |issue=13 |page=5 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Silver Borne''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2010 |title=Silver Borne |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/612733490/12EF56F5EECD4F0APQ |volume=119 |issue=1 |page=32 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{cite magazine |last=Murray |first=Frieda |date=March 1, 2010 |title=Silver Borne |magazine=[[The Booklist]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/235550686/E38F43C707B9432CPQ |volume=106 |issue=13 |page=5 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{Cite web |date=2010-02-22 |title=Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780441018192 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}} }}</ref>
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|''River Marked''<ref>{{cite news |last=Dupler |first=Michelle |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Tri-Cities in best-selling urban fantasy series |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/854030516/590865552A254301PQ |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2011 |title=River Marked |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/884643684/B43A33767623415CPQ |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=39–40 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''River Marked''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite news |last=Dupler |first=Michelle |date=February 27, 2011 |title=Tri-Cities in best-selling urban fantasy series |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/854030516/590865552A254301PQ |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2011 |title=River Marked |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/884643684/B43A33767623415CPQ |volume=121 |issue=1 |pages=39–40 |via=[[ProQuest]]}} }}</ref>
|2011
|2011
|[[Endeavour Award]] nominee<ref>{{cite web|date=March 20, 2011|title=Best Sellers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-03-20/overview.html|access-date=August 21, 2011|publisher=[[The New York Times Best Seller list]]}}</ref>
|[[Endeavour Award]] nominee<ref>{{cite news|date=March 20, 2011|title=Best Sellers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-03-20/overview.html|access-date=August 21, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|department=[[The New York Times Best Seller list|Best Seller list]]}}</ref>
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|''Night Broken''<ref>{{cite news |last=Cowles |first=Gregory |date=March 30, 2014 |title=Inside the List |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1943324057/EA7B5852B1F142E1PQ |page=A26 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=McArdle |first=Megan M. |date=February 15, 2014 |title=Science Fiction/Fantasy: Night Broken |magazine=[[Library Journal]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1493826460/8B84B06CC524D73PQ |volume=139 |issue=3 |page=75 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Night Broken''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite news |last=Cowles |first=Gregory |date=March 30, 2014 |title=Inside the List |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1943324057/EA7B5852B1F142E1PQ |page=A26 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{cite magazine |last=McArdle |first=Megan M. |date=February 15, 2014 |title=Science Fiction/Fantasy: Night Broken |magazine=[[Library Journal]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1493826460/8B84B06CC524D73PQ |volume=139 |issue=3 |page=75 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{Cite web |date=2014-04-13 |title=Night Broken by Patricia Briggs |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425256749 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}} }}</ref>
|''2014''
|''2014''
|[[Endeavour Award]] nominee
|[[Endeavour Award]] nominee
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|''Silence Fallen''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2017 |title=Silence Fallen |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1940919608/8985C8C58AB848E2PQ |volume=133 |issue=1 |pages=71–72 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Fiction Reviews: Silence Fallen |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1863829342/20BC2A1FADBE4130PQ |volume=264 |issue=5 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Silence Fallen''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2017 |title=Silence Fallen |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1940919608/8985C8C58AB848E2PQ |volume=133 |issue=1 |pages=71–72 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 30, 2017 |title=Fiction Reviews: Silence Fallen |magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1863829342/20BC2A1FADBE4130PQ |volume=264 |issue=5 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{Cite web |first=Kaetrin |last=Allen |date=2017-03-07 |title=REVIEW: Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs |url=https://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/overall-c-reviews/c-plus-reviews/review-silence-fallen-by-patricia-briggs/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Dear Author |language=en-US}} }}</ref>
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|''Storm Cursed''<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=January 2020 |title=Storm Cursed |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2425623877/35B964A48DF44BBPQ |volume=138 |issue=1 |pages=85–86 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Storm Cursed''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{cite magazine |date=January 2020 |title=Storm Cursed |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2425623877/35B964A48DF44BBPQ |volume=138 |issue=1 |pages=85–86 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}|{{Cite web |date=2019-04-18 |title=Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780425281291 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}|{{Cite web |date=2019-05-08 |first=Kaetrin |last=Allen |title=REVIEW: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs |url=https://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/review-storm-cursed-by-patricia-briggs/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Dear Author |language=en-US}} }}</ref>
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|''Soul Taken''<ref>Reviews:{{bulleted list|{{Cite web |date=2022-08-25 |first=Kaetrin |last=Allen |title=REVIEW: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs |url=https://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/overall-b-reviews/b-plus-reviews/review-soul-taken-by-patricia-briggs/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Dear Author |language=en-US}}|{{Cite web |date=2022-06-06 |title=Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780440001614 |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}} }}</ref>
|''Soul Taken<ref name="Published Works"/>''
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==== Alpha and Omega series ====
====Alpha and Omega series====
This stand-alone series is woven throughout the Mercyverse, following Anna, a fierce and empathetic werewolf, and Charles Cornick, the enforcer of the North American werewolves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/|title=Books |last=Briggs |first=Patricia |work=Hurog |access-date=May 21, 2012 |quote=This series is set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson Series, but on a slightly earlier time line. It begins with a novella titled ''Alpha and Omega'' published in the ''On the Prowl'' anthology.}}</ref> "Alpha and Omega" begins while Mercy's story in "Moon Called" occur. Then, starting with "Cry Wolf", which is set right after the events of "Moon Called", the series run parallel.
This stand-alone series is woven throughout the Mercyverse, following Anna Latham, a fierce and empathetic werewolf, and Charles Cornick, the enforcer of the North American werewolves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/|title=Books |last=Briggs |first=Patricia |work=Hurog |access-date=May 21, 2012 |quote=This series is set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson Series, but on a slightly earlier time line. It begins with a novella titled ''Alpha and Omega'' published in the ''On the Prowl'' anthology.}}</ref> ''Alpha and Omega'' begins while Mercy's story in ''Moon Called'' occurs. Then, starting with ''Cry Wolf'', which is set right after the events of ''Moon Called'', the series run parallel.

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'''Shifting Shadows'''
'''Shifting Shadows'''
|As his father's enforcer, Charles Cornick is sent to Chicago to investigate and deal with a problematic pack alpha. En route, Charles Cornick meets Anna Latham, a woman the Chicago pack abused into submission. But she is no submissive—with Charles' fierce protection at her back, Anna finds a new sense of self and learns the true strength in who she is—an Omega.
|Anna Latham and Charles Cornick meet.
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|[[Cry Wolf (2008 novel)|''Cry Wolf'']]<ref name="Bone Crossed"/>
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|Using her abilities as a rare Omega, Anna helps Charles hunt a dark, magic-bound, rogue werewolf and black witch, who threatens the survival of the whole pack. Anna learns more about herself as an Omega.

werewolf, who threatens the survival of the whole pack.
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|''Hunting Ground''<ref name="Hunting Ground">{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=February 2010 |title=Hunting Ground/Mercy Thompson: Homecoming |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/219686743/C417B7F90B98486FPQ |volume=118 |issue=1 |page=35 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Huntley |first=Kristine |date=August 2009 |title=Hunting Ground |magazine=[[The Booklist]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/235674080/AEF70809B827467APQ |volume=105 |issue=22 |page=8 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Hunting Ground''<ref name="Hunting Ground">{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=February 2010 |title=Hunting Ground/Mercy Thompson: Homecoming |magazine=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/219686743/C417B7F90B98486FPQ |volume=118 |issue=1 |page=35 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Huntley |first=Kristine |date=August 2009 |title=Hunting Ground |magazine=[[The Booklist]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/235674080/AEF70809B827467APQ |volume=105 |issue=22 |page=8 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
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|A 2010 Endeavour Award finalist.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://osfci.org/endeavour/history.php | title=Endeavour Award: History }}</ref> When Anna is attacked by vampires using pack magic, the kind of power only werewolves should be able to draw on, Charles and Anna must combine their talents to hunt down whoever is behind it all or risk losing everything

should be able to draw on, Charles and Anna must combine their talents to hunt down

whoever is behind it all or risk losing everything
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|''Fair Game''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=September 2012 |title=Fair Game |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1273656479/A58AE89939984D09PQ |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=42–43 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Fair Game''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=September 2012 |title=Fair Game |magazine=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1273656479/A58AE89939984D09PQ |volume=123 |issue=3 |pages=42–43 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
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|Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural.
|Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural.
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|''Dead Heat''<ref name="Dead Heat">{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=March 2016 |title=Dead Heat/Shifting Shadows |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1777860087/8254DEB5ACEB4C35PQ |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=84–85 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Dead Heat''<ref name="Dead Heat">{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=March 2016 |title=Dead Heat/Shifting Shadows |magazine=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1777860087/8254DEB5ACEB4C35PQ |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=84–85 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
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|While on vacation, Anna and Charles find themselves in the crossfire of the start of a
|While on vacation to visit one of Charles' oldest friends, Anna and Charles find themselves in the crossfire of the start of a dangerous war with the fae.

dangerous war with the fae.
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|''Burn Bright''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2018 |title=Burn Bright |magazine=[[Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2089849123/4DD55C371AB547F9PQ |volume=135 |issue=1 |pages=61–62 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
|''Burn Bright''<ref>{{cite magazine |last=De Lint |first=Charles |author-link1=Charles De Lint |date=July 2018 |title=Burn Bright |magazine=[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]] |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2089849123/4DD55C371AB547F9PQ |volume=135 |issue=1 |pages=61–62 |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>
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|Heading into the mountainous wilderness, Anna and Charles must use their skills to track
|Heading into the mountainous wilderness, Anna and Charles must use their skills to track down attackers and survive the reopening of a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn.

down attackers and survive the reopening of a painful chapter in the past that springs from

the darkest magic of the witchborn.
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Also available on Patricia Briggs' website.
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|'''[[Silver Birch, Blood Moon]]'''
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|''The Price''
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|an anthology of short fiction set in Mercedes Thompson's world<br />
|An anthology of short fiction set in Mercedes Thompson's world<br />
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|'''A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories'''
|'''A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories'''
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* [http://www.crescentblues.com/6_1issue/int_briggs.shtml Crescent Blue Author Interview: "Patricia Briggs"]
* [http://www.crescentblues.com/6_1issue/int_briggs.shtml Crescent Blue Author Interview: "Patricia Briggs"]
* [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/briggspatricia.html Novel synopses, cover art, and reviews at Fantasy Literature.net]
* [http://www.fantasyliterature.net/briggspatricia.html Novel synopses, cover art, and reviews at Fantasy Literature.net]
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Patricia Briggs
Born (1965-12-21) December 21, 1965 (age 58)
Butte, Montana, U.S.
Pen namePatricia Briggs
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Period1993–present
GenreFantasy, urban fantasy
Notable worksMercy Thompson series
Website
patriciabriggs.com

Patricia Briggs (born December 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series.

Biography

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Patricia Briggs was born in 1965 in Butte, Montana, United States. She now resides in Benton City, Washington.[1]

Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel Masques in 1993, and has primarily written in the fantasy and urban fantasy genres.[2]

Her second novel, Moon Called, was published in 2006, and was the first in the Mercy Thompson series. The book made it to the USA Today bestseller lists.[citation needed]

The second book in the series, Blood Bound, made The New York Times Best Seller list.

The fifth book in the series, Silver Borne, debuted at #1 on The New York Times' Hardcover Fiction list for the week of April 18, 2010.[3]

Published works

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Sianim series

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  1. Masques (1993) also in Shifter's Wolf
  2. Wolfsbane (2010) also in Shifter's Wolf
  3. Steal the Dragon (1995)
  4. When Demons Walk (1998)

Hurog duology

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  1. Dragon Bones (2002)
  2. Dragon Blood (2003)

Raven duology

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  1. Raven's Shadow (2004)
  2. Raven's Strike (2005)

Mercyverse

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For the complete Timeline for the "Mercyverse"

Mercy Thompson series

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Briggs's Mercy Thompson series follows titular protagonist, Mercedes Thompson, through a series of misadventures featuring magical and otherworldly creatures from the fictional 'land of the Fae'.

# Title Publication

Date

Awards Comments
1 Moon Called[4][5] 2006
2 Blood Bound[6] 2007
3 Iron Kissed[7][8] 2008
4 Bone Crossed[9] 2009
5 Silver Borne[10] 2010 Endeavour Award nominee
6 River Marked[11] 2011 Endeavour Award nominee[12]
7 Frost Burned[13] 2013
8 Night Broken[14] 2014 Endeavour Award nominee
9 Fire Touched[15] 2016
10 Silence Fallen[16] 2017
11 Storm Cursed[17] 2019
12 Smoke Bitten[18] 2020
13 Soul Taken[19] 2022
14 Winter Lost[20] 2024

Alpha and Omega series

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This stand-alone series is woven throughout the Mercyverse, following Anna Latham, a fierce and empathetic werewolf, and Charles Cornick, the enforcer of the North American werewolves.[21] Alpha and Omega begins while Mercy's story in Moon Called occurs. Then, starting with Cry Wolf, which is set right after the events of Moon Called, the series run parallel.

# Title Publication

Date

Anthology Comments
0.5 Alpha and Omega[6] 2007 On the Prowl

Shifting Shadows

As his father's enforcer, Charles Cornick is sent to Chicago to investigate and deal with a problematic pack alpha. En route, Charles Cornick meets Anna Latham, a woman the Chicago pack abused into submission. But she is no submissive—with Charles' fierce protection at her back, Anna finds a new sense of self and learns the true strength in who she is—an Omega.
1 Cry Wolf[22] 2008 Using her abilities as a rare Omega, Anna helps Charles hunt a dark, magic-bound, rogue werewolf and black witch, who threatens the survival of the whole pack. Anna learns more about herself as an Omega.
2 Hunting Ground[23][24] 2009 A 2010 Endeavour Award finalist.[25] When Anna is attacked by vampires using pack magic, the kind of power only werewolves should be able to draw on, Charles and Anna must combine their talents to hunt down whoever is behind it all or risk losing everything
3 Fair Game[26] 2012 Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural.
4 Dead Heat[27] 2015 While on vacation to visit one of Charles' oldest friends, Anna and Charles find themselves in the crossfire of the start of a dangerous war with the fae.
5 Burn Bright[28] 2018 Heading into the mountainous wilderness, Anna and Charles must use their skills to track down attackers and survive the reopening of a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn.
6 Wild Sign 2021 Anna and Charles must discover what could make an entire community disappear—before it is too late.
7 Untitled Alpha and Omega #7[29] 2025

Stand-alone novels

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  • The Hob's Bargain (2001)

Graphic novels

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Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series

  • Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (2009)[23][30][31]
  • Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called (2012)
  • Cry Wolf: Alpha and Omega (2012)[32]
  • Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly (2014)

Anthologies and collections

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Anthology or Collection Contents Publication

Date

Publisher Comments
Adventures of Sword and Sorcery

Magazine #6[33][34][35][36]

Wishing Well 1999 Double Star Press Edited by Randy Dannenfelser.

Also available on Patricia Briggs' website.

Silver Birch, Blood Moon The Price 1999 edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow.[37]
On the Prowl Alpha and Omega 2007
Wolfsbane and Mistletoe Star of David 2008
Strange Brew Seeing Eye 2009
Naked City Fairy Gifts 2011
Home Improvement: Undead Version Gray 2011
Down These Strange Streets In Red, With Pearls 2011
The Urban Fantasy Anthology Seeing Eye 2011
Shifter's Wolf[38] Masques

Wolfsbane

2012 (Aralorn Novels)
Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations[39] Star of David 2013
Shifting Shadows[40][27] Silver

Roses in Winter

Redemption

Hollow

Fairy Gifts

Gray

Alpha and Omega

Seeing Eye

The Star of David

In Red, with Pearls

2014 An anthology of short fiction set in Mercedes Thompson's world
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories Unappreciated Gifts 2014
Fantastic Hope Asil and the Not-Date 2020
Heroic Hearts Dating Terrors 2021 Follows Asil and the Not-Date

References

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  1. ^ "15 More Celebrities With Ties to Tri-Cities + Mid Columbia". Hot 97.5 Online. February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Stang, John (September 30, 2010). "The other 'Twilight'; Tri-Cities author spins fantasy tales". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Best Sellers - Books - April 18, 2010 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Crosbie, Carla (January 31, 2018). "Book Review: Revisit old favourites". Hawke's Bay Today. p. A9 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2006). "Moon Called/Shadows in the Starlight". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 111, no. 1. pp. 30–33 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ a b De Lint, Charles (March 2008). "Blood Bound". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 114, no. 3. pp. 34–35 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ De Lint, Charles (May 2008). "Iron Kissed". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 114, no. 5. pp. 26–27 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ Davis S (2013). "Representations of Rape in Speculative Fiction: From the Survivor's Perspective". Femspec. 13 (2): 9–23, 96 – via ProQuest.
  9. ^ Reviews:
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  12. ^ "Best Sellers". Best Seller list. The New York Times. March 20, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
  13. ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2013). "Frost Burned". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 125, no. 1. p. 34 – via ProQuest.
  14. ^ Reviews:
  15. ^ McArdle, Megan M. (February 15, 2016). "Science Fiction/Fantasy: Fire Touched". Library Journal. Vol. 141, no. 3 – via ProQuest.
  16. ^ Reviews:
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  18. ^ "Published Works".
  19. ^ Reviews:
  20. ^ "Best Sellers - Books - July 7, 2024 - The New York Times". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  21. ^ Briggs, Patricia. "Books". Hurog. Retrieved May 21, 2012. This series is set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson Series, but on a slightly earlier time line. It begins with a novella titled Alpha and Omega published in the On the Prowl anthology.
  22. ^ De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Cry Wolf/Bone Crossed". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 46–49 – via ProQuest.
  23. ^ a b De Lint, Charles (February 2010). "Hunting Ground/Mercy Thompson: Homecoming". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 118, no. 1. p. 35 – via ProQuest.
  24. ^ Huntley, Kristine (August 2009). "Hunting Ground". The Booklist. Vol. 105, no. 22. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
  25. ^ "Endeavour Award: History".
  26. ^ De Lint, Charles (September 2012). "Fair Game". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 123, no. 3. pp. 42–43 – via ProQuest.
  27. ^ a b De Lint, Charles (March 2016). "Dead Heat/Shifting Shadows". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 130, no. 3. pp. 84–85 – via ProQuest.
  28. ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2018). "Burn Bright". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 135, no. 1. pp. 61–62 – via ProQuest.
  29. ^ "Published Works".
  30. ^ De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 45–46 – via ProQuest.
  31. ^ Cornog, Martha (January 15, 2010). "Graphic Novels: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming". Library Journal. Vol. 135, no. 1 – via ProQuest.
  32. ^ Cry Wolf: Alpha and Omega. OCLC 822493288.
  33. ^ "Double Star Press – Bibliography". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  34. ^ "Published Works". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  35. ^ "Wishing Well". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  36. ^ Briggs, Patricia. "Wishing Well". Retrieved December 27, 2013.
  37. ^ "Silver Birch, Blood Moon". Retrieved August 8, 2013.
  38. ^ Shifter's Wolf by Patricia Briggs
  39. ^ Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations. OCLC 824183088.
  40. ^ Fann, Kelly (April 15, 2015). "Shifting Shadows". The Booklist. Vol. 111, no. 16. p. 61 – via ProQuest.
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