Patricia Briggs
Patricia Briggs | |
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Born | Butte, Montana, U.S. | December 21, 1965
Pen name | Patricia Briggs |
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1993–present |
Genre | Fantasy, urban fantasy |
Notable works | Mercy Thompson series |
Website | |
patriciabriggs |
Patricia Briggs (born December 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series.
Biography
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. She wrote primarily in the fantasy genre until her editor asked her to write an urban fantasy, since the genre was showing promising growth.[2] 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 third book, Iron Kissed, was a number one New York Times bestseller and subsequent novels have continued to perform similarly in sales.[3]
Published works
Sianim series
- Masques (1993) also in Shifter's Wolf
- Wolfsbane (2010) also in Shifter's Wolf
- Steal the Dragon (1995)
- When Demons Walk (1998)
Hurog duology
- Dragon Bones (2002)
- Dragon Blood (2003)
Raven duology
- Raven's Shadow (2004)
- Raven's Strike (2005)
Mercyverse
For the complete Timeline for the "Mercyverse"
Mercy Thompson series
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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 Area of Washington. The series follows Mercy through her relationship with the local Alpha werewolf, who lives across her back fence,[4] 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.
# | Title | Publication
Date |
Awards | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Moon Called[5][6] | 2006 | ||
2 | Blood Bound[7] | 2007 | ||
3 | Iron Kissed[8][9] | 2008 | ||
4 | Bone Crossed[10] | 2009 | ||
5 | Silver Borne[11] | 2010 | Endeavour Award nominee | |
6 | River Marked[12] | 2011 | Endeavour Award nominee[13] | |
7 | Frost Burned[14] | 2013 | ||
8 | Night Broken[15] | 2014 | Endeavour Award nominee | |
9 | Fire Touched[16] | 2016 | ||
10 | Silence Fallen[17] | 2017 | ||
11 | Storm Cursed[18] | 2019 | ||
12 | Smoke Bitten[19] | 2020 | ||
13 | Soul Taken[20] | 2022 | ||
14 | Winter Lost | 2024 |
Alpha and Omega series
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 |
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0.5 | Alpha and Omega[7] | 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 Latham 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
- The Hob's Bargain (2001)
Graphic novels
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
Anthology or Collection | Contents | Publication
Date |
Publisher | Comments |
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Adventures of Sword and Sorcery | 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
- ^ "15 More Celebrities With Ties to Tri-Cities + Mid Columbia". Hot 97.5 Online. February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ Stang, John (September 30, 2010). "The other 'Twilight'; Tri-Cities author spins fantasy tales". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ "Moon Called: Author Comments". www.patriciabriggs.com. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
- ^ Crosbie, Carla (January 31, 2018). "Book Review: Revisit old favourites". Hawke's Bay Today. p. A9 – via ProQuest.
- ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2006). "Moon Called/Shadows in the Starlight". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 111, no. 1. pp. 30–33 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b De Lint, Charles (March 2008). "Blood Bound". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 114, no. 3. pp. 34–35 – via ProQuest.
- ^ De Lint, Charles (May 2008). "Iron Kissed". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 114, no. 5. pp. 26–27 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Davis S (2013). "Representations of Rape in Speculative Fiction: From the Survivor's Perspective". Femspec. 13 (2): 9–23, 96 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews:
- De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Cry Wolf/Bone Crossed". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 46–49 – via ProQuest.
- "Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs". www.publishersweekly.com. December 22, 2008. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Reviews:
- De Lint, Charles (July 2010). "Silver Borne". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 119, no. 1. p. 32 – via ProQuest.
- Murray, Frieda (March 1, 2010). "Silver Borne". The Booklist. Vol. 106, no. 13. p. 5 – via ProQuest.
- "Silver Borne by Patricia Briggs". www.publishersweekly.com. February 22, 2010. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Reviews:
- Dupler, Michelle (February 27, 2011). "Tri-Cities in best-selling urban fantasy series". Tri-City Herald – via ProQuest.
- De Lint, Charles (July 2011). "River Marked". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 121, no. 1. pp. 39–40 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Best Sellers". Best Seller list. The New York Times. March 20, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
- ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2013). "Frost Burned". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 125, no. 1. p. 34 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews:
- Cowles, Gregory (March 30, 2014). "Inside the List". The New York Times. p. A26 – via ProQuest.
- McArdle, Megan M. (February 15, 2014). "Science Fiction/Fantasy: Night Broken". Library Journal. Vol. 139, no. 3. p. 75 – via ProQuest.
- "Night Broken by Patricia Briggs". www.publishersweekly.com. April 13, 2014. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ McArdle, Megan M. (February 15, 2016). "Science Fiction/Fantasy: Fire Touched". Library Journal. Vol. 141, no. 3 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Reviews:
- De Lint, Charles (July 2017). "Silence Fallen". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 133, no. 1. pp. 71–72 – via ProQuest.
- "Fiction Reviews: Silence Fallen". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 264, no. 5. January 30, 2017 – via ProQuest.
- Allen, Kaetrin (March 7, 2017). "REVIEW: Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs". Dear Author. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ Reviews:
- "Storm Cursed". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 138, no. 1. January 2020. pp. 85–86 – via ProQuest.
- "Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs". www.publishersweekly.com. April 18, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- Allen, Kaetrin (May 8, 2019). "REVIEW: Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs". Dear Author. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ "Published Works".
- ^ Reviews:
- Allen, Kaetrin (August 25, 2022). "REVIEW: Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs". Dear Author. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- "Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs". www.publishersweekly.com. June 6, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Cry Wolf/Bone Crossed". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 46–49 – via ProQuest.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Huntley, Kristine (August 2009). "Hunting Ground". The Booklist. Vol. 105, no. 22. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
- ^ https://osfci.org/endeavour/history.php
- ^ De Lint, Charles (September 2012). "Fair Game". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 123, no. 3. pp. 42–43 – via ProQuest.
- ^ 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.
- ^ De Lint, Charles (July 2018). "Burn Bright". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 135, no. 1. pp. 61–62 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Published Works".
- ^ De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson". Fantasy & Science Fiction. Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 45–46 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Cornog, Martha (January 15, 2010). "Graphic Novels: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming". Library Journal. Vol. 135, no. 1 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Cry Wolf: Alpha and Omega. OCLC 822493288.
- ^ "Double Star Press – Bibliography". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ "Published Works". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ "Wishing Well". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ^ Briggs, Patricia. "Wishing Well". Retrieved December 27, 2013.
- ^ "Silver Birch, Blood Moon". Retrieved August 8, 2013.
- ^ Shifter's Wolf by Patricia Briggs
- ^ Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations. OCLC 824183088.
- ^ Fann, Kelly (April 15, 2015). "Shifting Shadows". The Booklist. Vol. 111, no. 16. p. 61 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Mercyverse Timeline
- Patricia Briggs' Official Site
- Night Owl Reviews – Patricia Briggs Magazine Interview
- Fantastic Fiction – Patricia Briggs Biography
- Crescent Blue Author Interview: "Patricia Briggs"
- Novel synopses, cover art, and reviews at Fantasy Literature.net
- Spain Fan Page – 2009 archive
- Patricia Briggs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Fantasy News-Interview: "Patricia Briggs"
- 1965 births
- 20th-century American novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
- American fantasy writers
- American women short story writers
- American women novelists
- Living people
- People from Butte, Montana
- Urban fantasy writers
- American women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Writers from Montana
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American women writers
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 21st-century American short story writers