Patricia Briggs

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Patricia Briggs
Born (1965-12-21) December 21, 1965 (age 59)
Butte, Montana, U.S.
Pen namePatricia Briggs
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Period1993–present
Genre Fantasy, 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.

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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, 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

Sianim series

  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

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

Raven duology

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

Mercyverse

For the complete Timeline for the "Mercyverse"

Mercy Thompson series

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'.

#TitlePublication

Date

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

#TitlePublication

Date

AnthologyComments
0.5Alpha and Omega [6] 2007On 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.
1Cry Wolf [22] 2008Using 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.
2Hunting Ground [23] [24] 2009A 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
3Fair Game [26] 2012Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural.
4Dead Heat [27] 2015While 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.
5Burn Bright [28] 2018Heading 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.
6Wild Sign2021Anna and Charles must discover what could make an entire community disappear—before it is too late.
7Untitled Alpha and Omega #7 [29] 2025

Stand-alone novels

Graphic novels

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series

Anthologies and collections

Anthology or CollectionContentsPublication

Date

PublisherComments
Adventures of SwordandSorcery

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

Wishing Well1999 Double Star Press Edited by Randy Dannenfelser.

Also available on Patricia Briggs' website.

Silver Birch, Blood Moon The Price1999edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow. [37]
On the ProwlAlpha and Omega2007
Wolfsbane and MistletoeStar of David2008
Strange Brew Seeing Eye2009
Naked CityFairy Gifts2011
Home Improvement: Undead VersionGray2011
Down These Strange Streets In Red, With Pearls2011
The Urban Fantasy AnthologySeeing Eye2011
Shifter's Wolf [38] Masques

Wolfsbane

2012(Aralorn Novels)
Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations [39] Star of David2013
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

2014An anthology of short fiction set in Mercedes Thompson's world
A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of StoriesUnappreciated Gifts2014
Fantastic HopeAsil and the Not-Date2020
Heroic HeartsDating Terrors2021Follows Asil and the Not-Date

References

  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". The New York Times. April 18, 2010. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 24, 2024.
  4. ↑ Crosbie, Carla (January 31, 2018). "Book Review: Revisit old favourites". Hawke's Bay Today . p. A9. ProQuest   1992290896.
  5. ↑ De Lint, Charles (July 2006). "Moon Called/Shadows in the Starlight". Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 111, no. 1. pp. 30–33. ProQuest   219680871.
  6. 1 2 De Lint, Charles (March 2008). "Blood Bound". Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 114, no. 3. pp. 34–35. ProQuest   219686474.
  7. ↑ De Lint, Charles (May 2008). "Iron Kissed". Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 114, no. 5. pp. 26–27. ProQuest   219685219.
  8. ↑ Davis S (2013). "Representations of Rape in Speculative Fiction: From the Survivor's Perspective". Femspec . 13 (2): 9–23, 96. ProQuest   1462522940.
  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. ProQuest   1366356714.
  14. ↑ Reviews:
  15. ↑ McArdle, Megan M. (February 15, 2016). "Science Fiction/Fantasy: Fire Touched". Library Journal . Vol. 141, no. 3. ProQuest   1762716125.
  16. ↑ Reviews:
  17. ↑ Reviews:
  18. ↑ "Published Works".
  19. ↑ Reviews:
  20. ↑ "Best Sellers – Books". The New York Times. July 7, 2024. 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. ProQuest   219686415.
  23. 1 2 De Lint, Charles (February 2010). "Hunting Ground/Mercy Thompson: Homecoming". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 118, no. 1. p. 35. ProQuest   219686743.
  24. ↑ Huntley, Kristine (August 2009). "Hunting Ground". The Booklist . Vol. 105, no. 22. p. 8. ProQuest   235674080.
  25. ↑ "Endeavour Award: History".[ permanent dead link ]
  26. ↑ De Lint, Charles (September 2012). "Fair Game". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 123, no. 3. pp. 42–43. ProQuest   1273656479.
  27. 1 2 De Lint, Charles (March 2016). "Dead Heat/Shifting Shadows". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 130, no. 3. pp. 84–85. ProQuest   1777860087.
  28. ↑ De Lint, Charles (July 2018). "Burn Bright". The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 135, no. 1. pp. 61–62. ProQuest   208949123.
  29. ↑ "Published Works".
  30. ↑ De Lint, Charles (June 2009). "Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson". Fantasy & Science Fiction . Vol. 116, no. 6. pp. 45–46. ProQuest   2196855884.
  31. ↑ Cornog, Martha (January 15, 2010). "Graphic Novels: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming". Library Journal . Vol. 135, no. 1. ProQuest   196852102.
  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. ProQuest   1674760873.
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