Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs
Born	1965 (age 50–51) Butte, Montana, United States
Pen name	Patricia Briggs
Occupation	Novelist
Language	English
Nationality	American
Period	1993–present
Genre	fantasy, urban fantasy
Notable works	Mercy Thompson series
Website
patriciabriggs.com

Patricia Briggs (born 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 the Tri-Cities area of Washington State.^[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. 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.^[2]

Bibliography

Novels

Sianim series

• Masques (1993)
• Steal the Dragon (1995)
• When Demons Walk (1998)
• Wolfsbane (2010)
• Shifter's Wolf (Aralorn Novels) (2012) (Compilation of Masques and Wolfsbane)^[3]

Hurog duology

• Dragon Bones (2002)
• Dragon Blood (2003)

Raven duology

• Raven's Shadow (2004)
• Raven's Strike (2005)

Mercy Thompson series

• Moon Called (2006)
• Blood Bound (2007)
• Iron Kissed (2008)
• Bone Crossed (2009)
• Silver Borne (2010)
• River Marked (2011).^[4]
• Frost Burned (2013)
• Night Broken (March 11, 2014)
• Fire Touched (March 8, 2016)

Alpha and Omega series

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series.^[5]

• "Alpha and Omega" (novella, published in On the Prowl (2007) and Shifting Shadows (2014)) ^[6]
• Cry Wolf (2008)
• Hunting Ground (2009)^[7]
• Fair Game (March 2012)
• Dead Heat (March 3, 2015)^[8]

Stand-alone novels

• The Hob's Bargain (2001)

Anthology contributions

• "Wishing Well" in Adventures of Sword and Sorcery Magazine #6 (1999) (edited by Randy Dannenfelser. Published by Double Star Press) ^[9][10][11] Also available on Patricia Brigg's website.^[12]
• "The Price" in Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999) (edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow.^[13])
• "Alpha and Omega" in On the Prowl (2007)
• "Star of David" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (2008) republished in Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations (2013)^[14]
• "Seeing Eye" in Strange Brew (2009), republished in The Urban Fantasy Anthology (2011)
• "Fairy Gifts" in Naked City (2011)
• "Gray" in Home Improvement (2011)
• "In Red, With Pearls" in Down These Strange Streets (2011)
• "Shifting Shadows"

Graphic novels

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series

• Mercy Thompson: Homecoming (2009)
• "Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called" (2012)
• Cry Wolf: Alpha and Omega (2012) ^[15]
• Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly (2014)

References

1. "15 More Celebrities With Ties to Tri-Cities + Mid Columbia". Hot 97.5 Online. February 18, 2014. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
2. "Biography". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
3. Shifter's Wolf by Patricia Briggs
4. "Best Sellers". The New York Times Best Seller list. March 20, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
5. 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.
6. "Shifting Shadows". worldcat.org. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
7. "Renee's Book Addiction". September 10, 2009.
8. "Dead Heat". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
9. "Double Star Press - Bibliography". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
10. "Published Works". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
11. "Wishing Well". Retrieved February 5, 2016.
12. Briggs, Patricia. "Wishing Well". Retrieved December 27, 2013.
13. "Silver Birch, Blood Moon". Retrieved August 8, 2013.
14. "Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
15. "Cry Wolf: Alpha and Omega". worldcat.org. Retrieved 3 January 2015.

External links

• 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
• Fan Page, Spanish
• Patricia Briggs at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Fantasy News-Interview: "Patricia Briggs"