Patricia Briggs

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.

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

Her ninth 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.

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 No. 1 on The New York Times' Hardcover Fiction list for the week of April 18, 2010.

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

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

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. 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.

Stand-alone novels

The Hob's Bargain (2001)

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)

Mercy Thompson: Hopcross Jilly (2014)