Patricia Briggs


Patricia Briggs 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.
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.

Published works

Sianim series

  1. Masques also in Shifter's Wolf
  2. Wolfsbane also in Shifter's Wolf
  3. Steal the Dragon
  4. When Demons Walk

    Hurog duology

  5. Dragon Bones
  6. Dragon Blood

    Raven duology

  7. Raven's Shadow
  8. Raven's Strike

    Mercyverse

For the complete

Mercy Thompson series

is a Walker raised by werewolves, who runs a one-woman auto mechanic's garage in contemporary Kennewick, Washington.
  1. Moon Called
  2. Blood Bound
  3. Iron Kissed
  4. Bone Crossed
  5. Silver Borne, Endeavour Award nominee
  6. River Marked, Endeavour Award nominee
  7. Frost Burned
  8. Night Broken, Endeavour Award nominee
  9. Fire Touched
  10. Silence Fallen
  11. Storm Cursed
  12. Smoke Bitten

    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. "Alpha and Omega" occurs before the events of Mercy's story. Then, starting with "Cry Wolf", which is set right after the events of "Moon Called", the series run parallel.
  1. Alpha and Omega a novella that also appears in On the Prowl and Shifting Shadows. Anna Latham and Charles Cornick meet.
  2. Cry Wolf Using her abilities as a rare Omega, Anna helps Charles hunt a dark magic-bound, rogue werewolf, who threatens the survival of the whole pack.
  3. Hunting Ground 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.
  4. Fair Game Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural.
  5. Dead Heat While on vacation, Anna and Charles find themselves in the crossfire of the start of a dangerous war with the fae.
  6. Burn Bright 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.
  7. Wild Sign

    Stand-alone novels

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series