Patricia Briggs

Patricia Briggs
Born 1965 (age 46–47)
Butte, Montana, United States
Occupation Writer, author
Language English
Citizenship United States
Subjects Fiction, urban fantasy
Notable work(s) The Mercedes Thompson Series

Patricia Briggs (born 1965) is an American author, well-known for the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series. Briggs was born in Butte, Montana, and lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest. She now resides in Washington state.

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Writing history

Briggs began writing in 1990, and published her first novel Masques in 1993.

While sales on her first book were poor, she was able to sell her next book Steal the Dragon which garnered better sales and editorial reviews.

Briggs began writing multi-book stories. Dragon Bones and Dragon Blood share both the same world and the same characters, though both are complete stories. Raven's Shadow and Raven's Strike are a duology, with a single story line spanning both novels. One hallmark of Briggs' books is that each is a stand-alone story, and the reader is never left with a cliffhanger ending.

Her editor asked her to write an urban fantasy. The genre was showing promising growth, and the publisher wanted to expand their offerings. She accepted, signing a contract for three books, and penned Moon Called, which sold far better than her previous novels, making 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.

A Mercy Thompson graphic novel was released on August 25, 2009: Mercy Thompson: Homecoming

An edited version of her first novel, Masques, has been republished, along with a previously unpublished sequel.

Bibliography

Novels

Sianim Series

Hurog Duology

Raven Duology

The Mercy Thompson Series

Main article: The Mercedes Thompson Series
Mercy must rescue the Alpha of the local werewolf pack and his young daughter, after they are taken by a band of humans and werewolves who are testing new medical drugs on werewolves. While helping Adam she must ask the Marrok, the leader of all North American werewolves, for help and encounters an old flame, Samuel Cornick, who decides to move back to the Tri-Cities with Mercy in an effort to win her back.
Mercy accompanies her vampire friend Stefan on a task and encounters an evil demon-possessed vampire sorcerer who is on a killing rampage. She learns that only she can stop the sorcerer, and with everyone she cares for missing she must take out the sorcerer before he destroys her friends. Amidst all this chaos she is also caught between her feelings for the Alpha of the local werewolf pack, Adam Hauptman, and her old flame Samuel Cornick, who is currently living with her while he battles internally with his wolf.
Mercy is requested by her friend and old boss Zee to investigate some murders on the fae reservation near her home. During the investigation Zee is framed as a murderer and Mercy must work to free him from human prison. During the book she finally chooses between Samuel and Adam.
Mercy has been marked an enemy of the local seethe for killing the right hand man of the head mistress, Marsillia. She becomes mated to Adam and in an effort to save her friends and get away from Marsillia, Mercy travels to Spokane to help her friend rid her house of a ghost. Once there Mercy uncovers a much bigger problem than a ghost and is captured by a powerful vampire on a quest to keep Mercy for her skills as a walker.
In an attempt to return a book she once borrowed from a fae friend, Mercy discovers that something bad has happened to him and she has the reason why in her possession. While she attempts to find her fae friend, Adam's pack is in an upheaval about Mercy being added to the pack without their consent, so they attempt to sabotage her and Adam's relationship.
Finally hitched, Mercy and Adam vacation on their honeymoon. The honeymoon ends quickly when people start dying in the river. It is up to Mercy and her new friends to stop the monster who is killing. Mercy learns about her heritage and her real father.[2]

Alpha and Omega Series

Set in the same world as The Mercy Thompson Series

Now Briggs begins an extraordinary new series set in Mercy Thompson’s world – but with rules of its own. Anna never knew werewolves existed until the night she survived a violent attack and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the pack, she’d learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. But Anna is that rarest kind of werewolf: an Omega. And one of the most powerful werewolves in the country will recognize her value as a pack member – and as his mate.

Anna travels to Montana with the seriously wounded Charles while trying to understand the mate connection of their wolves which has not yet bonded the humans, only to find a dangerous situation with a rogue wolf and a witch in the high country with a centuries old connection to the oldest wolf in the pack. She learns the power of the pack bond in desperate conditions and the power of being an Omega.

Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, son of the leader of the North American werewolves, Anna Latham now knows how dangerous being a werewolf is, especially when a werewolf who opposes Charles and his father, is struck down. Charles’s reputation makes him a suspect and the penalty for the crime is death. Now Anna and Charles must hunt down the real killer before Charles takes the fall. Features the Beast of Gévaudan of French legend, as well as Tom Franklin and Wendy Moira Keller from the short story "Seeing Eye".[4]

Stand-alone novels

Anthology contributions

References

  1. ^ "Dragon Bones, Book 1 of The Hurog Duology". Buzzy Multimedia. http://www.buzzymultimedia.com/dragon-bones-audio-book.html. Retrieved 13 October 2010. 
  2. ^ "Best Sellers". The New York Times Best Seller list. March 20, 2011. http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2011-03-20/overview.html. Retrieved 21 August 2011. 
  3. ^ Briggs, Patricia. "Books". Hurog. http://www.patriciabriggs.com/books/books.shtml. Retrieved 13 October 2010. "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." 
  4. ^ "Renee's Book Addiction". 10 September 2009. http://reneesbookaddiction.com/2009/09/10/we-just-finished-reading-hunting-ground/. 

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