| Patricia Briggs | |
| Pseudonym: | Patricia Briggs |
| Birth Place: | Butte, Montana, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Novelist |
| Language: | English |
| Nationality: | American |
| Period: | 1993–present |
| Genre: | Fantasy, urban fantasy |
| Notableworks: | Mercy Thompson series |
Patricia Briggs (born December 21, 1965) is an American writer of fantasy since 1993, and author of the Mercy Thompson urban fantasy series.
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.
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]
For the complete Timeline for the "Mercyverse"
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'.
| Title | PublicationDate | Awards | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moon Called[4] [5] | 2006 | |||
| 2 | Blood Bound[6] | 2007 | |||
| 3 | Iron Kissed[7] [8] | 2008 | |||
| 4 | Bone Crossed[9] | 2009 | |||
| 5 | Silver Borne[10] | 2010 | Endeavour Award nominee | ||
| 6 | River Marked[11] | 2011 | Endeavour Award nominee[12] | ||
| 7 | Frost Burned[13] | 2013 | |||
| 8 | Night Broken[14] | 2014 | Endeavour Award nominee | ||
| 9 | Fire Touched[15] | 2016 | |||
| 10 | Silence Fallen[16] | 2017 | |||
| 11 | Storm Cursed[17] | 2019 | |||
| 12 | Smoke Bitten[18] | 2020 | |||
| 13 | Soul Taken[19] | 2022 | |||
| 14 | Winter Lost[20] | 2024 |
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.
| Title | PublicationDate | Anthology | Comments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 | Alpha and Omega | 2007 | On 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. | |
| 1 | Cry Wolf[22] | 2008 | Using 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. | ||
| 2 | Hunting Ground[23] [24] | 2009 | A 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 | ||
| 3 | Fair Game[26] | 2012 | Anna and Charles help the FBI track a local serial killer, who targets the preternatural. | ||
| 4 | Dead Heat[27] | 2015 | While 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. | ||
| 5 | Burn Bright[28] | 2018 | 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. | ||
| 6 | Wild Sign | 2021 | Anna and Charles Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear—before it is too late. | ||
| 7 | Untitled Alpha and Omega #7[29] | 2025 |
Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series
| Anthology or Collection | Contents | PublicationDate | Publisher | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adventures of Sword and Sorcery Magazine #6[33] [34] [35] [36] | Wishing Well | 1999 | Double Star Press | Edited by Randy Dannenfelser. Also available on Patricia Briggs' website. | |
| Silver Birch, Blood Moon | The Price | 1999 | edited by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow.[37] | ||
| On the Prowl | Alpha and Omega | 2007 | |||
| Wolfsbane and Mistletoe | Star of David | 2008 | |||
| Strange Brew | Seeing Eye | 2009 | |||
| Naked City | Fairy Gifts | 2011 | |||
| Home Improvement: Undead Version | Gray | 2011 | |||
| Down These Strange Streets | In Red, With Pearls | 2011 | |||
| The Urban Fantasy Anthology | Seeing Eye | 2011 | |||
| Shifter's Wolf[38] | Masques Wolfsbane | 2012 | (Aralorn Novels) | ||
| Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations[39] | Star of David | 2013 | |||
| Shifting Shadows[40] | Silver Roses in Winter Redemption Hollow Fairy Gifts Gray Alpha and Omega Seeing Eye The Star of David In Red, with Pearls | 2014 | An anthology of short fiction set in Mercedes Thompson's world | ||
| A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories | Unappreciated Gifts | 2014 | |||
| Fantastic Hope | Asil and the Not-Date | 2020 | |||
| Heroic Hearts | Dating Terrors | 2021 | Follows Asil and the Not-Date |
