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Patricia Briggs
  • Bibliography:
    41 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1993
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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About the Author

Patricia Briggs was born on 1965 in Butte, Montana, USA. She has lived in various cities in the Pacific Northwest, and now resides in Washington state. Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel in 1993.

Full Series List in Order

Alpha and Omega

0.5 - Alpha and Omega (Aug-2007)
1 - Cry Wolf (Aug-2008)
1.5 - Seeing Eye (Jul-2009)
2 - Hunting Ground (Sep-2009)
3 - Fair Game (Mar-2012)
4 - Dead Heat (Mar-2015)
5 - Burn Bright (Mar-2018)
6 - Wild Sign (Mar-2021)

The Hob

1 - The Hob's Bargain (Feb-2001)

Mercy Thompson

0.5 - Mercy Thompson Homecoming (Sep-2009)
0.5 - Fairy Gifts (Jul-2011)
0.5 - Gray (Aug-2011)
1 - Moon Called (Feb-2006)
1.25 - Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called, Vol. 1 (Mar-2011)
1.5 - Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called, Vol. 2 (Jan-2012)
2 - Blood Bound (Feb-2007)
3 - Iron Kissed (Jan-2008)
3.5 - The Star of David (Oct-2008)
4 - Bone Crossed (Feb-2009)
5 - Silver Borne (Apr-2010)
6 - River Marked (Mar-2011)
6.5 - In Red, With Pearls (Oct-2011)
7 - Frost Burned (Mar-2013)
8 - Night Broken (Mar-2014)
8.5 - Hopcross Jilly (Jun-2015)
9 - Fire Touched (Mar-2016)
10 - Silence Fallen (Mar-2017)
11 - Storm Cursed (Mar-2019)
12 - Smoke Bitten (Mar-2020)
13 - Soul Taken (Aug-2022)
14 - Winter Lost (Jun-2024)
Shifting Shadows: Stories from the World of Mercy Thompson (Sep-2014)

Raven

1 - Raven's Shadow (Jul-2004)
2 - Raven's Strike (Jul-2005)

Sianim

1 - Masques (Dec-1993)
2 - Wolfsbane (Nov-2010)
3 - Steal the Dragon (Nov-1995)
4 - When Demons Walk (Jun-1998)

Ward of Hurog

1 - Dragon Bones (Mar-2002)
2 - Dragon Blood (Jan-2003)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Beauty and the Beast

The Hob's Bargain (Feb-2001)

Book List in Order: 41 titles



  • After an upbringing of proper behavior and oppressive expectations, Aralorn fled her noble birthright for a life of adventure as a mercenary spy. But her latest mission involves more peril than she ever imagined. Agents of Sianim have asked her to g...



  • A SLAVE ON THE RUN When Rialla was young, slave traders from Darran ambushed her clan, killing all the men and enslaving the women and children. For years, Rialla lived in bondage, serving her master while waiting for a chance to escape. When that c...



  • DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME Shamera had spent most of her young life as sorceress and thief, stealing from Southwood's nobility to survive. Now Sham must face the greatest test of her skills... A killer has struck Southwood, claiming the lives of no...



  • Collects contemporary adaptations of traditional fairy tales by such authors as Harvey Jacobs, Nancy Kress, Michael Cadnum, Nalo Hopkinson, Wendy Wheeler, Susan Wade, Tanith Lee, Patricia McKillip, and Richard William Asplund...



  • BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Hated and feared, magic was banished from the land. But now, freed from the spells of the wicked bloodmages, magic--both good and evil--returns. And Aren of Fallbrook feels her own power of sight strengthen and grow... Over...



  • PLAYING THE FOOL Most everyone thinks Ward of Hurog is a simple-minded fool--and that's just fine by him. But few people know that his foolishness is [very convincingly] feigned. find that it's all that's saved him from death at the hands of his a...



  • CALL TO REBELLION Ward, ruler of Hurog, is striving to restore his lands and people to prosperity, wanting nothing more than a quiet life. But when an old friend, escaping from High Hing Jakouen's torturers, seeks refuge in his keep, Ward can no l...



  • For many years, the city of Colossae was a haven of magical study. As generations of wizards pushed the limits of their abilities, an evil entity was unleashed that could only be contained by the sacrifice of their city. From the ashes of Colossae, t...



  • Centuries ago, the wizards of Colossae unleashed an unimaginable force of destruction: the Stalker. Only the sacrifice of their entire city could contain the menace they had wrought--but even then, the Stalker was only imprisoned, and it can still fi...






  • Werewolves can be dangerous if you get in their way, but they'll leave you alone if you are careful. They are very good at hiding their natures from the human population, but I'm not human. I know them when I ' meet them, and they know me, too. Me...



  • Under the rule of science, there are no witch burnings allowed, no water trials or public lynchings. In return, the average law-abiding, solid citizen has little to worry about from the things that go bump in the night. Sometimes I wish I was an aver...



  • The werewolf Anna finds a new sense of self when the son of the werewolf king comes to town to quell unrest in the Chicago pack--and inspires a power in Anna that she's never felt before....



  • I could smell her fear, and it satisfied something deep inside me that had been writhing under her cool, superior gaze. I curled my upper lip so she could get a good look at my sharp teeth. I might only weigh thirty or so pounds in my coyote shape, b...



  • 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. Then Charles Cornick, t...



  • The editors of Many Bloody Returns deliver the perfect howl-iday gift, with new tales from Patricia Briggs, Carrie Vaughn, and many more. New York Times bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Keri Arthur, and Carrie Vaughn--along w...



  • As a shapeshifter with some unique talents, ace car mechanic Mercy Thompson has had to maintain a tenuous harmony between the human and the not so human within the Tri-Cities of Eastern Washington on more than one occasion. But this time she may be i...



  • Today's hottest urban fantasy authors come together in this delicious brew that crackles and boils over with tales of powerful witches and dark magic! In Charlaine Harris' "Bacon," a beautiful vampire joins forces with a witch from an ancient line...



  • Anna Latham didn't know how complicated life could be until she became a werewolf. And until she was mated to Charles Cornick, the son -- and enforcer -- of Bran, the leader of the North American werewolves, she didn't know how dangerous it could be,...



  • Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart. When Mercy travels to...






  • When Mercy Thompson, mechanic and shape-shifter, attempts to return a powerful fae book she previously borrowed in an act of desperation, she finds the bookstore locked up and closed down. It seems the book contains secrets -- and the fae will do ju...



  • For the last ten years, shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn has led a dangerous existence -- a far cry from her noble upbringing. Now she must return home under the most unfortunate circumstances. Her father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But...



  • Car mechanic Mercy Thompson has always known there was something different about her, and not just the way she can make a VW engine sit up and beg. Mercy is a shapeshifter, a talent she inherited from her long-gone father. She's never known any other...



    • Five Mercy Thompson novels have topped the New York Times best-seller list, and her premiere graphic novel did the same. Now Patricia Briggs' heroic shape-shifter returns to comics!
    • Mercy Thompson inhabits two worlds without truly b...



  • Featuring original stories from 20 authors, this dark, captivating, fabulous and fantastical collection, Naked City, is not to be missed! Edited by award-winning editor Ellen Datlow.In this thrilling collection of original stories some of today's hot...



  • There's nothing like home renovation for finding skeletons in the closet or otherwordly portals in the attic. Now, for any homeowner who's ever wondered, "What's that creaking sound?" or fans of "how to" television who'd like a little unreality mixed...



  • All new strange cases of death and magic in the city by some of the biggest names in urban fantasy. In this all-new collection of urban fantasy stories, editors George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois explore the places where mystery waits at the en...



  • In the past week, coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has seen her friends kidnapped, killed, and assaulted - and things are about to get worse! A war between werewolves is erupting, and Mercy is caught smack in the middle! Can she unravel the secrets...



  • They say opposites attract. And in the case of werewolves Anna Latham and Charles Cornick, they mate. The son -- and enforcer -- of the leader of the North American werewolves, Charles is a dominant alpha. While Anna, an omega, has the rare ability t...



  • Mercy Thompson’s life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the mate of Adam Hauptman -- the charismatic Alpha of the local werewolf pack -- has made her a stepmother to his daughter Jesse, a relationship that brings moments of blissful normalcy...






  • Mercy must deal with an unwanted guest -- one that brings a threat unlike anything she’s ever known. An unexpected phone call heralds a new challenge for Mercy. Her mate Adam’s ex-wife is in trouble, on the run from a stalker. Adam isn’t th...



  • Mercy Thompson’s world just got a whole lot bigger… A collection of all-new and previously published short stories featuring Mercy Thompson, “one of the best heroines in the urban fantasy genre today” (Fiction Vixen Book Reviews), and the ...



  • The Alpha and Omega novels transport readers into the realm of the werewolf, where Charles Cornick and Anna Latham embody opposite sides of the shifter personality. Now, a pleasure trip drops the couple into the middle of some bad supernatural busine...



  • Mercy is a shapeshifting coyote and honorary member of the Tri-Cities werewolf pack. When the pack stumbles upon the buried bones of numerous dead children, she shapeshifts into a mystery of the legendary fae - a mystery that draws Mercy's stepdaught...



  • Mercy Thompson is back, and she’ll soon discover that when the fae stalk the human world, it’s the children who suffer... Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate...



  • In the #1 New York Times bestselling Mercy Thompson novels, the coyote shapeshifter has found her voice in the werewolf pack. But when Mercy’s bond with the pack -- and her mate -- is broken, she’ll learn what it truly means to be alone... At...



  • In her bestselling Alpha and Omega series, Patricia Briggs "spins tales of werewolves, coyote shifters, and magic and, my, does she do it well" (USATODAY.com). Now mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham face a threat like no other--one that...



  • In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, Mercy Thompson must face a deadly enemy to defend all she loves… My name is Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman, and I am a car mechanic. And a coyote shapeshifter. And t...



  • Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, faces a threat unlike any other in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. I am Mercedes Athena Thompson Hauptman. My only “superpowers” are that I turn into a thirty-fi...



  • Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham must discover what could make an entire community disappear -- before it's too late -- in this thrilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling Alpha and Omega series. In the wilds of th...






  • Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he’s deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of “fun” is st...



  • THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must stop a disaster of world-shattering proportions in this exhilarating entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.In the supernatural realms, there are cr...


Award-Winning Books by Patricia Briggs

Bone Crossed
2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Urban Fantasy Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Patricia Briggs has published 41 books.

Patricia Briggs does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Winter Lost, was published in June 2024.

The first book by Patricia Briggs, Masques, was published in December 1993.

Yes. Patricia Briggs has 6 series.