Background

Patricia Briggs was born on February 28, 1965, in Butte, Montana, United States. Her mother was a school librarian, and she shared a room with an older sister who loved to read. Long after they had been put to bed, her sister would use the small night light to read Patty stories; her early favorites were fairy tales.

Career

Briggs began writing in 1990 and published her first novel Masques in 1993. Sales on her first book were abysmal, which very nearly ended her career. Fortunately, she was eventually able to sell the next book Steal the Dragon which garnered substantially better sales and some favorable editorial reviews. Her career showed a slow, steady increase in sales and readership over the next several books.

With better sales and correspondingly higher confidence in selling her next work, she was able to begin 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 an honest duology, with a single storyline spanning both novels. More recently, she has announced there will be at least seven novels in her best-selling "Mercy Thompson" series. One hallmark of Briggs' books is that each book is a stand-alone story, and the reader is never left with a cliffhanger ending waiting for the next novel to figure out what happened.

Her skill at crafting convincing characters eventually led her editor to ask if she would 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 bestseller list, much to the surprise of both the author and her publishers. The third book, Iron Kissed was a #1 New York Times bestseller.

Today Patricia Briggs and her family reside in Eastern Washington near Tri-Cities, home of Mercy Thompson.

Achievements

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  One of the Brigg's big achievements came in 2006 when Ace Books published Moon Called, the first book in her #1 New York Times bestselling and signature series about Mercy Thompson. Blood Bound (2007), the second book in the series, debuted at #12 on the New York Times bestsellers list. After the incredible success of Iron Kissed (2008), which landed at #1 on the New York Times list, the Mercy Thompson saga continued to win the hearts of readers and grew in popularity with the release of each book. Bone Crossed (2009), the fourth book in the series and first to be published in hardcover, debuted at #3 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list, where it stayed for four weeks.
  
  The recent hardcover, Silver Borne (2010), debuted at #1 on the New York Times Hardcover bestsellers list and stayed on the printed list for a total of three weeks. Briggs also writes the Alpha and Omega series, which are set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson novels. What began as the novella “Alpha and Omega” in an anthology called On the Prowl (2007), was then expanded into a full new series. The subsequent books were Cry Wolf (2008) and Hunting Ground (2009), both New York Times bestsellers. The third book of the Alpha and Omega series is Fair Game (2012) and debuted at #4 on the New York Times bestsellers list.
  
  

Works

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  • Frost Burned 2013

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  • Dead Heat

    (Praised for having “the perfect blend of action, romance,...)

    2016
  • Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called

    (In the past week, coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has ...)

    2012
  • Gefährtin der Dunkelheit: Mercy Thompson

    (Als Christy, die Exfrau ihres Gefährten Adam, plötzlich i...)

    2016
  • Hunting Ground

    (Mated to werewolf Charles Cornick, the son - and enforcer...)

    2009
  • Storm Cursed

    (In this powerful entry in the #1 New York Times bestselli...)

    2019
  • Alpha and Omega: Cry Wolf Volume Two

    (A world of shapeshifting wolves comes vividly to life in ...)

    2013
  • Cry Wolf

    (#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs pres...)

    2008
  • Blood Bound

    (“Kick-ass were-coyote auto mechanic Mercedes Thompson” (P...)

    2007
  • Mercy

    (Mercy Thompson has nowhere to turn as she's drawn further...)

    2014
  • Masques

    (Experience the fantasy and adventure of #1 New York Times...)

    2010
  • Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called

    (Her attempt to unravel the conspiracy threatening the sec...)

    2014
  • Bone Crossed

    (Welcome to Patricia Briggs’s world, a place where “witche...)

    2010
  • Masques and Wolfsbane

    (Before Patricia Briggs penned her bestselling Mercy Thomp...)

    2011
  • Night Broken

    (#1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs’s Me...)

    2015
  • Moon Called

    (Moon Called is the novel that introduced Patricia Briggs’...)

    2006
  • Steal the Dragon

    (When Rialla was young, slave traders from Darran ambushed...)

    1995
  • Mercy Thompson: Moon Called

    (Coyote shape-shifter Mercy Thompson has just killed a rag...)

    2010
  • Mercy Thompson Moon Called

    (Coyote shape-shifter Mercy Thompson has just killed a rag...)

    2010
  • Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson: Moon Called

    (Five Mercy Thompson novels have topped the New York Times...)

    2011
  • Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson: Moon Called

    (Five Mercy Thompson novels have topped the New York Times...)

    2011
  • Dragon Blood

    (The Hurog duology concludes with this fantastical adventu...)

    2012
  • Alpha & Omega, Call of the Hunt: Alpha & Omega, Cry Wolf, Hunting Ground, Fair Game

    (Combines a novella with three novels in series: "Alpha an...)

    2012
  • Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Moon Called

    (Mercy Thompson is a walker, a last-of-her-kind being who ...)

    2011
  • Dragon Bones

    (Most everyone thinks Ward of Hurog is a simple-minded foo...)

    2002
  • Wolfsbane (Sianim)

    (The second Sianim novel from the #1 New York Times bestse...)

    2010
  • Preying for Mercy

    (Car mechanic Mercy Thompson doesn't exactly have a normal...)

    2008
  • Patricia Briggs Mercy Thompson Moon

    (A dead werewolf's been dumped at Mercy Thompson's front d...)

    2010
  • Patricia Brigg's Alpha and Omega Cry Wolf

    (Full color comic book based on the novel by Patricia Brig...)

    2012
  • Fire Touched

    (Mercy Thompson has been hailed as “a heroine who...always...)

    2017
  • Frost Burned

    (Mercy's life has undergone a seismic change. Becoming the...)

    2014
  • Bone Crossed 2009
  • Masques, Wolfsbane, Steal the Dragon, When Demons Walk 2010
  • Silver Borne 2010
  • River Marked 2011
  • Patricia Briggs: Dead Heat 2015
  • Iron Kissed 2007
  • When Demons Walk 2008
  • Bone Crossed 2011
  • Iron Kissed 2008
  • Bone Crossed 2009
  • Hunting Ground: Alpha and Omega 2009
  • Steal the Dragon 1995
  • Hunting Ground 2008
  • Night Broken Briggs 2014
  • Shamera - Die Diebin: Roman 2015

Personality

Patty is a prevarication professional. She lies for a living, telling whoppers and fibs so outrageous that people pay her to fib some more. Her only concession to honesty is that she tells people she’s lying to them, which is what separates a fiction author from a politician. She loves to play with her imaginary friends, and meeting with readers who know her imaginary friends is a treat. Her biggest complaint with writing is that she has far more ideas for stories than time to write them.

Connections

Patricia Briggs was married to Mike Briggs, he died unexpectedly on January 23, 2017. The couple lived in Benton City, and Mike Briggs acted as a research assistant for his wife’s books.

husband:

Michael Briggs

References

• Patricia Briggs` Home Page