Patricia Briggs

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.

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.

For the complete Timeline for the "Mercyverse"

Mercedes Thompson is part Native American and a Coyote Walker.

She was raised by werewolves, is a pretty good mechanic, and lives in the Tri-Cities Area of Washington.

The series follows Mercy through her relationship with the local Alpha werewolf, who lives across her back fence, on a series of misadventures with all manner of magical and otherworldly creatures from the land of the Fae.

Mercy is tough as nails, with a heart of gold, often finding herself entangled in one complicated problem after another in her desire to help the underdog.

With her sharp mind, and equally sharp wit, Mercy battles injustice and her own insecurities about her past, in this refreshingly fun and creative series.

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.

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.

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series