Patricia Briggs

2 universes Last reviewed 2026-10-04

Patricia Briggs was born on December 21, 1965, in Butte, Montana, and now lives in Benton City, Washington. She began writing in 1990 and published her first novel, Masques, in 1993, going on to work primarily in fantasy and urban fantasy over more than three decades. She is best known for the Mercy Thompson series, which began with Moon Called in 2006 and had grown to 14 novels by 2024, and for the related Alpha and Omega series, following the characters Anna Latham and Charles Cornick in the same fictional world. Several of her novels, including Hunting Ground (2009), Silver Borne (2010), River Marked (2011), and Night Broken (2014), were finalists for the Endeavour Award.

Universe(s)

Books

• Masques (1993) · Sianim Core Canon
• Steal the Dragon (1995) · Sianim Core Canon
• When Demons Walk (1998) · Sianim Core Canon
• Moon Called (2006) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Blood Bound (2007) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Alpha and Omega (2008) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Expanded Canon
• Cry Wolf (2008) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Iron Kissed (2008) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Bone Crossed (2009) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Hunting Ground (2009) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Silver Borne (2010) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Wolfsbane (2010) · Sianim Core Canon
• River Marked (2011) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Fair Game (2012) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Frost Burned (2013) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Night Broken (2014) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Dead Heat (2015) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Fire Touched (2016) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Silence Fallen (2017) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Burn Bright (2018) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Storm Cursed (2019) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Smoke Bitten (2020) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Wild Sign (2021) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Soul Taken (2022) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon
• Winter Lost (2024) · Mercy Thompson / Alpha and Omega Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

These are separate, unrelated universes; the totals below are plain sums of already-published per-universe facts, never a blended or averaged score across them. See each universe's own figures above.

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 24 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 3 (3 nomination)

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