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Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is the author of the New York Times best-selling series "The Dresden Files" for Roc and the high fantasy series "The Codex Alera" for Ace. "The Dresden Files" is also a successful series of audio books; an online roleplaying game; a series of comic books; and was a short-lived television series on SCI FI Channel. A martial arts enthusiast and a skilled equestrian rider, Jim lives in Missouri with his wife and son.

Love Hurts will be released on May 03, 2011 in eBook
May 03, 2011
Love Hurts is now available in eBook
May 03, 2011
Blood Lite will be released on September 29, 2009 in Mass Market Paperback
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Blood Lite is now available in Mass Market Paperback
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The Darkest Hours is now available in Trade Paperback
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Spider-Man: The Darkest Hours is now available in Trade Paperback
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Mar 01, 2009
The Darkest Hours will be released on June 02, 2009 in Trade Paperback
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Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Blood Lite is now available in Trade Paperback
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Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in eBook
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Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in eBook
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Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in eBook
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Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in eBook
Oct 21, 2008
Blood Lite will be released on October 21, 2008 in eBook
Oct 21, 2008

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New York Times, May 18, 2012
...a lovely voice, sometimes seems, in long works like Middlemarch and the six-volume Codex Alera fantasy series by Jim Butcher, to let slip a hint of weariness, if not outright boredom. Then theres Grover Gardner, a wry narrator with a mellow, regular-guy...
Indianapolis Star, May 10, 2012
...is impossible to keep quiet.The top guilty pleasure book series for me is "Dresden Files," by Jim Butcher. There's nothing wrong with a little popcorn for the brain from time to time. My Nook is full of popcorn.Reading the book before watching the movie...
Examiner.com, May 2, 2012
...Some authors, however, have managed to create fantastical worlds without dropping a lost child into the mix.  Jim Butcher, author of the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera, is one of these writers.  And in different ways for each series.   In the...
Cleveland Live, April 21, 2012
...quick to cite Mark Twain and John Steinbeck as influences, along with Michael Crichton, ?Star Wars,? and Jim Butcher of ?The Dresden Files.? It?s the latter series Shamhart?s work most closely resembles, mixing the glamourless side of life with dark...
Examiner.com, April 14, 2012
...a treasure trove for anyone who loves the fantasy genre. Alongside more obvious selections by authors such as Jim Butcher, Mercedes Lackey and J.R.R. Tolkien are many lesser-known gems waiting to be discovered on their shelves. One of these wonderful...
TheStar.com.my, April 1, 2012
...to help publicise the original works!) In fact, some authors have actually endorsed fan fiction. Urban fantasy author Jim Butcher gave his blessings, saying that fiction based on his characters can be licensed as derivative, noncommercial fiction under...
Colorado Springs Independent, March 29, 2012
...or exceeded 400. Speaker lists included more bestselling authors, both from outside Colorado — such as Nora Roberts, Jim Butcher, Jeffery Deaver and Jennifer O'Connell — as well as those closer to home, such as Kevin J. Anderson, Stephen White, Carol...
Newsarama, February 24, 2012
...s epic run on Zorro! Witness the beginning of the end in issue #11 of Zorro Rides Again! JIM BUTCHER’S THE DRESDEN FILES: FOOL MOON #6 32 pages FC • $3.99 • Teen + • re-solicit Written by JIM BUTCHER, MARK POWERS Art and cover by CHASE CONLEY...
Prairie Star, February 23, 2012
...Jim Butcher with sale catalog Jim Butcher reads the sale catalog during the Butcher brothers annual bull sale at Gateway Simmental Ranch near Lewistown, Mont., last week. Jim and Tom Butcher...
Times Union, February 23, 2012
...available): My favorite non-fiction authors include Bell Hooks, James Baldwin, and Inga Muscio. My favorite fiction authors are Jim Butcher, Kim Harrison, Ursula Le Guin, Douglas Adams, and Naomi Novik. I’m currently reading the 39 part Discworld...
Examiner.com, February 23, 2012
...Al Capone and fictional Chicago crime lord Gentleman Johnny Marcone are striking to any reader. Fool Moon author Jim Butcher is the only one who REALLY knows if Marcones character was based on Capone.but everyone else can develop theories until he...
Music Network, February 22, 2012
...jock was sprung photo-shopping himself on his Facebook page and on the station website? Spotify’s communications manager Jim Butcher was in Australia last week to oversee its launch — but he was reluctant to announce when that would be. Will Laneway...
Prairie Star, February 18, 2012
...like the one in the photo. By TERRI ADAMS The Prairie Star The Prairie Star | 0 comments Jim Butcher is hoping to finish his sale catalog soon. “I like to have it all mailed and in the hands of the buyers by January 15,” he said. The catalog...
Huffington Post, February 17, 2012
...s smartphone was just sitting innocently in his backpack ... think again. Okay, call me paranoid. But as novelist Jim Butcher reminds us, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face." I thought about...