Briggs writes traditional and urban fantasy. Her Mercedes Thompson series recently made the New York Times Best Seller List. Briggs has published ten books, and another is scheduled for release in January of 2008. Briggs’ stories have appeared in two anthologies: “Silver Birch, Blood Moon” — which won the World Fantasy Award — and “On The Prowl.”

For more information about Patricia Briggs go to Hurog.com

FYI:

Recently published fiction includes "Red Rover," by Deirdre McNamer.

If you’re interested in nonfiction, take note of "Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West," written by Michael Punke. Or, "The Cowboy Girl: The Life of Caroline Lockhart," by John Clayton.

For more information about new books, contact your favorite bookseller or library.

And if you’re longing for adventure, think about this quote from an Emily Dickinson poem:

“There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away.”

The Write Question is produced by Chérie Newman.

Research assistance, Reneé McGrath.

Executive producer, Michael Marsolek.

Special thanks to Barbara Theroux and Kim Anderson.

This program included music by Michael Blessing, Springhill, Mozart, Dublin Gulch, James Taylor, and Skyline.


Guests on the The Write Question are writers, publishers, and illustrators living, or working for an extended period of time, in the western United States. The Write Question is a production of Montana Public Radio.