Jim Butcher – Biography – Bibliography

Biography

Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles including Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwon Do, Gojo Shorei Ryu, and a sprinkling of Kung Fu. He is a skilled rider and has worked as a summer camp horse wrangler and performed in front of large audiences in both drill riding and stunt riding exhibitions.

Jim enjoys fencing, singing, bad science fiction movies and live-action gaming. He lives in Missouri with his wife, son, and a vicious guard dog.
Jim goes by the moniker Longshot in a number of online locales. He came by this name in the early 1990′s when he decided he would become a published author. Usually only 3 in 1000 who make such an attempt actually manage to become published; of those, only 1 in 10 make enough money to call it a living. The sale of a second series was the breakthrough that let him beat the long odds against attaining a career as a novelist.

All the same, he refuses to change his nickname.

 

Bibliography

The Dresden Files

1          Storm Front  – Release Date: April, 2000     

2          Fool Moon  – Release Date: January, 2001

3          Grave Peril – Release Date:  September, 2001

4          Summer Knight  – Release Date: September, 2002           

5          Death Masks – Release Date: August, 2003

6          Blood Rites – Release Date: August, 2004

7          Dead Beat – Release Date: May, 2005 

8          Proven Guilty – Release Date: May,  2006

9          White Night – Release Date: April, 2007

10        Small Favor – Release Date:  April, 2008  

11        Turn Coat – Release Date: April, 2009  

12        Changes  – Release Date: April, 2010  

13        Ghost Story – Release Date: July, 2011   

14        Cold Days  – Release Date:  November, 2012    

 

Dresden Files Omnibus Bibliography

1–3      Wizard for Hire           2005 March – Storm Front, Fool Moon & Grave Peril

4 & 5   Wizard by Trade         2006 March – Summer Knight & Death Masks

6 & 7   Wizard at Large          2006 October – Blood Rites & Dead Beat

8 & 9   Wizard Under Fire      2007 May – Proven Guilty & White Night

Side Jobs      October, 2010        Ten short stories

   “Restoration of Faith” (Harry Dresden short story)

    “Vignette” (Harry Dresden vignette)

    “Something Borrowed” (Harry Dresden short story), published in My Big Fat      Supernatural Wedding (October 3, 2006)

    “It’s My Birthday Too” (Harry Dresden short story), published in Many Bloody             Returns (September 4, 2007)

    “Heorot” (Harry Dresden short story), published in My Big Fat Supernatural      Honeymoon (December 26, 2007)

    “Day Off” (Harry Dresden short story), published in Blood Lite (October 21, 2008)

    “Backup  (Harry Dresden novelette, illustrated by Mike Mignola), published by             Subterranean Press (October 31, 2008)

    “The Warrior”, published in Mean Streets (January 6, 2009)
    “Last Call”, published in Strange Brew (July 7, 2009)
    “Love Hurts” — from Songs of Love and Death, edited by George R. R. Martin and                 Gardner Dozois (Released November 16th, 2010.)

    “Aftermath — post-Changes novelette from Murphy’s POV, EXCLUSIVE to this       anthology!

Short Stories (to be added to next Side Jobs sequel)

“Even Hand”, published in Dark and Stormy Knights (July 20, 2010)

“Curses”, published in Naked City (July 5, 2011)

“Bigfoot on Campus”, published in Hex Appeal (June 5, 2012)

“AAAA Wizardry” – Dresden Files RPG, published by Evil Hat

“I Was A Teenage Bigfoot” -Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste, edited by Kevin J. Anderson.
            Released 5/29/2012

“B is for Bigfoot” – Under My Hat: Tales From the Cauldron, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Released 8/28/2012

“Bombshells” – Molly-POV novella from Dangerous Women, edited by George R. R.       Martin and Gardner Duzois.- Release date TBA.

 

Codex Alera
1          Furies of Calderon – Release Date: October, 2004         

2          Academ’s Fury – Release Date: July, 2005    

3          Cursor’s Fury  – Release Date: December, 2006      

4          Captain’s Fury – Release Date: December, 2007      

5          Princeps’ Fury  – Release Date:December, 2008      

6          First Lord’s Fury – Release Date: November, 2009

Other

The Darkest Hours – Release Date:June, 2006