Jim Butcher (1) (1971–)
Author of Storm Front
For other authors named Jim Butcher, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Jim Butcher was born in Independence, Missouri on October 26, 1971. He is the author of The Dresden Files series, the Codex Alera series, Side Jobs, Ghost Story, and the Cinder Spires series. He has also written a Spider-Man novel entitled The Darkest Hours and a novelette entitled Backup. He has show more contributed to numerous anthologies including My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, Blood Lite, and Many Bloody Returns. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Series
Works by Jim Butcher
Vignette [short story] 124 copies
Mirror Mirror 79 copies
Jim Butcher the Dresden Files Series Set (Book 1-12): Storm Front, Full Moon, Grave Peril, Summer Knight, Death Masks,… (2009) 41 copies
Christmas Eve 38 copies
Twelve Months 21 copies
Even Hand 16 copies
B Is for Bigfoot [short story] 16 copies
The Warrior 15 copies
Something Borrowed 14 copies
Aftermath [short story] 14 copies
AAAA Wizardry 13 copies
It's My Birthday Too 13 copies
Day Off [short story] 12 copies
Journal (The Dresden Files, #11.1) 12 copies
Bombshells 11 copies
Mike (The Dresden Files #9.5) 11 copies
Goodbye (The Dresden Files, #12.1) 11 copies
Job Placement (The Dresden Files, #15.2) 10 copies
Curses [short story] 9 copies
I Was a Teenage Bigfoot 9 copies
Bigfoot on Campus [short story] 8 copies
Cold Case 8 copies
Last Call [short story] 7 copies
Zoo Day 6 copies
Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files Omnibus Vol. 1 (Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Complete Series) 6 copies
Dabel Brothers Showcase (Free Comic Book Day 2009) (2009) — Contributor; Contributor; Contributor — 5 copies
Day One 5 copies
Monsters 5 copies
The Codex Alera Series 6 Books Collection Set By Jim Butcher (Furies Of Calderon, Academ's Fury, Cursor's… (2019) 3 copies
Fugitive (The Dresden Files, #17.5) 3 copies
The Codex Alera Series, 1-5: Furies of Calderon, Academ's Fury, Cursor's Fury, Captain's Fury & Princep's Fury (2009) 2 copies
Dresden Files (15 books) 1 copy
The Dresden Files Prequel 1 copy
Cold DaysChanges 1 copy
Old Jobs 1 copy
The Dresden Files 1-5 & 7-10 1 copy
Writing Advice - Jim Butcher 1 copy
Associated Works
Stepping Through the Stargate: Science, Archaeology and the Military in Stargate SG1 (2004) — Contributor — 103 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Butcher, James D.
- Birthdate
- 1971-10-26
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Independence, Missouri, USA
- Occupations
- novelist
- Relationships
- Butcher, Shannon K. (wife)
Butcher, James J. (son) - Agent
- Ricia Mainhardt
Jennifer Jackson - Short biography
- Jim Butcher read his first fantasy novel when he was seven years old-- the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. By the time he turned eight, he'd added the rest of the Narnia books, the Prydain Chronicles, every book about Star Wars he could find, a great many Star Trek novels and the Lord of the Rings to his count.
So he was pretty much doomed from the start.
Love of fantasy, his personal gateway drug, drew him toward a fairly eclectic spread of interests: horseback riding (including trick riding, stunt riding, drill riding, and competitive stunt racing), archery, martial arts, costuming, music and theater. He played a lot of role- playing games, a lot of fantasy-based tactical computer games, and eventually got into live-action roleplay where players beat each other up with boffer weapons.
So, really, he can fly his nerd flag with pretty much anyone, and frequently does.
He took up writing to be able to produce fantasy novels with swords and horses in them, and determinedly wrote terrible fantasy books until, just to prove a point to his writing teacher, he decided to take every piece of her advice; fill out outlines and worksheets, and design stories and characters just the way she'd been telling him to do for about three years. He was certain that once she saw what hideous art it produced, she would be proven wrong and repent the error of her ways. The result was the Dresden Files, which sure showed *her*.
She has not yet admitted her mistake and recanted her philosophy on writing.
Jim has performed in dramas, musicals, and vocal groups in front of live audiences of thousands and on TV. He has performed exhibition riding in multiple arenas, and fallen from running horses a truly ridiculous number of times. He was once cursed by an Amazon witch doctor in rural Brazil, has apparently begun writing about himself in the third person, and is hardly ever sick at sea.
He also writes books occasionally.
Jim stands accused of writing the Dresden Files and the Codex Alera. He's plead insanity, but the jury is still out on that one. He lives in Missouri with his wife, romantic suspense and paranormal romance writer Shannon K. Butcher (who is really pretty and way out of his league), his son, and a ferocious guard dog.
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Discussions
Dresden Files Series Order in Jim Butcher (June 2020)
Dresden Files Group Read in 2019 Category Challenge (May 2019)
Storm Front, Jim Butcher in World Reading Circle (June 2018)
Ghost Story (Potential for Spoilers) in Jim Butcher (December 2015)
Dresden Files Heirarchy in Jim Butcher (January 2013)
The Dresden Files in FantasyFans (August 2011)
Storm Front in Jim Butcher (June 2011)
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Statistics
- Works
- 170
- Also by
- 27
- Members
- 142,679
- Popularity
- #45
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 4,340
- ISBNs
- 723
- Languages
- 15
- Favorited
- 196