Jim Butcher biography

Jim Butcher is a martial arts enthusiast with fifteen years of experience in various styles including Ryukyu Kempo, Tae Kwan 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.

Jim Butcher books

• Storm Front (2000)
• Fool Moon (2001)
• Grave Peril (2001)
• Summer Knight (2002)
• Death Masks (2003)
• Blood Rites (2004)
• Furies of Calderon (2004)
• Academ's Fury (2005)
• Dead Beat (2005)
• Cursor's Fury (2006)
• My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006)
• Proven Guilty (2006)
• Captain's Fury (2007)
• White Night (2007)
• Backup (2008)
• Princeps' Fury (2008)
• Small Favor (2008)
• Mean Streets (2009)
• Turn Coat (2009)

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