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Do you fear vampires at the bus stop? Zombies in the Market Basket? Gorgons and hell hounds along your commute? We've long attributed these creatures to fantasy but how recently has that fantasy aligned with modern life? Readers call it Urban Fantasy and its also the aisle you'll find Bonita Gutierrez's books. And today, that author of THE WEREWOLF WHISPER dares to tread where she first encountered this genre through two of her favorite writers, KIM HARRISON & JIM BUTCHER.
Bonita Gutierrez is the author of THE WEREWOLF WHISPERER series of novels available for purchase at www.WEREWOLFWHISPERER.com. Read more of her writing at BONITA’S GEEKY BLOG-FU! and follow her on TWITTER follow her on TWITTER @BonitzMG and on INSTAGRAM @bonitamg.
POP NOTES
Some of the key elements to urban fantasy are magic, urban settings, magic and a crime noir aesthetic.
Kim Harrison is actually a pen name for author Dawn Cook. She has authored authored over 12 Hollow Series novels, featuring protagonist Rachel Morgan under the Kim Harrison name starting with 2004’s DEAD WITCH WALKING.
Under the name Dawn Cook, she has authored the the four volume THE TRUTH series beginning with 2004’s FIRST TRUTH.
Jim Butcher wrote his first novel as THE DRESDEN FILES, in 1996 as part of an assignment for a writing course. Officially published on April 1, 2000 as STORM FRONT he quickly followed it up with two more Dresden books, FOOL MOON and GRAVE PERIL all within a year and a half.
On September 20th of this year he released the 17th title in the Dresden Files series, BATTLE GROUND.
Jim Butcher’s THE DRESDEN FILES series was adapted into a 12 episode Sci-Fi series in 2007. It starred Paul Blackthorne (JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM) as detective as Detective Harry Dresden as well as Valerie Cruz (TRUE BLOOD) adn Terrance Mann (JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA).
Further examples of Urban Fantasy include Charlaine Harris (THE SOUTHERN VAMPIRE MYSTERIES), Laurell K. Hamilton (THE MERRY GENTRY) Neil Gaiman (AMERICAN GODS) and Faith Hunter (THE JANE YELLOWROCK series)..
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