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Jim Butcher is the author of the Dresden Files, the Codex Alera, and a new steampunk series, the Cinder Spires. His resume includes a laundry list of skills which were useful a couple of centuries ago, and he plays guitar quite badly. An avid gamer, he plays tabletop games in varying systems, a variety of video games on PC and console, and LARPs whenever he can make time for it. Jim currently resides mostly inside his own head, but his head can generally be found in his home town of Independence, Missouri.

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 publishe ...more

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	Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 259,919 ratings — published 2000 — 85 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 144,459 ratings — published 2001 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 125,053 ratings — published 2001 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 115,226 ratings — published 2002 — 50 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 106,106 ratings — published 2003 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Beat (The Dresden Files, #7) 4.43 avg rating — 97,684 ratings — published 2005 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, #6) 4.33 avg rating — 100,542 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Proven Guilty (The Dresden Files, #8) 4.41 avg rating — 95,045 ratings — published 2006 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Changes (The Dresden Files, #12) 4.49 avg rating — 92,300 ratings — published 2010 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Night (The Dresden Files, #9) 4.40 avg rating — 94,818 ratings — published 2007 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Freedom v Fear

I don't make statements like this a lot, and I don't really feel like engaging in a huge debate. But there's something I need to say regarding Charlie Hebdo.

God knows I have little in common with the folks who died. I doubt we'd have agreed on very much. Looking over some of their work, I find myself rolling my eyes a lot.

But I do agree on at least one matter with them--they should be free to s... Read more of this blog post »

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The Dresden Files (18 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.26 avg rating — 1,797,622 ratings

Codex Alera (6 books)
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4.29 avg rating — 366,669 ratings

The Dresden Files Graphic Novels (10 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Mark Powers

Carlos Gómez (Illustrations)

Stjepan Šejić (Illustrations)

4.18 avg rating — 39,518 ratings

The Cinder Spires (2 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author)

4.17 avg rating — 34,134 ratings

Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle (5 books)
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Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author),

Ardian Syaf (Illustrator)

4.11 avg rating — 16,167 ratings

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Jim Butcher voted for The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) as Best Fantasy in the Opening Round of the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards. Cast Your Vote
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Jim Butcher made a comment on Jason’s review of The Aeronaut's Windlass (The Cinder Spires, #1) " Jason, Sometimes life (and the bad things that life can bring) happens to authors too. Bad things like that can have a greater impact on creative effort ...more "
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Jim Butcher answered Matthew Thorn's question: Is there anything, non-spoiler, that you can tell us that we as the reader might be thinking incorrectly about since we only get Harry's perspective on everything? Basically anything to do with the White Council, Harry has no rational perspective on whatsoever. :)
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“When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching -- they are your family. ”
― Jim Butcher

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“Are you always a smartass?'

Nope. Sometimes I'm asleep.”
― Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

tags: humor, impudence, sarcasm, smartass

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“Paranoid? Probably. But just because you're paranoid doesn't mean there isn't an invisible demon about to eat your face.”
― Jim Butcher, Storm Front

tags: demon, paranoia, paranoid

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Bob

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Karrin Murphy

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Thomas Raith

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Michael Carpenter

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Molly Carpenter

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