Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher (born October 26, 1971 in Independence ) is an American writer, known for his Dresden Files and Codex Alera series. Butcher studied English literature after high school and initially taught as an English teacher after graduating. At the same time he worked on his first manuscript called "The Dresden Files", which was published in 2006 in Germany. Jim Butcher is now a full-time writer.

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Dresden Files

The "Dresden Files" ( German  The Dark Cases of Harry Dresden ) are Butcher's first series about and with Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden, Chicago's first (and only) magician-detective. The series connects the fantasy world with today's reality through the very down-to-earth Harry Dresden. Harry is a real magician who makes his way as a private detective in an "alternative Chicago" where magic is real, but only noticed by very few people. The story is told from the first-person perspective of Harry Dresden.

tape	title	date	ISBN	engl. title	date	ISBN
1	Storm night	10/2006	ISBN 978-3-86762-111-3	Storm front	04/2000	ISBN 0-451-45781-1 .
2	Wolf hunting	01/2007	ISBN 978-3-86762-112-0	Fool moon	01/2001	ISBN 0-451-45812-5 .
3	Grave rest	09/2007	ISBN 978-3-86762-113-7	Grave Peril	07/2001	ISBN 0-451-45844-3 .
4th	Fairy anger	05/2009	ISBN 978-3-86762-114-4	Summer Knight	09/2002	ISBN 0-451-45892-3 .
5	Silver pieces	07/2009	ISBN 978-3-86762-115-1	Death Masks	08/2003	ISBN 0-451-45940-7 .
6th	Blood hunger	09/2009	ISBN 978-3-86762-116-8	Blood Rites	08/2004	ISBN 0-451-45987-3 .
7th	Elf king	02/2011	ISBN 978-3-86762-097-0	Dead beat	05/2006	ISBN 0-451-46091-X .
8th	Guilty	07/2011	ISBN 978-3-86762-102-1	Proven Guilty	01/2007	ISBN 978-0-451-46103-2 .
9	White Nights	04/2012	ISBN 978-3-86762-108-3	White Night	04/2007	ISBN 978-0-451-46140-7 .
10	Little favors	05/2012	ISBN 978-3-86762-109-0	Small Favor	04/2008	ISBN 978-0-451-46189-6 .
11	Treason	10/2012	ISBN 978-3-86762-110-6	Turn coat	04/2009	ISBN 978-0-451-46256-5 .
12	change	03/2013	ISBN 978-3-86762-163-2	Changes	04/2010	ISBN 978-0-451-46317-3 .
13	Ghost stories	09/2013	ISBN 978-3-86762-186-1	Ghost story	07/2011	ISBN 978-0-451-46379-1 .
14th	Freezing	11/2013	ISBN 978-3-86762-192-2	Cold Days	11/2012	ISBN 978-0-451-46440-8 .
15th	Clutter	12/2014	ISBN 978-3-86762-219-6	Skin game	05/2014	ISBN 978-0-451-46439-2 .
16	Peace talks	2020	ISBN 978-3-86762-255-4	Peace Talks	07/2020	ISBN 978-0-356-50091-1
17th				Battle Ground	09/2020	ISBN 978-0-59319930-5

Short story collections

tape	Title German	date	ISBN	engl. title
1	Part-time jobs	9/2014	ISBN 978-3-86762-206-6	Side jobs
2	On behalf of the Yeti	2/2018	ISBN 978-3-86762-305-6	Working for Bigfoot
3	Case studies	10/2018	ISBN 978-3-86762-333-9	Letter cases

The 15 volumes published so far as well as the three collections of short stories "Seitenjobs", "On behalf of the Yeti" and "Case Studies" were published by Audible between 2014 and 2020 . Volumes 1 and 2 were read in unabridged as audio books by David Nathan , Volumes 3 to 15 and the short stories were also read in as unabridged audio books by Richard Barenberg .

In 2007, the television series of the same name was broadcast on the US station (then) Sci Fi . Paul Blackthorne played Harry Dresden. The series was discontinued after the first season, consisting of 12 episodes.

Codex Alera

Jim Butcher's high fantasy series. The German translation has been published by Blanvalet since mid-2009 and ends with volume 6, The First Prince .

title	date	ISBN	engl. title	date	ISBN
The Elementals of Calderon	07/2009	ISBN 978-3-442-26583-1	Furies of Calderon	05/2005	ISBN 0-441-01268-X .
In the shadow of the prince	02/2010	ISBN 978-3-442-26584-8	Academ's Fury	07/2005	ISBN 0-441-01283-3 .
The Kalare conspirators	08/2010	ISBN 978-3-442-26585-5	Cursor's Fury	12/2006	ISBN 0-441-01434-8 .
The protector of Calderon	01/2011	ISBN 978-3-442-26779-8	Captain's Fury	12/2007	ISBN 978-0-441-01527-6 .
The Liberators of Canea	07/2011	ISBN 978-3-442-26788-0	Princeps' Fury	11/2008	ISBN 978-0-441-01638-9 .
The first prince	09/2012	ISBN 978-3-442-26789-7	First Lord's Fury	11/2009	ISBN 978-0-441-01769-0 .

Cinder Spiers

A steampunk series. The German translation will be published by Blanvalet from 2016 .

title	date	ISBN	engl. title	date	ISBN
Wind chasers	03/2016	ISBN 978-3-7341-6000-4	The Aeronaut's Windlass	09/2015	ISBN 978-0-451-46680-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jim Butcher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jim Butcher in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Jim Butcher in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Jim Butcher at Open Library
• Official website (English)
• Jim Butcher - entry at fantasy-books.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Audiobooks & Original Audio Shows - Get More from Audible . ( audible.com [accessed July 13, 2020]).