Faith Hunter
Gwendolyn Faith Hunter is an American author and blogger, writing in the fantasy and thriller genres. She writes as Faith Hunter in the fantasy genre, and as Gwen Hunter in the thriller genre.[1] She also has collaborated on thrillers with Gary Leveille, jointly using the name Gary Hunter. Hunter is one of the founding members of the blog, MagicalWords.net, a writer assistance blog, and has developed a role-playing game based on her Rogue Mage series.[2]
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Faith Hunter speaking at Athens-Clarke County Library in 2014 | |
Pen name | Faith Hunter, Gwen Hunter, Gary Hunter |
Occupation | novelist |
Nationality | United States |
Period | 1990 to present |
Genre | thriller; post-apocalyptic fantasy, urban fantasy |
Website | |
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Biography
Hunter grew up in the Louisiana bayou country and began writing during high school. She graduated from college with a degree in Allied Health Technology and used to work full-time in a rural hospital.[1] She resides in South Carolina with her husband, Rod Hunter.
Reception
Critical reception for Hunter's work has been positive,[3][4] with Monsters and Critics praising Bloodring as "an entertaining, if a bit rough first volume in a promising new series".[5] Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews also reviewed Bloodring,[6] with Publishers Weekly praising the "strong, cliffhanger ending".[7]
Bibliography
Garrick Travis series
- Death Warrant, October 1990, Warner Books, ISBN 978-0-446-36013-5
- Death Sentence, July 1992, Warner Books, ISBN 978-0-446-36014-2
Rhea Lynch, M.D. series
DeLande Saga series
- Betrayal, 1994, Pocket Star Books, ISBN 0-671-89153-7; reissue February 28, 2004, Bella Rosa Books, ISBN 0-9747685-0-2
- False Truths, August 30, 2004, Bella Rosa Books, ISBN 0-9747685-1-0
- Law Of The Wild, December 31, 2005, Bella Rosa Books, ISBN 1-933523-11-5
Stand-alone books
- Blackwater Secrets, January 2007, Bella Rosa Books, ISBN 978-1-933523-02-6
- Bloodstone, January 1, 2006, Mira Books, ISBN 0-7783-2221-1
- Shadow Valley, January 1, 2005, Mira Books, ISBN 978-0-7783-2130-9
- Ashes to Ashes, June 1997, Trafalgar Square Publishing, ISBN 978-0-340-63800-2
- Sleep Softly, February 1, 2008, Mira Books, ISBN 978-0-7783-2464-5
- Rapid Descent, February 1, 2009, Mira Books, ISBN 978-0-7783-2621-2
- His Blood Like Tears, 2012, Bella Rosa Books, ISBN 978-1-933523-42-2
Nonfiction
- "Whitewater Evolution:A Novelist's Route from Phobia to Obsession", American Whitewater, March/April 2009, page 60-61
Rogue Mage series
- Bloodring, November 7, 2006, Roc Trade, ISBN 0-451-46108-8
- Seraphs, May 1, 2007, Roc Trade, ISBN 978-0-451-46147-6
- Host, November 6, 2007, Roc Trade, ISBN 978-0-451-46173-5
- "Trials (Rogue Mage Anthology Book 1)", Faith Hunter and other others, November 28, 2016, Lore Seekers Press, ASIN B01N43OZ6C
- "Tribulations (Rogue Mage Anthology Book 2)", Faith Hunter and other authors, December 30, 2016, Lore Seekers Press, ASIN B01N2UTGCF
Jane Yellowrock series
These are in chronological order to match the timeline of the books.
# | Title | Anthology or Collection | Comments | With | Publication
Date |
Publisher | ISBN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.0 | Water Witch Crossover[8] | D.B. Jackson
(Hannah Everhart) |
Jun 2015 | Bella Rosa Books | ASIN B00Z815OP2 | |||
0.1 | Explosion on King’s Street Crossover | Novella | David B Coe
(Hannah Everhart) |
2015
2018 |
Lore Seeker’s Press | |||
0.2 | Eighteen Sixty | The Weird Wild West[9] | Aya | 2015 | eSpec Books | ISBN 978-1-942990-01-7 | ||
0.3 | Wolves Howling in the Night | Lawless Lands[10] | Aya | |||||
0.4 | WeSa and the Lumber King | Blood in Her Veins[11] | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | |||
0.5 | Make it Snappy | Urban Enemies[12] | Leo | Aug 2017 | Gallery Books | ISBN 978-1-501155-08-6 | ||
0.6 | The Early Years | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Beast | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
0.7 | Snafu | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
0.8 | Cat Tats | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Rick | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
0.9 | Kits' | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
0.10 | Haints' | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Molly | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
0.11 | Signatures of the Dead | Blood in Her Veins[11] Strange Brew[13] | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | |||
1 | Skinwalker | Jul 7, 2009 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-46280-0 | ||||
1.5 | First Sight | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Bruiser | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
2 | Blood Cross | Jan 5, 2010 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-46307-4 | ||||
3 | Mercy Blade | Jan 4, 2011 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-46372-2 | ||||
3.5 | Blood, Fangs and Going Furry | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Rick | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
3.75 | Dance Master | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Bruiser | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
4 | Raven Cursed | Jan 3, 2012 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-46433-0 | ||||
4.25 | Cajun With Fangs | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
4.5 | Golden Delicious | An Apple for a Creature[14]
Blood in Her Veins[11] |
Rick | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
4.75 | Easy Pickings [15] | Crossover Novella
Jane |
Nov 2012 | Bella Rosa Books | ASIN B00AFNW7BC | |||
5 | Death's Rival | Oct 2, 2012 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-46485-9 | ||||
5.5 | George Meets Beast[16] | Mud Mymudes | 2015 | |||||
6 | Blood Trade | Apr 2, 2013 | ROC | ISBN 9780451465061 | ||||
6.25 | The Devil’s Left Boot | Kicking It
Blood in Her Veins[11] |
Everhart Twins | 2013
2016 |
ROC | ISBN 978-0-451-41900-2 | ||
6.5 | Beneath a Bloody Moon | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
6.75 | Black Water | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
7 | Black Arts | Jan 7, 2014 | ROC | ISBN 9780451465245 | ||||
7.25 | Off the Grid | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Soulwood intro novella | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
7.5 | Shiloh and the Brick | published online on multiple websites, | Jane | |||||
8 | Broken Soul | Oct 7, 2014 | ROC | ISBN 9780451465955 | ||||
8.5 | Not All is as it Seems | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Molly | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
9 | Dark Heir | Apr 7, 2015 | ROC | ISBN 9780451465962 | ||||
9.1 | Blood of the Earth | Soulwood Series | Aug 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0451473301 | |||
9.2 | How Occam Got His Name | published online at Bea's Book Nook | Occam | |||||
9.3 | Cat Fight | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
9.4 | Bound No More | Blood in Her Veins[11] | Jane | 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0-698-19698-8 | ||
9.5 | Candy from a Vampire | published online at Faith's website | Leo | |||||
9.6 | It’s just a Date | published online at Faith's website | Jane | |||||
10 | Shadow Rites | Apr 5, 2016 | ROC | ISBN 9780451465979 | ||||
10.1 | Curse on the Land | Soulwood Series | Nov 2016 | ROC | ISBN 978-0451473325 | |||
10.25 | Anzu, Duba, Beast | Were[17]
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Jane | 2016 | Zombies Need Brains | ISBN 1940709105. | ||
10.5 | She Bitch | The Monster Hunter Files[18] | Jane | 2016 | Baen Books | ISBN 978-1-4814-8275-2 | ||
11 | Cold Reign | May 2, 2017 | Ace | ISBN 978-1101991404 | ||||
11.1 | Flame in the Dark | Soulwood Series | Dec 2017 | ROC | ISBN 978-0451473332 | |||
11.25 | Black Friday Shopping | published online at Faith's website | Nell
Occam |
May 2017 | ||||
11.5 | Death and the Fashionista | The Death of All Things[19]
|
Molly | Aug 2017 | Zombies Need Brains | ISBN 978-1-940709-16-1 | ||
11.75 | My Dark Knight | Temporally Deactivated[20]
|
Everhart-Truebloods
Edmond |
Jun 2019 | Zombies Need Brains | ISBN 978-1940709246 | ||
12 | Dark Queen | May 1, 2018 | Ace | ISBN 978-1101991428 | ||||
13 | Shattered Bonds | Oct 29, 2019 | Ace | ISBN 9780399587986 | ||||
13.25 | Circle of the Moon | Soulwood Series | Feb 2019 | ROC | ISBN 978-0399587948 | |||
13.50 | TBD | Dirty Deeds[21] |
January 2021 | Pen & Page Publishing | ISBN 1649640102 |
Soulwood series
- Blood of the Earth, August 2, 2016, ROC ISBN 978-0451473301
- Curse on the Land, November 1, 2016, ROC ISBN 978-0451473325
- Flame in the Dark, December 5, 2017, ROC ISBN 978-0451473332
- Circle of the Moon, Feb 26, 2019, ROC ISBN 978-0399587948
Nonfiction
- "Common Misconceptions About Writers", Crossed Genres, Issue 1.
References
- Faith IN THE DARK Herald
- Stiles, Christina; Hunter, Faith; Blackwell, Raven (August 11, 2012). The Rogue Mage RPG Players Handbook. Bella Rosa Books. ISBN 978-1622680153.
- Fiction Review: Host Publishers Weekly
- Fiction Review: Bloodring Booklist
- Book Review: Bloodring by Faith Hunter Monsters and Critics
- Fiction Review: Bloodring Kirkus Reviews
- Fiction Review: Bloodring Publishers Weekly
- "Water Witch Crossover".
- "Weird Wild West".
- "Lawlless Lands".
- "Blood in Her Veins".
- "Urban Enemies".
- "Strange Brew".
- "An Apple for a Creature".
- "Easy Pickings".
- "George Meets Beast".
- "Were".
- "Monster Hunter Files".
- "Death of All Things".
- "Temporally Deactivated".
- "Dirty Deeds".
External links
- Faith Hunter's homepage
- Gwen Hunter's homepage
- Yellowrock Securities - website for fictional character Jane Yellowrock
- Magical Words — Writing blog of Faith Hunter, David B. Coe, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, Stuart Jaffe, and Edmund R. Schubert
- Faith Hunter at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database