Biography
Writer Jim Butcher, having the kind of avid hippie in the photo, was able to create his own literary universe, populated by the root, dragons and vampires. Critics believe that the genre of works of the American is at the junction of fantasy, detective and a launch thriller. In addition to books, in the Batcher Universe there are comics, computer and board games.Childhood and youth
The future writer was born in the fall of 1971 in the fourth in terms of the city of Missouri - Independence. The surname Jim into Russian translates as a "butcher", and the name of the small Motherland of the science, during his appearance worried a rapid growth, as "independence." Now the population of Independence has 120 thousand people.
Jim has two senior sisters who introduced him to the works of the "Lord of the Rings" and the "Adventures of Khan Solo". So the passion for Fantastic and Fantasy batcher was born. At the age of 25, Jim wrote the first novel from the Dresden dossier cycle - "Thunderstorm from the Underworld".
Personal life
About the personal life of Jim knows little. A man is married to a colleague - the author of Love Romans Shannon K. Batcher. Spouses are growing Son James Joseph. Shelter with batchers shares his favorite dog.Butcher is fond of martial arts (Kung Fu and Taekwondo), but is considered not a master, but enthusiast of oriental martial arts. Among Jim's hobbies are also hobbies such as horse riding, fencing and vocals.
Books
In the center of the most extensive batcher series - biography and adventures of the magician from Chicago Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden. The plot of the cycle is linear, in books, except for Noura and Magic, there are investigations and humor.
At the beginning of the series, the guy, endowed with paranormal abilities, is trying to earn private son, refusing to make malicious potions. The hero is considered a kranny as death inhabitants of Chicago and representatives of the occult world. From the book to the book, the skill of Harry Dresden grows, but also the opponents of the character are increasingly mighty.
Dresden's dossier exists a successful comic adaptation, created by the Butcher, and unsuccessful television is the series "Detective Dresden: secret materials", closed after the 1st season. The main role in the film was played by Paul Blacktorm.
In 2004, the Batcher launched the second series of books "Codex Alera". In the first book of the Calderon Fury cycle, unlike the "Dresden dossier, the events are not unfolded in the modern American city, but in the fictional state of Alera, located on the verge of civil war.
Jim Batcher now
At the end of 2018, between the writer and producer Aylin Misels, among the film projects of which the British interpretation of Evgenia Onegin, the films "ink heart" and "Golden Compass", were negotiations on the new film release of the Dresden dossier series, but about the shooting of the series in 2019 The media was silent. In 2019, the Batcher's bibliography was replenished with a new novel from the Cycles about Chicago Correction "Peace Talks".Bibliography
Dresden Dossier series
- 2000 - "Thunderstorm from the Underworld"
- 2000 - "Moon shines madness"
- 2001 - "Tomb as a gift"
- 2004 - "Blood rite"
- 2006 - "Proof of guilt"
- 2008 - "Little favor"
- 2009 - "Sales Skin"
- 2014 - "Dirty Game"
- 2019 - "Peace Negotiations"
Series "Code Alfra"
- 2004 - "Furi Calderon"
- 2005 - "Battle of Calderon"
- 2006 - "Fury cursor"
- 2007 - "Fury Captain"
- 2009 - "Fury of the first Lord"
The "ash tower" series
- 2015 - "The winter of the airplant"