Urban Fantasy: More Things 'Twixt Heaven and Earth
A Guide to Urban Fantasy
This lens is an introduction to Urban Fantasy, a relatively new subgenre of fiction. It is also sometimes known as Contemporary Fantasy or, occasionally, Supernaturals. For purposes of this lens, Urban Fantasy is fiction in which magical or supernatural elements are placed in a modern-world context, that does not fit neatly into "horror". The world may even be more "advanced" than modern in some cases. Decisions on what's In and what's Out are, of course, subjective, and I don't c...

Kelley Armstrong - Author of the Women of the Otherworld Series
Kelley Armstrong Writes the Urban Fantasy Women of the Otherworld Series
Best known for her Women of the Otherworld series, Kelley Armstrong writes Urban Fantasy for adults and young adults. As with most urban fantasy, the worlds of her books are filled with the supernatural existing alongside the humans, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Here, the supernaturals are not out in the open - but seek to keep control of those in their community to protect their world. There are werewolves, vampires, witches, half-demons and necromancers in the world of the supernatural...

Best Werewolf Books Series For Women and Men
Blood, fangs, hair and claws. I love 'em! Oddly enough though, despite the huge number of paranormal romance novels and urban fantasy series featuring vampires, the who werewolf genre has been almost completely overlooked not only in recent times but in the past too. Despite such marketing juggernauts as the Twilight series featuring werewolves heavily there just hasn't been the push towards making more werewolf novels for adults in the same way as the paranormal vampire romances which have b...

Kim Harrison - Author of the Rachel Morgan Hollows Books
Kim Harrison Writes the Hollows Urban Fantasy Series Featuring the Character Rachel Morgan
Kim Harrison is a fantasy author and creator of the world of the Hollows. Rachel Morgan, the main character of the series, is a bounty hunter slash witch living in Cincinnati after the "Turn" when all the supernaturals came out to the world. The Rachel Morgan books are clever and fast paced supernatural stories with a bit of mystery and a ton of action.