“I try to find a take on it that feels fresh and original.” Brandon Sanderson presents a world that’s somewhat the opposite of the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

Jennifer Estep serves up a stand-alone urban fantasy adventure filled with secrets, lies, and super spies with amazing magical abilities. Perfect for fans of Alias, Jason Bourne, and Nikita.

The author shares why he created a supernatural detective series set in Depression-era New York, lists some stories that inspired him, and explains why victims in horror should be smart.

“Urban fantasy presents a tremendous opportunity to talk about what’s going on in the world right now.” Daniel José Older is the award-winning author of both YA and adult books.

Want books that mix urban fantasy and crime fiction? Including Jim Butcher, Shweta Taneja, Seanan McGuire, Jewell Parker Rhodes, plus novels from X-Files, Supernatural—and more.

The complete order of Kim Harrison’s Hollows Series, plus the author on switching from epic fantasy to urban fantasy, why she restarted the series, and her scientific approach to magic.

“When I realized wizards and PIs were the same character, it became real easy.” The Dresden Files is a hard-boiled detective and urban fantasy series by Jim Butcher.

Nalini Singh’s Guild Hunter novels take place in a world where archangels hold sway over both mortals and immortals—with the Guild Hunters caught in between…

The author thinks of these books as adventure novels. “Maybe the difference in my approach is the humor, and the fact that my protagonist has no increasing supernatural powers and has trouble paying her bills. (The telepathy? It's up in the air in the books as to where that came from.)”

List of book series that feature monsters, magic, folklore, urban fantasy, science gone wrong, alien invasions, zombies, vampires, and the supernatural.

A for a whole range of tastes—from zombie comedies (zom-coms?) and funny vampire tales to ghost stories and monster-centric animated features for the whole family. 

Set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series, the Alpha and Omega series by Patricia Briggs. The urban fantasy author talks about the books in her Mercy Thompson spin-off series.

Author interviews, Top 13 Zombie Comedy Movies, 70+ Zombie Book Series, plus BONUS links about zombie books, zombie movies, zombies on television, and zombies in comics.

The Loki of Midgard books is a historical fantasy series following Loki on Earth during the Roaring Twenties. We discuss with Meinking the nature of alternate history stories, how her version of Loki compares to others, and the crazy number of spinoffs planned.

Conneely writes three series combining magic with procedural stories. We discuss that intersection between magic and the everyday world, what her different series have in common, and why she began writing magic procedurals in the first place.