Patty Briggs! Patty Briggs!

So it was another exciting night this week at Murder by the Book. Patricia Briggs was there to sign books, speak, and answer questions. It was great to hear her talk, not just because I'm a big fan, but because she also talked about her graphic novels. She discussed the hold up she has been dealing with producing more graphic novels, caused by a falling out with her graphic novel publishers. She has parted ways with the original company, and is working with a new group who she says are much more professional than the last group.

One of the fans there asked her about how she got interested in writing books about werewolves and the other mythical beasts she writes about and ironically enough (at least for my purposes) it turns out the first time she read about werewolves was in the old Marvel title 'Werewolf by Night.'

I had fun chatting with her one on one about the differential in quality in the graphic novelization of so many of the paranormal titles, and we snickered over my flat out declaration that another novelists manganization was a train wreck. She said she felt like that particular author was very good at describing women's fantasies, which might not translate well into illustration. She also mentioned that part of what made Sherrilyn Kenyon's work so well was that one of her family members was in charge of producing it. It was a great night, and I enjoyed talking to the author and hearing her perspective, along with the highs and lows of getting her work out there.

Look! It's Patricia Briggs, and she's signing my graphic novel!

Photo by moi.