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Priscilla Spencer has been Jim's creative consultant since 2007. In addition to managing content for Jim-Butcher.com and its social media channels, she beta-reads all of Jim's works, serves as a thematic consultant on the graphic novels and role playing games, and illustrates the maps for his books. The whole "Year of Dresden" thing is largely her baby. Her latest claim to fame is directing the official book trailers for Peace Talks and Battle Ground. In her professional life, Priscilla is a Producer, Writer, Photographer, and Fantasy Map Illustrator working towards a career in producing TV. She enjoys musical theatre, gluten-free cooking, sci-fi/fantasy, and weightlifting. She aspires to travel the world and pet every dog.

Virtual Signing goes live and Fool Moon concludes

Two news pieces today!

Want a signed copy of Cold Days, but Jim won’t be touring near you this year? Dog Eared Books are running a Virtual Signing for Cold Days and the new paperback version of Ghost Story! Fans can pre-order signed, personalized copies of Jim’s books, and they’ll be shipped out soon after the release date.

Get all the details at the Dog Eared Books website! Please direct any questions to Tina [dogearedbooks at yahoo.com]. Deadline for all pre-orders is Tuesday, November 18, 2012. The ship date is expected to be, but not guaranteed to be, on or before November 29, 2012.

If you’re not interested in a signed copy, you can pre-order a regular copy through the Jim-Butcher.com store.

Additionally, the final issue of the Fool Moon graphic novel adaptation hits stores tomorrow! Check out a five-page preview at ComicBookResources.com and find a comics shop near you at ComicShopLocator.com.

Discuss this on the forum here.

Cold Days Signing Tour

At long last, we have the details of Jim’s signing tour! We hope to see you there!

SEATTLE – TACOMA, WA
Tuesday, November 27, 7:00 PM PST
University Temple United Methodist Church
1415 NE 43rd St
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 634-3400
*Books sold by University Bookstore

LOS ANGELES, CA
Wednesday, November 28, 6:00 PM PST
Mysterious Galaxy Redondo Beach
2810 Artesia Blvd.
Redondo Beach, CA 90278
(310) 542-6000

KANSAS CITY, MO
Thursday, November 29, 7:00 PM CST
Unity Temple on The Plaza
707 W 47th Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
*Books sold by Rainy Day Books
(913) 384-3126

CHICAGO, IL
Friday, November 30, 7:00 PM CST
Barnes & Noble #2622
55 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, IL 60077
(847) 676-2230

Jim will also be doing an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) on Reddit‘s /r/fantasy section on November 20th. The AMA will be posted that morning, and folks will have all day to come up with questions and “upvote” the questions of others, so the best ones bubble to the top. Jim will start answering questions around 7pm or 8pm Central.

Cold Days, Warm Fuzzies, and Hot Tamales

Want to read Cold Days almost two months early and help find abandoned dogs new, loving homes? Jim donated an autographed ARC of Cold Days to a local dog shelter to auction off for charity. Bid generously!

Also, speaking of worthy charities, Jim’s work is represented in Lee Moyer’s second-annual literary pinup calendar, benefitting Heifer International through Pat Rothfuss’ Worldbuilders charity. This year celebrates fantasy authors, including Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, N.K. Jemisin, Ray Bradbury, and many more. Check out “April” for a fun reinterpretation of Proven Guilty‘s soulgaze scene, modeled by Priscilla Spencer! You can pre-order the calendar for $20.

Preorder Cold Days and Under My Hat

Tomorrow, the collection containing the third story in Jim’s “Bigfoot Trilogy”–in which Bigfoot in Harry’s client–hits stores! Read “B is for Bigfoot” in the star-studded YA Fantasy anthology Under My Hat: Tales of the Cauldron. Jim’s story is set between Fool Moon and Grave Peril, and it joins works by Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Jane Yolen, Delia Sherman, Peter S. Beagle, Ellen Kushner, Charles de Lint, Garth Nix, and more!

Also, Cold Days is now available for preorder! Order via our store in the following formats:
Hardcover, Amazon
Hardcover, B&N
Hardcover, IndieBound
Kindle, Amazon
Audio CD, Amazon

Cold Days: November 27th, 2012!

The eagerly awaited new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dresden Files series.

HARRY DRESDEN LIVES!!!

After being murdered by a mystery assailant, navigating his way through the realm between life and death, and being brought back to the mortal world, Harry realizes that maybe death wasn’t all that bad. Because he is no longer Harry Dresden, Chicago’s only professional wizard.

He is now Harry Dresden, Winter Knight to Mab, the Queen of Air and Darkness. After Harry had no choice but to swear his fealty, Mab wasn’t about to let something as petty as death steal away the prize she had sought for so long. And now, her word is his command, no matter what she wants him to do, no matter where she wants him to go, and no matter who she wants him to kill.

Guess which Mab wants first?

Of course, it won’t be an ordinary, everyday assassination. Mab wants her newest minion to pull off the impossible: kill an immortal. No problem there, right? And to make matters worse, there exists a growing threat to an unfathomable source of magic that could land Harry in the sort of trouble that will make death look like a holiday.

Beset by enemies new and old, Harry must gather his friends and allies, prevent the annihilation of countless innocents, and find a way out of his eternal subservience before his newfound powers claim the only thing he has left to call his own…

His soul.

To be released in hardcover from Penguin/Roc publishing, November 27, 2012.

At present, it’s only preorderable from our store through Barnes and Noble, but you should be able to preorder it through IndieBound or Amazon in the next few days.

Discuss this announcement on our forum!