Jim Hines

Nov 7, 2023 | fivebooks.com | Sarah Kuhn |Kelley Armstrong |Tanya Huff |Jim Hines

Urban fantasy combines supernatural elements with a contemporary urban setting. There are precedents as far back as we’ve been telling stories about magic—we could make the case for fairy tales being the urban fantasy books of their time. But in its current incarnation, it really began to take shape in the 1980s with writers like Stephen King and Anne Rice, and flourishes today on bestseller lists with authors like Jim Butcher and Cassandra Clare.