“One ravishing dark-haired beauty wearing leather pants and strategically applied electrical tape, stared hard at me and, when she saw me looking, licked her lips very, very slowly. She trailed a fingertip over her chin, down across her throat, and down over her sternum and gave me a smile so wicked that it's parents should have sent it to military school.”

American author

Jim Butcher is an American author known for his contemporary fantasy series The Dresden Files, Codex Alera, and Cinder Spires. His work has made him a familiar name in modern fantasy fiction. He is best known for creating long-running series that blend fantasy with contemporary settings and inventive worldbuilding. The available facts point to a writer whose work centers on series fiction rather than stand-alone books.