Hearne, Kevin
Entry updated 10 June 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1970- ) US author almost all of whose work has been fantasy and supernatural fiction, like the extensive Iron Druid Chronicles beginning with Hounded (2011), which features the sometimes picaresque adventures of a Shapeshifting next-to-Immortal druid in Arizona; Vampires and Nordic deities complicate his life. The Oberon's Meaty Mysteries sequence beginning with The Purloined Poodle (2016) is spoofish fantasy. The Seven Kennings sequence beginning with A Plague of Giants (2017) is set in an event-plagued Fantasyland [for Celtic Fantasy and Fantasyland see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. The Ink and Sigil sequence beginning with Ink & Sigil (2020) features a comic detective in a fantasticated contemporary world.
Hearne is of sf interest for a Star Wars Tie, Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi (2015), and for A Question of Navigation (2021), whose protagonists – having been abducted by Aliens but separated from 50,000 other humans on the Starship that imprisons them – must work out a way of dissuading their captors from treating Homo sapiens as food. The marrow of the tale is dark, though Hearne's touch is, as in all his work, light. [JC]
Kevin Hearne
born Arizona: 9 December 1970
works (selected)
series
Iron Druid Chronicles
- Hounded (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2011) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Hexed (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2011) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Hammed (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2011) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Tricked (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2012) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Trapped (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2012) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Hunted (New York: Ballantine Books/Del Rey, 2013) [Iron Druid Chronicles: pb/Gene Mollica]
- Shattered (New York: Del Rey, 2014) [Iron Druid Chronicles: hb/Gene Mollica]
- Staked (New York: Del Rey, 2016) [Iron Druid Chronicles: hb/Gene Mollica]
- Scourged (New York: Del Rey, 2018) [Iron Druid Chronicles: hb/Gene Mollica]
Star Wars
- Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi (New York: Del Rey, 2015) [tie to the Star Wars universe: Star Wars: hb/Larry Rostant]
Oberon's Meaty Mysteries
- The Purloined Poodle (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2016) [Oberon's Meaty Mysteries: hb/Galen Dara]
- The Squirrel on the Train (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2017) [Oberon's Meaty Mysteries: hb/Galen Dara]
Seven Kennings
- A Plague of Giants (New York: Del Rey, 2017) [Seven Kennings: hb/Gene Mollica and David G Stevenson]
- A Blight of Blackwings (New York: Del Rey, 2020) [Seven Kennings: hb/David G Stevenson]
- The Princess Beard (New York: Del Rey, 2020) [Seven Kennings: hb/David G Stevenson]
The Tales of Pell
- Kill the Farm Boy (New York: Del Rey, 2017) with Delilah S Dawson [Tales of Pell: hb/Craig Phillips]
- No Country for Old Gnomes (New York: Del Rey, 2019) with Delilah S Dawson [Tales of Pell: hb/Craig Phillips]
Ink and Sigil
- Ink & Sigil (New York: Del Rey, 2020) [Ink and Sigil: hb/Sarah J Coleman]
- Paper & Blood (New York: Del Rey, 2021) [Ink and Sigil: hb/Sarah J Coleman]
individual titles
- A Question of Navigation (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2021) [hb/Paul Youll]
- The Hermit Next Door (Burton, Michigan: Subterranean Press, 2024) [chap: hb/Dominic Harman]
links
- Kevin Hearne
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Celtic Fantasy; Fantasyland.
- Picture Gallery
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