Jim C. Hines is an accomplished American author, best known for his work in the fantasy genre. He made his debut in 2006 with the release of "Goblin Quest," the first book in the series of the same name. This marked the beginning of a career that would see Hines create several popular series, including the Magic Ex Libris series and the Princess series of fairy tale retellings.
In addition to his writing, Hines is also known for his active involvement in advocacy work. He is a strong voice in the fight against bullying and sexual harassment within the science fiction and fantasy literary fields.
Hines has written a variety of series and standalone novels that showcase his versatility as a writer. His works include the Magic Ex Libris series, the Princess series, the humorous Goblin Quest trilogy, and the Fable Legends tie-in Blood of Heroes. His latest novel is "Terminal Peace," the third book in the humorous science fiction Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse trilogy. He has won numerous awards for his work, including the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Hines is an active blogger and his short fiction has been published in more than 50 magazines and anthologies. He lives in mid-Michigan with his two children.
Jig the Goblin Books (with Martin H. Greenberg)
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Title
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Goblin Quest
2004
2
Goblin Hero
2007
3
Goblin War
2008
Jig the Goblin Books
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Title
Year
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1
Goblin Quest
2004
2
Goblin Hero
2007
3
Goblin War
2008
Princess Books
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Year
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1
The Stepsister Scheme
2008
2
The Mermaid's Madness
2009
3
Red Hood's Revenge
2010
4
The Snow Queen's Shadow
2011
The Faery Taile Project Books
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Year
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1
Red's Tale / Lobo's Tale
2008
Magic Ex Libris Books
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Title
Year
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1
Libriomancer
2012
2
Codex Born
2013
3
Unbound
2015
4
Chupacabra's Song
2015
5
Revisionary
2016
6
Imprinted
2018
Fable Books
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1
Fable
2015
Janitors of the Post-Apocalypse Books
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1
Terminal Alliance
2017
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Terminal Uprising
2019
3
Terminal Peace
2022
Standalone Novels
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Year
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1
Rise of the Spider Goddess
2014
2
Tamora Carter: Goblin Queen
2020
3
Amelia Sand and the Silver Queens
2023
4
Kitemaster
2025
5
Slayers of Old
2025
Short Story Collections
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Year
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1
Goldfish Dreams
2003
2
Kitemaster and Other Stories
2011
3
Sister of the Hedge & Other Stories
2012
4
The Goblin Master's Grimoire
2013
Non-Fiction Books
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1
Invisible: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F
2014
2
Invisible 2
2015
3
Invisible 3
2017
Unidentified Funny Objects Annual Anthology Books
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Year
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1
Unidentified Funny Objects (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Jody Lynn Nye, Michael Kurland, Marko Kloos, Ken Liu, Jamie Lackey, Jake Kerr, Alex Shvartsman, Jennifer Pelland, Charity Tahmaseb, Deborah Walker, Don Sakers, Chuck Rothman, Zach Shephard, Sergei Lukyanenko, Bruce Golden, Stephanie Burgis, Stephen D. Rogers, Scott Almes, Leah Cypess, Siobhan Gallagher, Ferrett Steinmetz, James Beamon, Jeff Stehman, Anatoly Belilovsky, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, K.G. Jewell, David Sklar)
2012
2
Unidentified Funny Objects 2 (With: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Fran Wilde, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Heather Lindsley, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Michelle Ann King, Konstantine Paradias, J.W. Alden, Desmond Warzel, Wade Albert White, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, M.C.A. Hogarth, K.G. Jewell)
2013
3
Unidentified Funny Objects 3 (With: Robert Silverberg, Mike Resnick, Kevin J. Anderson, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Caroline M. Yoachim, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Alex Shvartsman, Josh Vogt, Guy Anthony De Marco, Gini Koch, Jeremy R. Butler, Oliver Buckram, Krystal Claxton, Camille Griep, James Beamon, Matt Mikalatos, Nathaniel Lee, James A. Miller, Jakob Drud)
2014
4
Funny Science Fiction (By: Mike Resnick, Lavie Tidhar, Tim Pratt, Ken Liu, Lawrence M. Schoen, Cat Rambo, Sarah Pinsker, Tina Connolly, Mike Rimar, Shaenon K. Garrity, Alex Shvartsman, Brian Trent, Dantzel Cherry, Desmond Warzel, Oliver Buckram, James Beamon, Anatoly Belilovsky, Leonard Richardson)
2015
5
Unidentified Funny Objects 4 (By: George R.R. Martin, Mike Resnick, Neil Gaiman, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Karen Haber, Piers Anthony, Tim Pratt, Ian Creasey, Caroline M. Yoachim, Tina Connolly, Anaea Lay, Alex Shvartsman, Tina Gower, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Michael J. Martinez, Oliver Buckram, Andrew Kaye, Brent C. Smith, Laura Pearlman, Eric Kaplan, James Aquilone, Jonathan Ems)
2015
6
Funny Fantasy (By: Alex Shvartsman)
2016
7
Unidentified Funny Objects 5 (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Gerrold, Tim Pratt, Caroline M. Yoachim, Shaenon K. Garrity, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Daniel J. Davis, Gini Koch, Bill Ferris, James Wesley Rogers, Nathan Hillstrom, Mitchell Shanklin, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney)
2016
8
Funny Horror (By: Mike Resnick, Esther M. Friesner, Darrell Schweitzer, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Lucy A. Snyder, Amanda C. Davis, Eric James Stone, Alex Shvartsman, Julia S. Mandala, Barbara A. Barnett, Scott Alexander)
2017
9
Unidentified Funny Objects 6 (With: Mike Resnick, Jack Campbell, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Alan Dean Foster, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Ken Liu, Tina Connolly, Paul R. Hardy, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Melissa Mead, Gini Koch, Langley Hyde, Bill Ferris, P.J. Sambeaux, Rod M. Santos, G.J. Koch, Tatiana Ivanova)
2017
10
Unidentified Funny Objects 7 (By: Mike Resnick, Seanan McGuire, Esther M. Friesner, Laura Resnick, David Vierling, Val Nolan, Matthew Bailey, Alex Shvartsman, Zach Shephard, Gini Koch, Richard Anderson, Jennifer Lee Rossman, Langley Hyde, Shane Halbach, Fred Stesney, Beth Goder, C. Flynt, Greg Sisco, Elin Korund, David Vaughan, Jamie Gilman Kress)
2018
11
Unidentified Funny Objects 8 (By: Simon R. Green, Esther M. Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Michael M. Jones, David Gerrold, Wendy Mass, Jamie Lackey, Alex Shvartsman, Larry Hodges, Gini Koch, James Beamon, James Wesley Rogers, Chris Hepler, Galen Westlake, Kurt Pankau, J.J. Litke, Rob Dircks, Jordan Chase-Young, Amy Lynwander, Mike Morgan, Jared Oliver Adams, Illimani Ferreira, Eric D. Leavitt, Beth Goder, C. Flynt)
2020
12
Unidentified Funny Objects 9 (By: Alex Shvartsman)
2022
Jim C. Hines Anthologies
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Year
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The Book of All Flesh
2001
2
The Book of More Flesh
2002
3
Modern Magic
2005
4
Bash Down the Door and Slice Open the Badguy
2007
5
Prime Codex
2007
6
Magic in the Mirrorstone
2008
7
Misspelled
2008
8
Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 25, October 2008
2008
9
Time in a Bottle, Volume 1
2010
10
Happily Ever After
2011
11
When the Hero Comes Home
2011
12
When the Villain Comes Home
2012
13
The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity
2012
14
Unidentified Funny Objects
2012
15
Clarkesworld: Year Three
2013
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Unidentified Funny Objects 2
2013
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Speculative Fiction 2013: The Year's Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary