Alex Bledsoe

American author

Alex Bledsoe
Born	(1963-02-03) February 3, 1963 (age 61) Tennessee
Occupation	Novelist
Alma mater	University of Tennessee
Genre	Fantasy
Notable works	Eddie LaCrosse novels

Alex Bledsoe (born February 3, 1963) is an American author best known for his sword and sorcery and urban fantasy novels. Bledsoe's work is characterized by hard-boiled protagonists and classic noir themes.^[1]

Biography

Alex Bledsoe has been an editor, photographer, reporter, and vacuum cleaner salesman. He was born in western Tennessee and now lives in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin with his wife and three children.^[2] He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee.^[3]

In 2009, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.^[4]

Bibliography

In addition to his novel series, Bledsoe has published over fifty short stories.

Eddie LaCrosse novels

The Sword-Edged Blonde (2007)
Burn Me Deadly (2009)
Dark Jenny (2011)
Wake of the Bloody Angel (2012)
He Drank, and Saw the Spider (2014)

Memphis Vampires

Blood Groove (2009)
The Girls with Games of Blood (2010)

Tales of the Tufa

The Hum and the Shiver (September 2011)
Time of the Season, Three Holiday Stories (October 2012, ePub only)
Shall We Gather (May 2013, short story, ePub only)
Wisp of a Thing (June 2013)
Hisses and Wings (December 2014, short story, ePub only), co-author T. Frohock
The Two Weddings of Bronwyn Hyatt (May 2015, short story, ePub only)
Long Black Curl (May 2015)
Chapel of Ease (September 2016)
Gather Her Round (March 2017)
The Fairies of Sadieville (April 2018)

Tales of the Firefly Witch

The Firefly Witch (2012)
Croaked (2012)
Back Atcha (2012)
Time of the Season, Three Holiday Stories (2012, ePub only)
The Book of Cunning Women (2013)

References

^ Publishers Weekly (October 2007). Amazon.com listing for The Sword-Edged Blonde. ISBN 978-1597801126.
^ "Alex Bledsoe's personal website". Archived from the original on February 2, 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
^ Choate, Emily (July 26, 2013). "Fantasy author Alex Bledsoe delves into Appalachian myth and music". Knoxville News. Knoxville, Tennessee. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
^ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) Collection Archived June 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Northern Illinois University