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March 2009, Cover Stories

The Appeal of Urban Fantasy – Women, Weapons and Werewolves or Vomen, Veapons and Vampires

By Jodi Israel   Mon, Feb 23, 2009

Urban fantasy used to mean fantastical creatures in urban settings. Charles de Lint wrote some of the best known works in this genre under its original meaning. But in 1995, author Laurell K. Hamilton arrived on the scene, bringing with her Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter. Suddenly there was a new sheriff in town, a woman, who shot first and asked questions later, assuming there were any to ask.

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By Jodi Israel

Jodi Israel has her Masters in Library Science and is a former school librarian currently working in the strange world of banking compliance. She has fed her fiction addiction by reviewing audiobooks for KLIATT and Library Journal for the better part of two decades. But she isn't old!

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