Urban Shaman

Acclaimed fantasist Murphy delivers the first three books in her Walker Papers series together in mass-market paperback for the first time. In "Urban Shaman," readers are introduced to Seattle beat cop Joanne Walker, who also happens to be a magical shaman with a penchant for saving the world.

C.E. (Catie) Murphy holds an utterly impractical degree in English and history, making her unfit for any sort of duty beyond Web design and novel writing. Fortunately, those are precisely the sorts of things she likes to do. At age six, Catie submitted several poems to an elementary school publication. The teacher producing it chose (inevitably) the one she thought was the worst of the three, but he also stopped her in the hall one day and said two words that made an indelible impression: "Keep writing." Heady stuff for a six-year-old. It was sound advice, and she's pretty much never looked back. She lives in Alaska with her husband, Ted, roommate Shaun and a number of pets. More information about Catie and her writing can be found at www.cemurphy.net.