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Kim Harrison is a pen-name of American author Dawn Cook. Under the name of Harrison, she is best known for her Rachel Morgan urban fantasy series set in an alternate history where a worldwide pandemic caused by genetically modified tomatoes led to the death of a large portion of the world's human population. Under the name of Dawn Cook, she is best known for her Decoy Princess and Truth series, published in the first few years of the 21st century. Harrison has received praise from fellow authors, and has reached the #1 spot on the New York Times Best Seller list.

✵ 1966  •  Other names Dawn Cook
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Kim Harrison Quotes

“Trent and Ellasbeth did the nasty? Ewwww!”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“You bet your Grannie's Panties I will.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Dead Witch Walking

“Al was standing a bare three feet away, his mood almost jovial as he took the paper and it vanished in a wash of black sparkles.

“Thank you, Rachel,” he said, carefully reaching for my hand as Trent stiffened.

“Welcome back, my itchy witch.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe.

He was mine.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Good God, Rachel, cant you go five minutes… sweet sticky hell on a stick!' the demon exclaimed, his thoughts reeling from anger to concern as he realized I was hopped up on something.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“You have such interesting thoughts. No wonder witches are ephemeral. You drive yourself crazy. You should simply do what you want without the soul-searching. It will be easier in the long run, Rachel Mariana Morgan.”

Kim Harrison

“Al's voice was faint but resolute. "Stand up. Try to look sexy."

"In a bedsheet?" I complained, running my hands down it. "How can I look sexy in a bedsheet?" He cleared his throat, and I grimaced. "Never mind.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Having been a demon curse, however brief, should leave a mark. A streak of silver hair, or bewitching eyes. Maybe crows on one's roof or a hound from hell at your heel. Blowing out my breath I stood and squinted at my reflection. A black eye. Swell.”

Kim Harrison

Source: For a Few Demons More

“Memories of ice and Trent surfaced, and I wrapped my arms around my middle. I had saved him, and he had saved me. What was wrong with us?”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“Five trolls in a dra-a-a-a-ag,' the four-inch man sang from my shoulder. 'Four purple condoms, three French ticklers, two horny vamps and a succubus in the snow.”

Kim Harrison

Source: White Witch, Black Curse

“Bug? You sack of sweat stink. I've got farts that smell sweeter than you. Think you're better than me? Poop ice cream cones, do you? Call me a bug! Rachel, let me do him now.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Dead Witch Walking

“I'll wait for you under the bluebells. I'll be there always.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“Welcome home, Rachel mariana Morgan, he said, his goat-slitted eyes holding a new, dangerous light. It's a pleasure to finally meet you.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“I was having coffee with my bodyguard. I didn't expect to be hunting bad guys until later. Leather before sundown is tacky.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“He's going to hurt you," Al said, looking at Pierce. "I can take care of you, teach you to survive. Be there for you, even if you do hate me."
I shivered. "I don't want him," I said, and Al turned away, seeming smaller somehow.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“… Ivy’s COOK THE STEAK, DON’T STAKE THE COOK apron…”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“Come on, Rachel!" Jenks shrilled. "You're a badass, not a bad witch!”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“No one wears buckles anymore, and I decided to get him some real boots next winter solstice.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“Avoiding me, Quen downed a swallow of wine. "Trent is a fine young man," he said, watching the remaining wine swirl.

"Yes… " I drawled, cautiously. "If you can call a drug lord and outlawed-medicine manufacturer a fine young man.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Sure, it was nice now, but eventually there would be running and screaming and blood on the floor.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“You just click your heels and think there's no place like being pwned.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“His right ear still held both studs, and I wondered who had the missing earring. I would have asked, but was afraid he’d tell me Ivy had it.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Fistful of Charms

“Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable way to deal with it, as long as both people agree never to bring it up again.”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

“She reeked of tenure”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

“The cookie maker needs someone to look out for him.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“Anything worth having is going to be hard”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Outlaw Demon Wails

“And while seeing Trent in his tighty-whities would make my decade, I’d found out long ago that I couldn’t stay mad at a man wearing nothing but underwear. They looked so charmingly vulnerable.”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Outlaw Demon Wails

“Did something happen to the sanctity of your church again?"

My eye twitched. "Newt broke it so she could look in my closet." Again.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“She was only a year old, but elves grew up fast. Not like witches, who Jenks swore were not able to be on their own until they were thirty. Ahem.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Double damn. I was a harlot. I was a freaking vampire hussy.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Dead Witch Walking

“Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Rose to Rachel:
You cry you get angry then you do something about it.”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead

“They tried to kill me,” he said, his brow furrowed as he glared at them. “You saw them!”

“Yeah?” I spouted off. “They weren’t very good at it!”

(Trent and Rachel)”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“I will compensate all your one-inch, two-inch losses because I know how important every inch is to you aged, decrepit men.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Coffee. I could smell coffee. Coffee would make everything better.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Every Which Way But Dead

“Jenks, you can fly me up the rest of the way to Trent, and then pow! I give
Trent his statue."

"Pow, you'll be naked!" Jenks exclaimed.

(Rachel and Jenks)”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“I'd never seen a man who could outshop me, but Jenks was a master.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Fistful of Charms

“Okay, you drive," she said. "I'll sit with m head hanging out of the window like a golden retriever.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Pale Demon

“We could've done this anywhere, but I wanted you to see me, to see this," he said, gesturing at the room. "I wanted you to know where I come from, what I am under the choices I make.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Rache! Glad you're… Tink loves a duck!" he said, wings clattering. "It stinks of sex in here. God, woman. I leave you alone for one night, and you're humping the ghost." - Jenks to Rachel”

Kim Harrison

Source: Black Magic Sanction

“Jenks squinted at me, and when Trent nodded, the pixy gestured sourly to Bis to get on with it. A four inch man ruled us all.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Ever After

“Because for all the changes, some things were immutable truths: friendship transcends all barriers, understanding trumps fear, and great power can always be surmounted by determination.”

Kim Harrison

Source: The Witch With No Name

“Puppy presents on the rug. This sucked.”

Kim Harrison

Source: Once Dead, Twice Shy

“I didn’t mean now,” he protested. “I’m not going to raise the child. I’m having enough trouble with Rachel.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Perfect Blood

“I hate it when she tabs a line," Ivy whispered to Kisten in the corner. "You ever see anything freakier than that?" "You should see the face she makes when she—"
"Shut up, Kist!" I exclaimed, my eyes flashing open to find him grinning at me.”

Kim Harrison

Source: A Fistful of Charms

“I like the second better, but the first fits with the vampire watching what she can’t have.” I blinked. “What he can’t have,” I amended, flushing.”

Kim Harrison