Best Female Character in Urban Fantasy

[Sakutian]

I thought it would be a bit of fun to see which female character people like the most from urban fantasy. It's sort of like a Miss Urban Fantasy contest I guess, except for the talent competition most of them will need a shooting range.

I did vote for Harper, Karrin Murphy comes in a very close second though, she won out because she is so unique in her genre and she has never taken a back seat to anyone. She has continued to evlove and become more interesting as her story has progessed through the Greywalker Novels.

[Hagelrat]

Well clearly Harper, but I love Murphy, Kitty and Kincaid too. Other top chicks for me would be Jaz Parks and Kim Harrisons witch whose name escapes me right now but will no doubt come back to me 5 seconds after I post and Luna Wilder.
My fave male leads are obviously Dresden and Jack from Street Magic and Saul Dustcircle from the Kismet books and the guys in Rob Thurman's Leandros books.

[Sakutian]

Harry Dresden is probably my favorite male character but there just seem to be a great deal more female leads than males in urban fantasy at the moment so it seemed like a more interesting topic to discuss.

[Kalzazz]

Stephanie Plum (in the non numbered books its clearly Urban Fantasy, if not in the numbered ones)

I also like Betsy Taylor and Rachel Morgan

[Magnus Bergqvist]

Door from NeverWhere by Neil Gaiman.

Not sure if the comic Sandman (also by Neil Gaimain) would count as Urban fantasy. If it does, then the answer is Death. She is so cool. =^_^=

/Magnus

[Harper]

Yay for Door! I loved that book/show.

[Archaelos]

Alyssa Donnikova

[Hagelrat]

Door and Death are both awesome.
Kat - you are only the second person i've come across who's seen the series, and the other is someone I lent it to. I loved it, the production felt very british.

[Baelfyre]

I like Rachel Morgan. She's complicated, sexy, and definitely not a one trick pony. Kim Harrisson has done very well creating a new world, and slicing a wicked sexual tension into the story without that being the story.

[BlueNinja]

I must admit, I'm partial to Murphy because she deals with the weird stuff on a regular basis, with no powers or special abilities.

I like Kitty as well, mostly because a lycanthrope who's "out" and hosting a show about it I find rather amusing.

I also like Suzie Shotgun from the Nightside books, though I'm not sure if they really fit the "urban fantasy" genre. Anyone who gets a nickname of "Dear God, it's her, run!" has got to be cool. :sasmokin:

[Sakutian]

Magnus Bergqvist- I'd count Sandman as urban fantasy, just because it'sa cmic doesn't mean it shouldn't count in my opinion. Death from that series was my favorite character ^_^.
I'm really glad to see Murphy got some support since she is such a great character and amanges to do so with no super powers and only very big guns to aid her.

[Empress Che]

I voted for other as my favourite is Mercy Thompson..though Harper is a close second.
Also love Rachel Morgan...
But who is Karrin Murphy? I need to know so I can read another good book...

[Sakutian]

Karrin Murphy is a female police officer and supporting character in the Dresden Files, she's intewresting and fun to read about. Most Dresden Files stories feature her to some degree.

[Empress Che]

Oops...why I didn't recognize her name, I don't know.
I've read the first four books in the Dresden Files...waiting on a book club order for the next four...
Thanks for clarifying.

[Sakutian]

Not a problem, oh and welcome to the Greywalker forum nice to have you here. I bet you didn't recognize it because she always just called Murphy her first name is so rarely used haha.

[whitetrash]

Marla mason rocks

[Anthraxus]

Well, I missed the chance to vote on this, but I would have voted for Harper on this list. If she was mentioned I probably would have voted for Sookie Stackhouse from Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series. I find both of the heroines similar, strong female characters learning to cope with strange and unfamiliar territory. The background of the Southern Vampire series has a few more twists and turns than the Greywalker series, although the strangeness of Grey Seattle is quite intriguing in how it varies from the normal, while Sookie's world in natively more bizarre than reality.

I think Selina Rosen's Drewcilia Qwah (Queen of Denial) deserves a mention as well, if only to bring some sci-fi to the list :P