The second book, Spellbound, was released in November that same year. Д¬orreia's The Grimnoir Chronicles trilogy, set in an alternate and magical 1930s, began with the release of Hard Magic in May 2011. The fourth Monster Hunter International novel, Monster Hunter Legion, received 17 fewer nominations than the least-nominated finalist for the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Correia was a finalist for the 2011 John W. Dead Six, the first book in a new trilogy co-authored with Mike Kupari, was released in September 2011. The third book in the series, Monster Hunter Alpha, was released in July 2011 and was also a New York Times bestseller. The sequel, Monster Hunter Vendetta, was a New York Times bestseller when released in September 2010. Monster Hunter International was re-released by Baen in July 2009 and was on the Locus bestseller list in November 2009. Monster Hunter International, despite being self-published, reached the Entertainment Weekly bestseller list in April 2008, before he received this publishing contract. One of these posters had once worked in a large independent bookstore, and passed it on to his old employer-who in turn passed it to Baen Books-which offered Correia a publishing contract. His self-published first novel, Monster Hunter International, was written for-and marketed directly to-the posters on these boards. The original rough draft of Dead Six appeared on one of these forums, 'The High Road', in a thread started by Mike Kupari called 'Welcome Back, Mr. Correia used to be active on firearms discussion boards, where he would write about his interest in weapons and low-budget monster movies, and also get inspiration from various online threads. His stories are typically action-oriented with accurate and detailed depictions of firearms usage. Writing career Д¬orreia's works often include magic and mythical monsters, such as vampires and werewolves. In 2013, he began working as a writer full-time. He also started working as a firearms instructor and a CCW instructor. He worked as an accountant for several years before Correia opened a gun store with business partners while continuing to work as an accountant.

ДЄfter returning home from his mission, he got married before graduating with an accounting degree.

While attending Utah State University, Correia-who was raised Catholic-joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a two-year mission in Alabama. He stayed in California for about a year before joining his family in Utah. Correia grew up in El Nido, California working on his Portuguese father's dairy farm until his mid-teens, when his family moved to Utah.

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