Charlaine Harris
Encyclopedia
Charlaine Harris is a New York Times
bestselling
author
who has been writing mysteries
for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta
area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas
with her husband and three children. Though her early works consisted largely of poems
about ghosts and, later, teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College
in Memphis
, Tennessee
. She began to write books a few years later. Her later books have been in the urban fantasy
genre. She is best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries
series.
, Mississippi
. After publishing two stand-alone mysteries, Harris began the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden
books with Real Murders, a Best Novel 1990 nomination for the Agatha Award
s. Harris wrote several books in the series before the mid-1990s when she began branching out into other works. She did not resume the series until 1999, with the exception of one short story in a Murder, She Wrote
anthology titled "Murder, They Wrote".
In 1996, she released the first in the Shakespeare series, set in rural Arkansas
. Harris "lives in small-town Arkansas", according to a New York Times interview. The fifth book in the series, Shakespeare's Counselor, was printed in fall 2001, followed by the short story "Dead Giveaway" published in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
in December of the same year. Harris has stated on her website that she has finished with the series.
After Shakespeare, Harris created The Southern Vampire Mysteries
series about a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse
who works in a northern Louisiana
bar. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award
for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. Each book follows Sookie as she tries to solve mysteries involving vampire
s, werewolves
, and other supernatural creatures. The series has been released in Australia
, New Zealand
, Japan
, Spain
, Greece
, Germany
, the Netherlands, Belgium
, France
, Argentina
, Poland
, Brazil
, Great Britain
, Ireland
, Mexico
, Norway
, Finland
, Sweden
, Denmark
, Lithuania
, Hungary
, Bulgaria
, Portugal
, Iceland
, Czech Republic
, Romania
and Estonia
.
Sookie Stackhouse has proven to be so popular that Alan Ball
, creator of the HBO television series Six Feet Under, undertook the production of an HBO series based upon The Southern Vampire Mysteries
. He also wrote and directed the pilot episode for the series, True Blood
, which premiered on September 7, 2008 on HBO. Harris has written eleven novels in the series, and the television show is a hit for HBO.
October 2005 marked the debut of Harris's new series entitled The Harper Connelly Mysteries, with the release of Grave Sight
. The series is told by a young woman named Harper Connelly
, who after being struck by lightning, is able to locate dead bodies and to see their last moments through the eyes of the deceased. In October 2010, it was announced Harper Connelly's series had been optioned for a television series named, "Grave Sight".
Professionally, Harris is a member of the Mystery Writers of America
and the American Crime Writers League. She is a member of the board of Sisters in Crime
, and alternates with Joan Hess as president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance.
In her personal life, Harris is married and the mother of three teenagers. A former weightlifter and karate
student, she is an avid reader and cinemaphile
. Harris resides in Magnolia, Arkansas
, where she is the senior warden
of St. James Episcopal Church.
The New York Times
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bestselling
New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...
author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
who has been writing mysteries
Mystery fiction
Mystery fiction is a loosely-defined term.1.It is often used as a synonym for detective fiction or crime fiction— in other words a novel or short story in which a detective investigates and solves a crime mystery. Sometimes mystery books are nonfiction...
for over twenty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta
Mississippi River Delta
The Mississippi River Delta is the modern area of land built up by alluvium deposited by the Mississippi River as it slows down and enters the Gulf of Mexico...
area of the United States. She now lives in southern Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
with her husband and three children. Though her early works consisted largely of poems
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
about ghosts and, later, teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College
Rhodes College
Rhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's...
in Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
, Tennessee
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. She began to write books a few years later. Her later books have been in the urban fantasy
Urban fantasy
Urban fantasy is a sub-genre of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements. However, the stories can take place in historical, modern, or futuristic periods...
genre. She is best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001 and now serve as the source material for the HBO television series True Blood...
series.
Life and career
Harris was born in TunicaTunica, Mississippi
Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
. After publishing two stand-alone mysteries, Harris began the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden
Aurora Teagarden
Aurora Teagarden is a fictional character created by author Charlaine Harris, in a series of eight Crime novels written from 1990 to 2003.In the first book of the series, twenty-eight-year-old Aurora Teagarden is a professional librarian and belongs to the Real Murders club, a group of 12...
books with Real Murders, a Best Novel 1990 nomination for the Agatha Award
Agatha Award
The Agatha Awards are literary awards for mystery and crime writers who write via the same method as Agatha Christie...
s. Harris wrote several books in the series before the mid-1990s when she began branching out into other works. She did not resume the series until 1999, with the exception of one short story in a Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
anthology titled "Murder, They Wrote".
In 1996, she released the first in the Shakespeare series, set in rural Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
. Harris "lives in small-town Arkansas", according to a New York Times interview. The fifth book in the series, Shakespeare's Counselor, was printed in fall 2001, followed by the short story "Dead Giveaway" published in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine is an American monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction...
in December of the same year. Harris has stated on her website that she has finished with the series.
After Shakespeare, Harris created The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001 and now serve as the source material for the HBO television series True Blood...
series about a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse
Sookie Stackhouse is the fictional protagonist and narrating voice of Charlaine Harris' The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the television adaptation, HBO's True Blood.-Biography:...
who works in a northern Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
bar. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award
Anthony Award
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for Anthony Boucher , one of the founders of the Mystery Writers of America....
for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. Each book follows Sookie as she tries to solve mysteries involving vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
s, werewolves
Werewolf
A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope , is a mythological or folkloric human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf or an anthropomorphic wolf-like creature, either purposely or after being placed under a curse...
, and other supernatural creatures. The series has been released in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, the Netherlands, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
and Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
.
Sookie Stackhouse has proven to be so popular that Alan Ball
Alan Ball (screenwriter)
Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...
, creator of the HBO television series Six Feet Under, undertook the production of an HBO series based upon The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries
The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2001 and now serve as the source material for the HBO television series True Blood...
. He also wrote and directed the pilot episode for the series, True Blood
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
, which premiered on September 7, 2008 on HBO. Harris has written eleven novels in the series, and the television show is a hit for HBO.
October 2005 marked the debut of Harris's new series entitled The Harper Connelly Mysteries, with the release of Grave Sight
Grave Sight
Grave Sight is the first of four novels in the The Harper Connelly Mysteries by American mystery author Charlaine Harris. Harper Connelly, the central character of the novel, has the ability, a result of being struck by lightning as a teenager, to sense the location and last memories of dead people...
. The series is told by a young woman named Harper Connelly
Harper Connelly
Harper Connelly is the main character in The Harper Connelly Mysteries, a series of books written by author Charlaine Harris that were first published in 2006...
, who after being struck by lightning, is able to locate dead bodies and to see their last moments through the eyes of the deceased. In October 2010, it was announced Harper Connelly's series had been optioned for a television series named, "Grave Sight".
Professionally, Harris is a member of the Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America
Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers, based in New York.The organization was founded in 1945 by Clayton Rawson, Anthony Boucher, Lawrence Treat, and Brett Halliday....
and the American Crime Writers League. She is a member of the board of Sisters in Crime
Sisters in Crime
Sisters in Crime is an organization that has 3,600 members in 48 chapters world-wide, offering networking, advice and support to mystery authors. Members are authors, readers, publishers, agents, booksellers and librarians bound by their affection for the mystery genre and their support of women...
, and alternates with Joan Hess as president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance.
In her personal life, Harris is married and the mother of three teenagers. A former weightlifter and karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
student, she is an avid reader and cinemaphile
Cinemaphile
Cinephilia is the term used to refer to a passionate interest in cinema, film theory and film criticism. The term is a portmanteau of the words cinema and philia, one of the four ancient Greek words for love...
. Harris resides in Magnolia, Arkansas
Magnolia, Arkansas
Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States, that was founded in 1853. At the time of its incorporation in 1858, the city had a population of about 1,950. The city grew slowly as an agricultural and regional cotton market until the discovery of oil just east of the city in March,...
, where she is the senior warden
Churchwarden
A churchwarden is a lay official in a parish church or congregation of the Anglican Communion, usually working as a part-time volunteer. Holders of these positions are ex officio members of the parish board, usually called a vestry, parish council, parochial church council, or in the case of a...
of St. James Episcopal Church.
Aurora Teagarden Series
- Real MurdersReal MurdersReleased in 1990, Real Murders, is the first of eight in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television show "True Blood" is based.-Plot summary:...
(1990) - A Bone to PickA Bone to PickPublished in 1992, A Bone to Pick is the second of eight in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television show "True Blood" is based....
(1992) - Three Bedrooms, One CorpseThree Bedrooms, One CorpsePublished in 1994, Three Bedrooms, One Corpse, is the third of eight books in the Aurora Teagarden mysteries by Charlaine Harris, best known for her Sookie Stackhouse mysteries on which the popular HBO television series "True Blood" is based.-Plot:...
(1994) - The Julius House (1995)
- Dead Over Heels (1996)
- "Deeply Dead" in Murder, They Wrote (1997)
- A Fool And His Honey (1999)
- Last Scene Alive (2002)
- Poppy Done to Death (2003)
Lily Bard (Shakespeare) Series
- Shakespeare's LandlordShakespeare's LandlordShakespeare's Landlord is a mystery novel written by American author Charlaine Harris. It is the first in the Lily Bard series, set in the fictional town of Shakespeare, Arkansas.-Plot:...
(1996) - Shakespeare's Champion (1997)
- Shakespeare's Christmas (1998)
- Shakespeare's Trollop (2000)
- Shakespeare's Counselor (2001)
- "Dead Giveaway" published in Ellery Queen Mystery MagazineEllery Queen's Mystery MagazineEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine is an American monthly digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction...
(December 2001)
- "Dead Giveaway" published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire) Series
- Dead Until DarkDead Until DarkDead Until Dark is the first book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries novels.-Setting:Dead Until Dark, like the rest of the series to which it belongs, is narrated by Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress from the small fictional Louisiana town of Bon Temps, which is...
(2001) - Living Dead in DallasLiving Dead in DallasLiving Dead in Dallas is the second book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This second novel follows the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as she is employed by Dallas vampires to use her telepathy to help find their lost companion...
(March 2002) - Club DeadClub DeadClub Dead is the third book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released in 2003. In Club Dead, Sookie's boyfriend Bill disappears while working on a secret project, and Sookie heads out to Jackson, Mississippi in hopes of retrieving him alive...
(May 2003) - Dead to the WorldDead to the World (novel)Dead to the World is the fourth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released in 2004. In Dead to the World, Sookie aids vampires Eric and Pam in their struggle against a coven of witches seeking to take over control of their area, and takes care of Eric after the...
(May 2004)- "Fairy Dust" in Powers of Detection (October 2004)
- "Dancers in the Dark" a novellaNovellaA novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
in Night's Edge (October 2004)
- Dead as a DoornailDead as a DoornailDead as a Doornail is the fifth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Summary:It's the first full moon since Jason was bitten by the werepanther Felton Norris . Calvin Norris comes to watch over him and help him, and Jason ends up loving turning into a half man/half...
(May 2005)- "One Word Answer" in Bite (2005)
- Definitely DeadDefinitely DeadDefinitely Dead is the sixth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:After surviving a Were attack while attending a play in Shreveport with her new boyfriend John Quinn, Sookie Stackhouse goes to New Orleans to sort out the affairs of her cousin Hadley, a...
(May 2006)- "Tacky" in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) - a DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
short story
- "Tacky" in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006) - a Dahlia
- All Together DeadAll Together DeadAll Together Dead is the seventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:The summit, which has attracted undead power players from all over the central United States, is sure to be tense, due partly to the ramping up of protests by the conservative,...
(May 2007)- "Dracula Night" in Many Bloody Returns (September 2007)
- "Lucky" in Unusual Suspects (December 2008)
- From Dead to WorseFrom Dead to WorseFrom Dead to Worse is the eighth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries.-Plot summary:After the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina and the man-made horror of the explosion at the vampire Summit, Sookie Stackhouse is safe but dazed, yearning for things to get back to...
(May 2008)- "Gift Wrap" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (October 2008)
- "Bacon" in Strange BrewStrange Brew (book)Strange Brew is an urban fantasy short story anthology, edited by P.N. Elrod. It reached the NYTimes extended bestseller list in July 2009.-Stories:#"Seeing Eye", by Patricia Briggs#"Last Call", by Jim Butcher#"Death Warmed Over", by Rachel Caine...
(July 2009) - also makes an offhand reference to Jim ButcherJim ButcherJim Butcher is a New York Times Best Selling author most known for his contemporary fantasy book series The Dresden Files. He also wrote the Codex Alera series. Butcher grew up as the only son of his parents, and has two older sisters. He currently lives in Independence with his wife, Shannon K...
's wizard, Harry DresdenThe Dresden FilesThe Dresden Files is a series of contemporary fantasy/mystery novels written by Jim Butcher.He provides a first person narrative of each story from the point of view of the main character, private investigator and wizard Harry Dresden, as he recounts investigations into supernatural disturbances in...
; - a DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
short story
- Dead and GoneDead and Gone (novel)Dead and Gone is the ninth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This title was released on May 5, 2009.-Plot summary:In this novel, the weres and shifters make their presence known, following the example of the vampires...
(May 2009)- "The Britlingens Go To Hell" in Must Love Hellhounds (September 2009)
- A Touch of DeadA Touch of DeadA Touch of Dead is a collection of short stories from Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This title was released on October 6, 2009...
(October 2009) - A compilation of all the Sookie-centric short stories - "Dahlia Underground" in Crimes by Moonlight (April 2010) - takes place during All Together Dead - a DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
short story
- Dead in the FamilyDead in the FamilyDead in the Family is the tenth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. It was released on May 4, 2010 and debuted at #1 on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller List on May 11.- Plot summary :...
(May 2010)- "Two Blondes" in Death's Excellent Vacation (August 2010)
- "A Very Vampire Christmas" in Glamour Magazine (December 2010) - a DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
short story - "Dying for Daylight" (2011) - The First All New Video Game Written By Charlaine Harris Released By iPlay Games - Starring DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
- Dead ReckoningDead Reckoning (novel)Dead Reckoning is the eleventh book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released on May 3, 2011. It debuted at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.-Plot:...
(May 2011)- "If I Had a Hammer" in Home Improvement: Undead Edition (August 2011)
- "Small-Town Wedding" a novella in The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (August 2011) - an anthology with interviews, FAQ, recipes, and more
- "Death by Dahlia" in Down These Strange Streets (October/November 2011) - a DahliaDahlia Lynley-ChiversDahlia is a fictional character from The Southern Vampire Mysteries/Sookie Stackhouse Series by author Charlaine Harris.However, the only time Dahlia appears on the same page with Sookie Stackhouse is in All Together Dead....
short story
- "Deadlocked" (May 2012)
Harper Connelly Series
- Grave SightGrave SightGrave Sight is the first of four novels in the The Harper Connelly Mysteries by American mystery author Charlaine Harris. Harper Connelly, the central character of the novel, has the ability, a result of being struck by lightning as a teenager, to sense the location and last memories of dead people...
(2005) - Grave Surprise (2006)
- An Ice Cold GraveAn Ice Cold GraveAn Ice Cold Grave is the third Book in the Harper Connelly series by author Charlaine Harris.-Plot:Harper and her step-brother, Tolliver Lang, show up in Doravilla, NC, to help locate missing, yet presumed dead, boys. The boys have been labeled as runaways by the former sheriff, yet some in town...
(2007) - Grave Secret (2009)
Other/non-series
- Sweet and Deadly (1981) republished in UK as Dead Dog
- A Secret Rage (1984)
- "An Evening With Al Gore" in Blood Lite (October 2008)
As editor
- Many Bloody Returns (September 2007) (co-editor with Toni LP KelnerToni KelnerToni LP Kelner is an award-winning author of two mystery series: the eight Laura Fleming novels, which include: Wed and Buried, Death of a Damn Yankee, Tight as a Tick, and several others; and the Where Are They Now? series, which debuted in January 2008 with Without Mercy. She has also edited...
) - Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (October 2008) (co-editor with Toni LP Kelner)
- Crimes by Moonlight (April 2010)
- Death's Excellent Vacation (August 2010) (co-editor with Toni LP Kelner)
- Home Improvement - Undead Edition (August 2011) (co-editor with Toni LP Kelner)
See also
- True BloodTrue BloodTrue Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
- Sookie StackhouseSookie StackhouseSookie Stackhouse is the fictional protagonist and narrating voice of Charlaine Harris' The Southern Vampire Mysteries and the television adaptation, HBO's True Blood.-Biography:...
- List of crime writers
- Romance novelRomance novelThe romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
External links
- Charlaine Harris Official Website
- Fantastic Fiction Author Page
- Charlaine Harris Collection (MUM00221) owned by the University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections
- Charlaine Harris's Lifestyle Blog
- List of Charlaine Harris Books
- 2011 Interview on io9's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast