Charlaine Harris Writer of the Sookie Stackhouse series, aka the Southern Vampire mystery series, the series that the HBO True Blood series is based on.
Website
Charlaine Harris Official Website
Series
Series Title | Sub Genre | Supernatural Elements |
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Sookie Stackhouse series | UF | Vampires, Werewolves, Shifters, Faeries, more |
Harper Connelly series | UF, 2005–2009 | psychic, just a para-ability |
Midnight, Texas series #1 (Midnight Crossroad) | 2014– /Expected pub: May 6, 2014 | psychic, (Harper Connelly spin-off) |
The Cemetery Girl Trilogy — | YA Graphic w: Christopher Golden / Jan 7, 2014 | girl sees spirits, lives in Cemetery |
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series | Mysteries — 1990–2003 | none |
Lily Bard Mysteries series | Mysteries | 1996–2001 |
Grave Sight Graphic Novel series | Graphic Novel — 2011–2012 | ? |
Genre Key: UF=Urban Fantasy, RUF=Romantic Urban Fantasy, Noir-UF=Noir Urban Fantasy, YA-UF=Young Adult Urban Fantasy, UF-SF=Urban Fantasy/Sci-Fi, UF-Hor=Urban Fantasy-Horror, PA-UF=Post-Apocalyptic-UF, Dys-UF=Dystopian Urban Fantasy, Mil-UF=Military-Urban Fantasy, SP=Steam Punk, PNR=Paranormal Romance
Other Writings
Sookie Stackhouse shorts & Anthologies:
- 4.1. Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy: “Fairy Dust” (2006)
- 4.2. Night's Edge “Dancers in the Dark” (2004+9)
- 4.3. Many Bloody Returns: "Dracula Night" (2007) 5.1. Bite: “One Word Answer” (2004)
- 6.1. My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding: “Tacky” (2006)
- 7.1. Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery & Fantasy : “Lucky” (2008)
- 8.1. Wolfsbane and Mistletoe: “Gift Wrap” (2008)
- 9.1. Strange Brew: “Bacon” (2009)
- 9.2. Must Love Hellhounds: “The Britlingens Go to Hell” (2009)
- 9.3. Crimes by Moonlight: "Dahlia Underground" (2010)
- 10.1. Death's Excellent Vacation: “Two Blondes” (2010)
- 11.1. Home Improvement: Undead Edition: “If I Had A Hammer" (2011)
- ??.?. An Apple for the Creature: "Playing Possum" (2012) ~ Sookie
- ?. Down These Strange Streets : "Death by Dahlia" (2011)
- ?. Vampires: The Recent Undead : “Dahlia Underground” (2011)
Other Anthologies:
About the Author
Charlaine Harris
Charlaine Harris has been a published novelist for over twenty-five years. A native of the Mississippi Delta, she grew up in the middle of a cotton field. Now she lives in southern Arkansas with her husband, her three children, three dogs, and a duck. The duck stays outside.
Though her early output consisted largely of ghost stories, by the time she hit college (Rhodes, in Memphis) Charlaine was writing poetry and plays. After holding down some low-level jobs, she had the opportunity to stay home and write, and the resulting two stand-alones were published by Houghton Mifflin. After a child-producing sabbatical, Charlaine latched on to the trend of writing mystery series, and soon had her own traditional books about a Georgia librarian, Aurora Teagarden. Her first Teagarden, Real Murders, garnered an Agatha nomination.
Soon Charlaine was looking for another challenge, and the result was the much darker Lily Bard series. The books, set in Shakespeare, Arkansas, feature a heroine who has survived a terrible attack and is learning to live with its consequences.
When Charlaine began to realize that neither of those series was ever going to set the literary world on fire, she regrouped and decided to write the book she’d always wanted to write. Not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, Dead Until Dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventure. Each subsequent book about Sookie Stackhouse, telepathic Louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readers. The Southern Vampire books are published in Japan, Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Thailand, Spain, France, and Russia.
In addition to Sookie, Charlaine has another heroine with a strange ability. Harper Connelly, lightning-struck and strange, can find corpses… and that’s how she makes her living.
In addition to her work as a writer, Charlaine is the past senior warden of St. James Episcopal Church, a board member of Mystery Writers of America, a past board member of Sisters in Crime, a member of the American Crime Writers League, and past president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance. She spends her "spare" time reading, watching her daughter play sports, traveling, and going to the movies. ~ Goodreads | Charlaine Harris
Full story on Author's site: Charlaine Harris- Biography & Interviews
Awards
Cover Artist
- Lisa Desimini — Website: Lisa Desimini ~ Sookie Stackhouse series
Publishing Information
Author Page:
Trivia
See Also
- Harper Connelly series
- Sookie Stackhouse series
- Midnight, Texas series
- List of Vampires of Urban Fantasy
- List of UF Anthologies — UF Anthologies
- List of Cover Artists
- Urban Fantasy Links
External References
Bibliograghy—Author's Site:
- Sookie Stackhouse Archives | Charlaine Harris
- Harper Connelly Archives | Charlaine Harris
- Midnight Texas Archives | Charlaine Harris
- Cemetery Girl Archives | Charlaine Harris
- Non-Series Archives | Charlaine Harris
Bibliograghy—Other Sites:
- Charlaine Harris - Summary Bibliography ~ ISFdb
- Charlaine Harris ~ FF
- Goodreads | Charlaine Harris (Author of Dead Until Dark)
- THE Complete List of Charlaine Harris True Blood Books :: Best Fantasy Stories
Series links—Goodreads:
- Harper Connelly series by Charlaine Harris — 2005–2009
- Aurora Teagarden Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris — 1990–2003
- Lily Bard Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris — 1996–2001
- Grave Sight Graphic Novel series by Charlaine Harris — 2011–2012
- The Cemetery Girl Trilogy by Charlaine Harris — 2014–
Interviews:
Articles:
Author:
- Charlaine Harris Official Website
- Goodreads | Charlaine Harris (Author of Dead Until Dark)
- Blog
- Charlaine Harris - Wikipedia
- Femmes Fatales ~ My Weblog
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