Charlaine Harris






Charlaine Harris

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born
November 25, 1951

gender
female

place of birth
Tunica, Mississippi, The United States

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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror


about this author

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 lib...more




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avg rating: 3.93 | 172,458 ratings | 16,563 reviews | 62 distinct works | 1615 fans
Dead Until Dark Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 3.87 — 23,417 ratings — published 2001
27 editions
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Living Dead in Dallas Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 3.92 — 17,596 ratings — published 2002
20 editions
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Dead to the World Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.15 — 15,403 ratings — published 2004
17 editions
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Club Dead Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.01 — 15,744 ratings — published 2003
19 editions
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Dead as a Doornail Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 3.99 — 14,361 ratings — published 2005
19 editions
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Definitely Dead Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.01 — 13,520 ratings — published 2006
16 editions
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All Together Dead All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.08 — 12,661 ratings — published 2007
17 editions
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From Dead to Worse From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.05 — 11,658 ratings — published 2008
15 editions
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Dead and Gone Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 4.03 — 8,558 ratings — published 2009
12 editions
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Grave Sight Grave Sight (Harper Connelly Mystery, #1)
by Charlaine Harris
avg rating 3.69 — 3,579 ratings — published 2001
14 editions
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