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Charlaine Harris

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in Tunica, Mississippi, The United States

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http://www.charlaineharris.com/

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Urban Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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Charlaine Harris has been a published writer for over forty years. Her first two books were standalones, followed by a long sabbatical when she was having children. Then she began the Aurora Teagarden book, mysteries featuring a short librarian (eventually adapted for Hallmark movies). The darker Lily Bard books came next, about a house cleaner with a dark past and considerable fighting skills.

Tired of abiding by the mystery rules, Harris wrote a novel about a telepathic barmaid that took at least two years to sell. When the book was published, it turned into a best seller, and DEAD UNTIL DARK and the subsequent Sookie books were adapted in Alan Ball's "True Blood" series. At the same time, Harris began the Harper Connelly books. Harper ca ...more

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	Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 562,491 ratings — published 2001 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead to the World (Sookie Stackhouse, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 267,829 ratings — published 2004 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Living Dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 263,766 ratings — published 2002 — 192 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Club Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 245,700 ratings — published 2003 — 154 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse, #5) 4.01 avg rating — 225,456 ratings — published 2005 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Definitely Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #6) 4.02 avg rating — 211,853 ratings — published 2006 — 135 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Together Dead (Sookie Stackhouse, #7) 4.05 avg rating — 208,401 ratings — published 2007 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead and Gone (Sookie Stackhouse, #9) 4.02 avg rating — 195,694 ratings — published 2009 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Dead to Worse (Sookie Stackhouse, #8) 4.01 avg rating — 195,675 ratings — published 2008 — 142 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10) 3.91 avg rating — 170,629 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Charlaine Harris answered Sheena's question: Ms. Charlaine, will you be writing any more books like Sookies' or Gunnies? Thank you! :) I have written a lot of books! Some conventional mysteries, some harder edged, and quite a few with some kind of magic in them. The Midnight Texas books would be included with those, and my next book (Feb. 2027) will be a completely new world, but al See Full Answer
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Charlaine Harris answered A Dad and His Books's question: Do you have a favorite character you've created? If so, which one is it? There's not a simple answer to that. The one most like me is Aurora Teagarden, but I find something to love or admire about all my protagonists. Otherwise I couldn't spend so much time with them.
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Charlaine Harris made a comment on BOOKS & BLOG: September 19, 2024 " Thanks, Robbin. I'm enjoying working on something new, as I always do. ...more "
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Charlaine Harris made a comment on BOOK & BLOG: May 20, 2024 " Truly my pleasure. "
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Charlaine Harris made a comment on BOOKS & BLOG: APRIL 15, 2024 " Thanks, Jennifer. It was a relief to hear the diagnosis. It always makes me happy when someone tells me they enjoy my work. "
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“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

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“You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.”
― Charlaine Harris, Club Dead

tags: eric-northman, humor, romance, sookie-stackhouse, true-blood

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“If there were an international butt competition, Eric would win, hands down—or cheeks up.”
― Charlaine Harris, Dead to the World

tags: funny, sookie-eric

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message 1: by Adrián

Feb 08, 2017 05:20AM

I'm just here to register my vexation that Dead Until Dark didn't make the Top-10 Paranormal Romances list. Since I *do* regularly make Top-10 Hacker lists, let me know if you need a horse's head delivered to the Goodreads HQ.

... what, I can't specialize in more than one thing? You'd be amazed at what FedEx Custom Critical will ship.

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