Whitney
Whitney asked Charlaine Harris:

Hello! I was curious how you chose Sookie's last name. Was Stackhouse one you discovered during research of old Southern family surnames, or did you craft it entirely yourself? Reading about how generations of Stackhouses literally added onto the family home through the years, I wondered if you were conveying that same rich, longstanding familial tone right there in the name? Thanks so much for all of your books!

Charlaine Harris I think I found or read the name 'Stackhouse' in the phone book, and I liked it a lot. I needed a name that would go trippingly with 'Sookie', and it just sounded right when I said it out loud. It also sounded traditional and solid.

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