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Charlaine Harris

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Born

in Tunica, Mississippi, The United States

Website

http://www.charlaineharris.com/

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#realcharlaine

Genre

Urban Fantasy, Mystery & Thrillers, Horror

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October 2012

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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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Average rating: 3.95 · 3,832,781 ratings · 153,776 reviews · 194 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 565,923 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 — 269,085 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 — 265,301 ratings — published 2002 — 191 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 — 246,971 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 — 226,593 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 — 212,932 ratings — published 2006 — 136 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 — 209,437 ratings — published 2007 — 4 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 — 196,664 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 — 196,675 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 — 171,595 ratings — published 2010 — 116 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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Loose Lips, Kemper DonovanThe Butler, Clare MackintoshMad Mabel, Sally HelpworthThe Land and Its People, David SedarisA Curse of Beasts and Magic, Jeaniene FrostThe Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne, Ron CurrieThe Fatal Unpleasantness at Netherfield, Claudia GrayA Power Unbound, Freya MarskeBeach Thriller, Jamie Day

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Series by Charlaine Harris

Southern Vampire Mysteries (13 books)
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Harper Connelly (4 books)
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3.92 avg rating — 176,296 ratings

Lily Bard (5 books)
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3.86 avg rating — 95,592 ratings

Midnight, Texas (3 books)
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3.91 avg rating — 83,685 ratings

Gunnie Rose (6 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 55,682 ratings

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Charlaine Harris answered aemaehan's question: What was the inspiration for the Sookie Stackhouse character? Started from a mustard seed. I needed a protagonist who becomes involved with a vampire, which is such a stupid thing to do that she had to have a very good reason. So I had to work on the very good reason. Once I had that, Sookie blossomed very quic See Full Answer
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Charlaine Harris answered Sheena's question: Hi Ms. Harris, what are some of your favorite spicy romance novels? Also, will you be working on anything other than Aurora and Midnight anytime soon? I know you are very busy! :) Thank you! Hi, Sheena. Seems like you may have missed my Gunnie Rose books, so you might want to check them out. The spiciest books I have read are by Emily Rath and Rina Kent. Less heated, but dear to me, are Katie's Ruggles' books.
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Charlaine Harris entered a giveaway We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune (Goodreads Author)	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 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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“Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.”
― Charlaine Harris

tags: books-vacation

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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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April 2013 Book of the Month

In the Shadow of the Banyan

by Vaddey Ratner

3 votes, 60.0%

Beautiful Disaster

by Jamie McGuire

2 votes, 40.0%

Dead Until Dark

by Charlaine Harris

0 votes, 0.0%

First Grave on the Right

by Darynda Jones

0 votes, 0.0%

5 total votes

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message 2: by John

Jun 29, 2026 04:57PM

Hi, thanks for the vote of Friendship

Last week i became sole moderator for a group that had been abandoned without a mod for several years.
There are 240 members and 66 of them are writers.

The name of the group is Sex, BDSM and Romance

I'm trying to bring life back into the group. the Rip Van Winkle effect is still working on it.
They are gradually waking up

The bookshelf is open and you are free to showcase your work

This would fit both of our efforts beautifully.

Welcome aboard, if i can be helpful , give me a shout.

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message 1: by Adrián

Feb 08, 2017 03:20PM

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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