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Charlaine Harris

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Charlaine Harris

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-11-25 （Tunica, Mississippi, U.S.）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Episcopal Church
Residence History
Tunica, Mississippi (birthplace) → Magnolia, Arkansas → Texas, United States (resident)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Playwright (early)
Active Years
1981-
Affiliations
Mystery Writers of America (member), American Crime Writers League (member), Sisters in Crime (served on board), Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance (served as president)
Memberships
Mystery Writers of America, American Crime Writers League, Sisters in Crime, Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance

Education

Rhodes College
Country: United States
Wrote plays while attending college

Awards

Anthony Award (Best Paperback Mystery)
2001
Work: Dead Until Dark
Category: Best Paperback Mystery
Organization: Anthony Awards (Bouchercon)
Result: 受賞
Lord Ruthven Award (Fiction)
2003
Work: Living Dead in Dallas
Organization: Lord Ruthven Assembly
Result: 受賞
Lord Ruthven Award (Fiction)
2018
Work: The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories
Organization: Lord Ruthven Assembly
Result: 受賞
Inkpot Award
2010
Organization: Comic-Con International
Result: 受賞
Agatha Award (Best Novel)
1990
Work: Real Murders
Category: Best Novel
Organization: Agatha Awards
Result: ノミネート

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Dead Until Dark

2001 Mystery fiction / Urban fantasy / Southern Gothic

First novel in the series featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. A mystery/urban fantasy involving vampires and other supernatural beings.

SupernaturalVampiresSouthern societyMystery
Adaptations
  • [Television] True Blood (2008)
Translations
  • Dead Until Dark (Japanese translation)

Living Dead in Dallas

2002 Mystery fiction / Urban fantasy

Second Sookie Stackhouse novel. Continues to explore tensions between vampire community and human society while following a central mystery.

Vampire societyPrejudice and coexistenceMystery
Translations
  • Living Dead in Dallas (Japanese translation)

The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories

2017 Collected works / series omnibus

Omnibus collecting short stories and novels related to the Sookie Stackhouse universe, including supplementary material.

Shared worldCollection of short and long fiction

Bibliography

  • Real Murders (1990)
  • Dead Until Dark (2001)
  • Living Dead in Dallas (2002)
  • Dead Ever After (2013)
  • The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories (2017)

Adaptations

  • True Blood (TV series, HBO, 2008–2014)
  • Aurora Teagarden (Hallmark television films series, 2014– )
  • Midnight, Texas (TV series, NBC, 2017– )

Translations of Works

  • Dead Until Dark (Japanese translation)
  • Living Dead in Dallas (Japanese translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Witty, conversational proseBlending of Southern Gothic elements with humor
Recurring Motifs
Southern landscapes and communitySupernatural beings (vampires, werewolves, etc.)Isolated but resilient protagonistsCollision of the ordinary and the supernatural

Legacy

Charlaine Harris is widely known for her mysteries and urban fantasy set in the American South. Her Sookie Stackhouse series, adapted into HBO's True Blood, had a major impact on popular culture and helped popularize paranormal urban fantasy in mainstream media.

Academic Societies

  • Mystery Writers of America
  • American Crime Writers League

Archives

  • Charlaine Harris Collection (University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections)

In Popular Culture

  • True Blood (HBO television series)
  • Aurora Teagarden (Hallmark television films)
  • Midnight, Texas (TV adaptation)

Quotes

  • I began writing from an early age. I wrote plays in college and later moved into mysteries and stories involving the supernatural.
    Source: Official website / biography (2012)

Trivia

  • Former weightlifter and practiced karate.
  • Married with three children and has two grandchildren.
  • The Sookie Stackhouse series was adapted as HBO's True Blood, airing 2008–2014.