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Charlaine Harris

チャーライン・ハリス

Charlaine Harris

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1951-11-25 （Tunica, Mississippi, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Episcopal Church
居住地歴
Tunica, Mississippi (birthplace) → Magnolia, Arkansas → Texas, United States (resident)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Playwright (early)
活動期間
1981年〜
所属
Mystery Writers of America (member), American Crime Writers League (member), Sisters in Crime (served on board), Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance (served as president)
所属団体
Mystery Writers of America, American Crime Writers League, Sisters in Crime, Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance

学歴

Rhodes College
国: United States
Wrote plays while attending college

受賞歴

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

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Dead Until Dark

2001年 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
映像化・舞台化
  • [Television] True Blood (2008)
翻訳
  • Dead Until Dark (Japanese translation)

Living Dead in Dallas

2002年 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
翻訳
  • Living Dead in Dallas (Japanese translation)

The Complete Sookie Stackhouse Stories

2017年 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

全著作

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

翻案

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

作品の翻訳

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

作風・主題

文体
Witty, conversational proseBlending of Southern Gothic elements with humor
頻出モチーフ
Southern landscapes and communitySupernatural beings (vampires, werewolves, etc.)Isolated but resilient protagonistsCollision of the ordinary and the supernatural

評価・遺産

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.

関連学会

  • Mystery Writers of America
  • American Crime Writers League

資料所蔵先

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

大衆文化への影響

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

引用

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

豆知識

  • 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.