Thanks to the success of True Blood, HBO’s hit series based on her Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire mysteries, Charlaine Harris has become a household name.
Sookie’s fans will be pleased to hear that there will be a new book in the series, Dead and Gone, hitting the shelves in May, 2009.
You can read about Harris’ feelings about the television series and answers to some of the questions she has received from fans on her website.
The prolific and versatile author has several other series to her credit, including the Lawrenceton, Georgia librarian Aurora Teagarden mysteries, the Shakespeare, Arkansas housecleaner Lily Bard mysteries and the Sarne, Arkansas finder of dead people Harper Connelly mysteries.
Last year, Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner put together Many Bloody Returns, a collection of – what else? – vampire-themed mystery stories. This year she and Kelner have put together Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, a collection of 15 werewolf-themed holiday tales – an interesting addition to the Christmas mystery collection – including the delightful little gem, Gift Wrap, written by Harris. Contributing authors include Donna Andrews, Dana Cameron, Dana Stabenow and Nancy Pickard.
Howling good and monstrously campy!
