Charlaine Harris was born on November 25th 1951 in Tunica, Mississippi. She holds the accolade of being a New York Times bestseller and has been writing now for longer than 20 years. She currently lives with her husband and three children in Magnolia, south Arkansas. Her early literary career was spent writing about ghosts in poetry, after which she wrote about teenage problems and plays. Her greatest success has come from her book writing however.
The first book series was named Aurora Teagarden Series which started with "Real Murders" back in 1990 and this series ended with the final book in 2003 - "Poppy Done To Death". There were eight books written in this series.
From 1996 onwards Charlaine Harris then began writing the series named Shakespeare, otherwise known as Lily Bard. "Shakespeare's Landlord" was the first book from five, while "Shakespeare's Counselor" concluded the series in 2001.
She then began writing what is now by far her best known and loved series - The Southern Vampire Series - or Sookie Stackhouse Series as its also known. This began in 2001 with "Dead Until Dark" and is still ongoing with the most recent novel being "A Touch of Dead" which was out on the book shelves in October of 2009. This last one is a compilation of all the Sookie-universe short stories. This set of novels is based upon a telepathic barmaid called Sookie Stackhouse who lives in a small town called Bon Temps in Louisiana. The first book of this series - "Dead Until Dark", won the Anthony Award for the Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. The Sookie Stackhouse series has been released in many different countries, including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France.
Alan Ball, who produced and created the hit HBO television series called Six Feet Under, contacted Charlaine Harris to make a show based upon her Sookie Stackhouse series. Of course she happily agreed and the first of the series was shown in September of 2008 and it was named "True Blood". The second series was named "True Blood 2", strangely enough and it began showing on HBO television in June 2009.
Charlaine also started a further series of novels in October 2001 which were named Harper Connelly. This group of novels is based upon a young lady who uses her clairvoyant capabilities to locate dead people. There are currently four books to this series, the last being out in 2009 also. - 29967
The first book series was named Aurora Teagarden Series which started with "Real Murders" back in 1990 and this series ended with the final book in 2003 - "Poppy Done To Death". There were eight books written in this series.
From 1996 onwards Charlaine Harris then began writing the series named Shakespeare, otherwise known as Lily Bard. "Shakespeare's Landlord" was the first book from five, while "Shakespeare's Counselor" concluded the series in 2001.
She then began writing what is now by far her best known and loved series - The Southern Vampire Series - or Sookie Stackhouse Series as its also known. This began in 2001 with "Dead Until Dark" and is still ongoing with the most recent novel being "A Touch of Dead" which was out on the book shelves in October of 2009. This last one is a compilation of all the Sookie-universe short stories. This set of novels is based upon a telepathic barmaid called Sookie Stackhouse who lives in a small town called Bon Temps in Louisiana. The first book of this series - "Dead Until Dark", won the Anthony Award for the Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. The Sookie Stackhouse series has been released in many different countries, including the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France.
Alan Ball, who produced and created the hit HBO television series called Six Feet Under, contacted Charlaine Harris to make a show based upon her Sookie Stackhouse series. Of course she happily agreed and the first of the series was shown in September of 2008 and it was named "True Blood". The second series was named "True Blood 2", strangely enough and it began showing on HBO television in June 2009.
Charlaine also started a further series of novels in October 2001 which were named Harper Connelly. This group of novels is based upon a young lady who uses her clairvoyant capabilities to locate dead people. There are currently four books to this series, the last being out in 2009 also. - 29967
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