The Southern Vampire Mysteries

The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

Charlaine Harris

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THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION is a unique guide to Sookie Stackhouse and her dark fantasy southern-Gothic world, as well as an in-depth look at the award-winning HBO series TRUE BLOOD.

The book will feature a brand-new Sookie story and Charlaine's own map of Bon Temps, never before published, with every place of interest in the town, including Merlotte's bar and Sookie's home.

Other treats include:

* An introduction by Charlaine about the impact Sookie Stackhouse has had on her writing career, and the influence on the genre at large.

* A large section on the award-winning HBO series TRUE BLOOD.

* Detailed summaries of each novel and entries on every important character, event and setting in the series, in Sookie's voice.

* An overview of Sookie's world, including information on the vampires, shapeshifter/wereanimal, and fairie factions.

* An extensive interview with Charlaine Harris.

* A selection of favourite Bon Temps recipes.

Published
August 25, 2011
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Author

Charlaine Harris

Charlaine Harris didn’t just bring vampires into small-town America—she made them feel like your eccentric neighbors down the street. With a knack for blending the eerie and the everyday, Harris carved out a distinctive space in fantasy and mystery, where Southern charm meets supernatural chaos. Born in Mississippi and raised in the heart of the South, Harris grew up surrounded by stories—ghost tales whispered on porches, family secrets that lingered like fog, and a cultural richness steeped in shadow and folklore. That upbringing shaped her voice: grounded in the rhythms of rural life, but always with one eye on the things that lurk just…