Charlaine Harris (born November 25, 1951) is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over twenty years.
She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States.
She now lives in southern Arkansas with her husband and three children.
Though her early works consisted largely of poems about ghosts and, later,
teenage angst,
she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.
She began to write books a few years later.
Her later books have been in the urban fantasy genre.

Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire) Series

1. Dead Until Dark (2001)
2. Living Dead in Dallas (March 2002)
3. Club Dead (May 2003)
4. Dead to the World (May 2004)
   • ”Fairy Dust” in Powers of Detection (October 2004)
   • ”Dancers in the Dark” a novella in Night’s Edge (October 2004)
   • ”One Word Answer” in Bite (2005)
5. Dead as a Doornail (May 2005)
6. Definitely Dead (May 2006)
   • ”Tacky” in My Big, Fat Supernatural Wedding (2006)
7. All Together Dead (May 2007)
   • ”Dracula Night” in Many Bloody Returns (September 2007)
8. From Dead to Worse (May 2008)
   • ”Gift Wrap” in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe (October 2008)
   • ”Lucky” in Unusual Suspects (December 2008)
9. Dead and Gone (May 2009)
   • ”Bacon” in Strange Brew (July 2009)—also makes an offhand reference to Jim Butcher’s wizard, Harry Dresden; takes place prior to Dead and Gone
   • ”The Britlingens Go To Hell” in Must Love Hellhounds (September 2009)
10. A Touch of Dead (October 2009)
    • (a compilation of all the Sookie-centric short stories)
    • ”Dahlia Underground” in Crimes by Moonlight (April 2010)—takes place during All Together Dead
11. Dead in the Family (May 2010)
    • ‘Two Blondes” in Death’s Excellent Vacation (August 2010)
12. The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (February 2011)
    • a new novella, interviews, FAQ, recipes, and more