Novels and short stories The Southern Vampire Mysteries (novels) # On May 14, 2012, Harris' Facebook administrator confirmed that the 13th book, Dead Ever After, would be the final book of the series.

Harris was originally contracted to write 10 books, but she revealed at Comic Con 2009 that she has signed a contract for three additional books. The series is narrated in first person perspective by Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress and a telepath in the fictional town of Bon Temps in northwestern Louisiana. The setting is contemporary, and the stories occasionally reference popular culture. In The Southern Vampire Mysteries/True Blood Series, Harris develops a detailed mythology and alternate history that approaches supernatural beings as real at the beginning of the series, vampires' existence had only been public knowledge for a few years, while other supernatural beings, such as werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, etc., existed, but were not widely known until later in the series. The book series has been retronymed the True Blood Series upon reprinting, to capitalize on the television adaptation. The first installment, Dead Until Dark (2001), won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001 and later served as the source material for the HBO drama series True Blood (2008–2014). The Southern Vampire Mysteries, also known as The True Blood Novels and The Sookie Stackhouse Novels, is a series of books written by bestselling author Charlaine Harris.

Dead in the family by charlaine harris