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Charlaine Harris’s Cemetery Girl Comes to GraphicAudio!
Graphic Novel, Cemetery Girl Becomes a ‘Movie For Your Mind’:
Fans of the True Blood creator, Charlaine Harris, will be pleased to know there is a new experience to enjoy when it comes to one of her novels, Cemetery Girl. The following press release has been issued in relation to Cemetery Girl being transformed into a GraphicAudio item:
GraphicAudio® A Movie in Your Mind® Celebrates their 10th Anniversary this month with their exciting new CEMETERY GIRL audio. Adapted from CEMETERY GIRL: THE PRETENDERS, a Graphic Novel written by New York Times bestselling Fantasy authors Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden and illustrated by Don Kramer, the audio version is directed by Richard Rohan.
The GraphicAudio® production of CEMETERY GIRL Part 1: THE PRETENDERS is the first time that the “A Movie in Your Mind®” sound design takes center stage driving a suspenseful and eerie listening experience, where sound becomes a character in its own right. The Sound Design was created by Nathanial Perry and he and Director/Adaptor Richard Rohan carefully constructed the scenes in audio. CEMETERY GIRL Part 1: THE PRETENDER will be available in 5.1 Surround Sound and Stereo Audio Download Formats exclusively athttp://www.graphicaudio.net.
Charlaine Harris says, “Wow, what a pleasant surprise! GraphicAudio has knocked this audiobook out of the graveyard. I can’t wait to hear the next installment.”
Here’s the blurb for Cemetery Girl:
Cemetery Girl centers around a teenage girl who awakens, bruised and bloody, in the grim surroundings of an old graveyard, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead. All she knows is that whoever tried to kill her is still out there. Not knowing where to go, or who to trust, she avoids all human contact. She survives on stolen food and uses a cemetery crypt as her home. She takes the name Calexa from the name above her crypt.
Calexa soon makes a startling discovery:
She can see the spirits of the dead, and one in particular, can see her.
The victim of a murder that Calexa has inadvertently witnessed compels her to take action, even if it means her own life will be put at risk.
Now Calexa must make a decision: continue to hide to protect herself—or come forward to bring justice to the sad spirit who has reached out to her for help…
So what is GraphicAudio? This video will help explain this new listening experience:
At only $4.99, this is a steal! I can’t wait to check it out. Let us know if you like the idea of listening to your novels by commenting below!
You can also check out a Soundcloud sample of Cemetery Girl by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden below:
Sources: PRWeb – GraphicAudio® Releases First Graphic Novel Adaptation – CEMETERY GIRL 1: THE PRETENDERS by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden
GraphicAudio – website
(Photo Credit: Charlaine Harris/GraphicAudio)
Charlaine Harris to Appear at ‘Books in the Basin’ Event
Author Charlaine Harris Will Be Appearing This Weekend in Midland:
The Books in the Basin event is running this weekend in Odessa and Midland, Texas. Haven’t heard of this event? Here’s some details for you:
Day One:
- What: Day one of Books in the Basin at Midland College.
- Where: Midland College 3600 N. Garfield St.
- When: Noon to 6 p.m. Oct. 10.
- Cost: Free and open to the public.
- What: Day one of Books in the Basin at the Midland County Library.
- Where: Midland County Library, 2503 W. Loop 250.
- When: 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Oct. 10.
- What: Day one of Books in the Basin at the Yucca Theater.
- Where: Yucca Theater, 2000 W. Wadley Ave.
- When: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct. 10.
Day Two:
- What: Day two of Books in the Basin at Odessa College.
- Where: Odessa College, 201 W. University Blvd.
- When: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 11.
- Cost: Free and open to the public.
- What: Day two of Books in the Basin at The Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center.
- Where: The Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center, 1310 N. FM 1788.
- When: 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 11.
Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire Mystery novels which HBO’s True Blood is loosely based on) will be appearing on day two at 7PM. So if you are in the area, why not head on down and hear what Charlaine Harris has to say about writing and her novels.
To find out more about the other authors attending this event, you can click here to visit the Books in the Basin website.
Let us know if you will be attending this event by commenting below!
Sources: Books in the Basin – Charlaine Harris
OA Online – Books in the Basin coming Oct. 10
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada 2010)
Author Charlaine Harris to Kick Off UK Tour This Weekend
Find Out Where She Will Be Attending:
Fans of HBO’s True Blood will know author Charlaine Harris as the woman who created Sookie Stackhouse and Bon Temps in her book series, Southern Vampire Mysteries. As of the 30th of August 2014, Charlaine will touch down in London, England to kick off her UK tour for her latest book, Midnight Crossroad (published in March 2014).
Blurb
From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a new, darker world – populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that’s how the locals prefer it?
Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.
There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).
Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth . . .
Charlaine will start her tour with a book signing at Forbidden Planet. Her full schedule is bellow:
- 31st August – Forbidden Planet, London – Signing – 1-2pm
- 1st September – Waterstone’s Birmingham – 7-9pm
- 2nd September – Waterstone’s Manchester – 1-2pm
- 2nd September – Waterstone’s Liverpool – 6:30-8:30pm
- 3rd September – Waterstone’s Newcastle – 1-2pm
- 3rd September – Blackwell’s Edinburgh – 6:30-8:30pm
- 4th September – Waterstone’s York – 7-9pm
- 5th-7th September – FantasyCon (UK), York
As well as the above events, she will be attending the British Fantasy Convention, (Fantasycon 2014, 5 – 7th September, York) as a guest of honor author.
Let us know if you have the opportunity to attend any of these events by commenting below!
Sources: Gollancz – Announcing Charlaine Harris’ UK Tour!
Zeno Agency Ltd – Charlaine Harris Signing this Sunday & UK Tour Schedule!
Fantasy Con – website
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada)
Charlaine Harris Weighs in on the True Blood Finale Debate
Sookie Stackhouse Creator Defends HBO’s Adaptation:
For author Charlaine Harris, causing an uproar within an established fan base is something she knows all about. After many years and just as many books, she recently concluded the popular vampire novels that HBO’s True Blood is based on. In the books, Sookie Stackhouse made a very similar choice at the end as well; no vampires for her, just a regular life. While Sookie ended up with Sam Merlotte in the book series, in the Season 7 finale, she chose someone who the audience didn’t even know. Sookie chose a normal life was the point showrunner Brian Buckner was trying to make. Many fans were not impressed with his decision.
But what did Charlaine Harris think?
You know, I really enjoyed [it], because to me it bears the mark of Alan Ball, even though I know there was a different showrunner the last year and a half. Because he gives you a glimpse of the future so often at the end of his runs, and in a way, Sookie ended up not with Sam, as she did in the books, but in the same place.
She also offered up her own version of how Sookie (Anna Paquin) might have met Mr. Sookie Stackhouse in the TV series:
He was someone she met after the show! A human. She had someone she could live a human life with, have human babies with, and stay in her home, which was what she wanted. He could be a shifter or a were, but my point is she didn’t end up with a vampire.
Overall, Charlaine Harris was happy with the way HBO and the writer’s had portrayed her series on TV, even though it was so vastly different to her own version of the Sookieverse.
You can read the full interview Charlaine Harris did with Vulture by clicking here.
What did you think of HBO’s interpretation of Charlaine’s novels? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below!
Source: Vulture – Author Charlaine Harris on the End of True Blood, Viewer Backlash, and ‘Fabulous’ Lafayette
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada 2010)
True Blood Season 7: Charlaine Harris Laments the Loss of Alcide
Charlaine Harris is Sad to See Her Werewolf Killed Off:
While many Truebie fans were devastated over the loss of werewolf Alcide Herveaux (played by Joe Manganiello) in Episode 3 of HBO’s True Blood Season 7, for author Charlaine Harris, it was more personal than that.
In the books that True Blood is based on (the Southern Vampire Series), Alcide survives to the very end – even if he doesn’t end up with Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin in the TV series). Charlaine has seen the birth and death of many of characters differ from her series, but it seems this one has hit a nerve:
I did [watch] because I’m very fond of him. He’s a lovely guy, inwardly and outwardly, and I was very surprised, because, of course, that isn’t how my books end, but then, I didn’t really expect them to go out the way my books did. They haven’t really followed them significantly, which is fine, but it just leaves me wondering who else will bite the dust before the series is over.
Who do you think is next to die in HBO’s True Blood Season 7? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Access Hollywood – Author Charlaine Harris Reacts To Joe Manganiello’s ‘True Blood’ Exit
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada 2010)
Goodbye True Blood, Hello Aurora Teagarden!
Another Charlaine Harris Series Gets TV Time:
Fans of HBO’s True Blood are both loving and lamenting Season 7 with this being the very final season for the vampire show. However, news has just come to hand announcing that another of author Charlaine Harris’s series will be made for TV!
This time round it will be the Aurora Teagarden series rather than her Southern Vampire Mystery series that will be getting air time. And, instead of a TV series, Hallmark will be making a series of movies based on the novels. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that former Full House actress Candace Cameron Bure will be playing the role of Aurora ‘Roe’ Teagarden.
This series spans eight books, starting with Real Murders and concludes with Poppy Done to Death. The breakdown on the series is as follows:
The drama centers on librarian Teagarden, a crime buff, lover of mystery novels and a member of the Real Murders Club, which meets to analyze famous crimes and mysteries. Her passion and insight about true crime ends up putting her at the center of different crimes that happen in her community. She will do whatever it takes to get to the bottom of these mysteries.
It is unclear just how many books in this series will be turned into movies or how closely they will even follow in the books footsteps, but Trubie fans will be excited none the less! And as a fan of this book series, I can’t wait to see another of Charlaine Harris’s series come to life on the TV screen.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter – ‘True Blood’ Author’s ‘Aurora Teagarden’ Franchise Coming to Hallmark (Exclusive)
(Photo Credit: Hachette Publishing Group)
Book Review of Dead But Not Forgotten (Edited by Charlaine Harris)
More Stories From Bon Temps and the Sookieverse:
Dead But Not Forgotten is the latest book out set in the Sookieverse. While this book is edited by Charlaine Harris, it is actually written by many different authors. You can check out the blurb below:
Dead But Not Forgotten by Charlaine Harris
Publisher: Audible Studios
Publication Date: May 13 2014
Charlaine Harris’ smash-hit Sookie Stackhouse series may have reached its conclusion, but the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, lives on in this all-new collection of 15 stories. Written by a killer lineup of authors, including New York Times best-sellers Rachel Caine, MaryJanice Davidson, Jonathan Maberry and Seanan McGuire, and with introductions read by Charlaine herself, Dead but Not Forgotten puts your favorite characters center stage.
The stories included in Dead but Not Forgotten are:
“Nobody’s Business” by Rachel Caine (featuring Kevin Pryor & Kenya Jones)
“Tyger, Tyger” by Christopher Golden (featuring Quinn)
“The Real Santa Claus” by Leigh Perry (featuring Diantha)
“Taproot” by Jeffrey J. Mariotte (featuring Andy Bellefleur)
“Knit a Sweater Out of Sky” by Seanan McGuire (featuring Amelia)
“Love Story” by Jeanne C. Stein (featuring Adele Hale Stackhouse)
“The Million-Dollar Hunt” by Jonathan Maberry (featuring Mustapha Khan)
“Borderline Dead” by Nicole Peeler (featuring Desiree Dumas)
“Extreme Makeover Vamp Edition” by Leigh Evans (featuring Bev & Todd)
“Don’t Be Cruel” by Bill Crider (featuring Bubba)
“What a Dream I Had” by Nancy Holder (featuring Alcide Herveaux)
“Another Dead Fairy” by Miranda James (featuring Claude & Claudia Crane)
“The Bat-Signal” by Suzanne McLeod (featuring Luna)
“The Sun, The Moon, and The Stars” by Dana Cameron (featuring Pam Ravenscroft)
“Widower’s Walk” by MaryJanice Davidson (featuring Eric Northman)Dead but Not Forgotten was edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner.
DISCLAIMER: This book/eBook being reviewed was provided free of charge by Audible in return for an honest review.
When Audible offered me the chance to try the latest book set in the Sookieverse, I didn’t balk at the fact that I had never read an audio book before, but jumped at the opportunity to see Sookie’s world through eyes other than her original creator, Charlaine Harris! (And for those of you who have never read an Audio book before: if you have an Amazon account and a smart phone, you can hook up your Amazon account to Audible and download the Audible app and you are ready to roll! For fitness junkies, you can now run and read AT THE SAME TIME! So much love for my new reading regime.)
And what a treat this book is. Now I know a lot of fans are angry at how Charlaine Harris ended the Southern Vampire Mysteries series – so much so that my review of the final book, Dead Ever After, is still generating plenty of feedback – but please, please, PLEASE give this book a chance! Dead But Not Forgotten is written in its entirety by authors other than Charlaine Harris. Yes, Harris has edited the novel, but the work is still each author’s creation.
And what a delicious blend there is. Not only do we get to see the world through the eyes of some of the big players in Sookie Stackhouse’s world; Alcide, Eric Northman, Pam – but we get welcomed into the lives of the smaller players too – and this is where the magic occurs.
While I was excited to see stories dedicated to Eric and Pam, it was the stories of Bubba, Diantha, Kevin & Kenya and Bev & Todd that really made my day. Each story is fantastically written as well as woven seductively around the other main characters in Bon Temps and Shreveport.
You can purchase this book here.
Source: Rachel Tsoumbakos – BOOK REVIEW: Dead But Not Forgotten (Edited by Charlaine Harris)
(Photo Credit: Audible Studios)
True Blood’s Creator Makes a Cameo Appearance in the Last Episode!
Charlaine Harris Will Feature in True Blood Season 7:
Fans of HBO’s True Blood are well aware that the show was bought to life by Alan Ball from a series of books by American author Charlaine Harris. While Harris has little input into the TV show’s storyline, she is, publicly, a fan. Now, it appears she will star in an episode of True Blood Season 7!
Recently she posted the following to her Facebook page:
Post by Charlaine Harris.
It will be interesting to see just what this cameo appearance will entail – what are your suggestions? Let us know in the comments below!
Source: Facebook – Charlaine Harris
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada)
True Blood’s Creator Charlaine Harris Hints at a Vampire in Her New Series
Midnight Crossroad is the First of Three Books in This New Series:
Fans of the Sookie Stackhouse novels penned by author Charlaine Harris were saddened to see the demise of The Southern Vampire series this year (for more more than one reason). However, it seems that Harris can’t steer clear of supernatural creatures in her books.
Her newest novel is called Midnight Crossroad and it is the first of three commissioned so far. This series is set in Texas, a place that Charlaine and her husband have been living in for the past two years, after moving from Arkansas.
While Midnight Crossroad will not be released until May 2014, Charlaine had this to say about the series:
[It’s about] a mystical crossroad in a little dead Texas town. It’s at an old town that’s partly derelict but there are a few homes and businesses still in use there. A town called Midnight. And there is a reason the people who live there are living there. I didn’t really intend it to be as supernatural as it’s turning out to be. It’s like I just can’t help myself.
It seems old habits due hard too. Considering she has been writing about vampires for over a decade and with all the fuss that came from the ending in Dead Ever After, you’d think she would avoid them for a while. But, oh no, it seems along with all the other creatures residing in the town of Midnight, she suggests that one of them will be a vampire!
So, will you be checking out Charlaine Harris’ newest book series? Let us know in the comments below.
Source: The News Tribune – Charlaine Harris looks to new series after Sookie
(Photo Credit: Sigrid Estrada)
Barnes & Noble Offer a Limited Edition Version of ‘Dead Ever After’ by Charlaine Harris
The Author Will Also Sign the Book:
What’s a better way to end the long-running Southern Vampire Mysteries series than with an exclusive linen bound, signed by the author, copy of Dead Ever after?
Barnes and Noble announced on April 15th that the loyal Sookie Stackhouse fan can own this very special piece of history for only $125!
That piece just out of your price range? Then why not pre-order it and get it at the special price of $81.25 – that’s 35% off the recommended retail price. But you’ll need to hurry as, with all good things, it must come to an end – when all 2,500 copies are sold.
To get in early, you can pre-order here.
After May 7th, you can purchase the book directly from Barnes and Noble.
Source: Barnes & Noble – Dead Ever After (Limited Signed Linen-Bound Edition)
(Photo Credit: Ace Hardcover Publishers)
What Will Happen AFTER the Sookie Stackhouse Books End?
Charlaine Harris Announces Pre-Order and a Surprise for True Blood Fans in October:
While fans of HBO’s True Blood may not have read the books by Charlaine Harris that inspired the TV show, for book fans, the end of an era is approaching.
Not only is book 13 (Dead Ever After) in the Southern Vampire Mysteries series due for release May 7th, it is also the last book to be penned in this series.
Technically.
Fans will find out who Sookie chooses in Dead Ever After. For some this will be a welcome ending, for others (who are fans of which ever team Sookie doesn’t pick), it will be bitter-sweet. But recently, Charlaine Harris announced there would be a 14th book released in this series!
After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse, will be available via Amazon and all other good book retailers from the 29th of October 2013. Amazon.com offers the following blurb:
Dead Ever After marked the end of the Sookie Stackhouse novels—a series that garnered millions of fans and spawned the hit HBO television show True Blood. It also stoked a hunger that will never die…a hunger to know what happened next.
With characters arranged alphabetically—from the Ancient Pythoness to Bethany Zanelli—bestselling author Charlaine Harris takes fans into the future of their favorite residents of Bon Temps and environs. You’ll learn how Michele and Jason’s marriage fared, what happened to Sookie’s cousin Hunter, and whether Tara and JB’s twins grew up to be solid citizens.
This coda provides the answers to your lingering questions—including details of Sookie’s own happily-ever-after…
The book will feature extensive interior art by acclaimed Sookie artist Lisa Desimini, including a Sookieverse Alphabet, color endpapers, and several full-page black and white interior illustrations.
While it appears that some parts will be laid out in a similar fashion to the previously released The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, it seems there will also be plenty of new stuff from the author as well.
Also, Charlaine Harris has announced on her website that signed copies of Dead Ever After can be purchased from certain locations. You can view the list here for the stores closest to you.
You can pre-order Dead Ever After and After Dead from Amazon by clicking the links above.
Also, an interview that Charlaine Harris did with USA Today’s Carol Memmott about the culmination of her Southern Vampire Mysteries series can be viewed here.
Sources: CharlaineHarris.com – Dead Ever After Signed Copies Available at the Following Book Sellers
USAToday.com – Book 13 marks the end of Sookie Stackhouse series
Amazon.com – Dead Ever After: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
Amazon.com – After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
Amazon.com – The Sookie Stackhouse Companion
(Photo Credit: CharlaineHarris.com/Lisa Desimini)
Dead Ever After Ending Leaked! Charlaine Harris Asks Fans Not to Spoil it for Others
German Fan Posts Ending Online:
For fans of the Sookie Stackhouse books; the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, May the 7th seems such a long way away. For one German fan though, it was just too long a wait.
While we have no idea who this fan is or how they obtained an early release copy of Dead Ever After, the results are still the same: the ending has been leaked online and now we all have the opportunity to find out who Sookie picks and how the series ends.
Charlaine Harris issued the following statement today on her Facebook page:
By now some of you know that a reader in Germany obtained a copy of DEAD EVER AFTER and decided to post the ending online. While this is unfortunate, I wanted to say this to all of you: Even if you *personally* are unhappy with the ending, please don’t spoil it for other readers. DEAD EVER AFTER goes on sale on May 7th; after that date, you are more that welcome to come here and tell me how much you like – or don’t like – the choices I’ve made for Sookie. But from one Sookie fan to another, I’m asking you all to please not spoil the book for other readers. Thank you so much for your continued support.
~Charlaine Harris
Here at TrueBloodNet.com, we fully support Charlaine Harris’ request and will not be spoiling the end or posting ANY links to sites that are displaying the ending of Dead Ever After. We also request that while fans are visiting TrueBloodNet.com, they refrain from mentioning the ending or any parts of book 13, Dead Ever After until AFTER May 7th.
Thanking you in Anticipation,
The staff at TrueBloodNet.com
Source: Facebook – Charlaine Harris Facebook Page
(Photo Credit: Charlaine Harris Facebook Page)
Author of Books Behind True Blood, Charlaine Harris, Comes to the West Virginia Book Festival
Sookie Stackhouse Series Author Charlaine Harris Headlines at the 12th Annual West Virginia Book Festival:
Watch out, West Virgina, New York Times best-selling author of ‘The Southern Vampire Mysteries’ Charlaine Harris is coming your way!
On Saturday, October 13th in the Charleston Civic Center coliseum, Ms. Harris will be signing books before her program from 12:30-2:30 p.m. and also directly after the program until 4:30 p.m. Audience members will be able to get books signed by receiving a numbered ticket upon their entrance to the coliseum, where then groups of numbers will be called up to the signing table.
Ms. Harris is best known for her novels featuring Sookie Stackhouse, inspiring the hit HBO drama True Blood, going on five seasons strong with a sixth in the making. The books tell the story of a telepathic waitress living in Louisiana with vampires, shape-shifters, fairies, werewolves, and more. Although now a successful 12-book series, the first in the series ‘Dead Until Dark‘ won the 2001 Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery.
The West Virginia Book Festival lasts October 13-14 and is perfect for book lovers of all ages. Several different kinds of authors will be attending and partaking in book signings, readings, workshops and panel discussions. There will also be a section of the Marketplace especially for children as well as other special programs just for them.
Admission is free, so come join the fun!
Source: Daily Mail, CharlaineHarris.com
Tru Blood 2: A Second Bite Convention Review
Australia Gets a Second Taste of True Blood!
The long awaited Tru Blood 2: A Second Bite convention run by Hub Productions hit Australian shores recently. Originally this event was to be held last September, but due to work commitments, injuries and newborns, it was rescheduled. Here’s a run-down of the Melbourne event.
Lindsey Haun
The doors opened at 9.30am and after a welcome from the wonderful crew at Hub Productions and a photo session with your fave actors, the first True Blood guest started their Q & A time with the audience. The good thing about Australian conventions is that they are smaller in in size, so it becomes more personal.
Lindsey (who plays Hadley Hale, cousin of Sookie Stackhouse in HBO’s True Blood) was a newcomer to the convention scene. She opened the first session with a special treat – a song. I had no idea that Haun was musically inclined, but her voice is definitely worth checking out. While I was unable to record any of her original song (she also played the guitar), it is worth checking out her website HaunSolo.com where some video of her singing can be found.
Lindsey went on to discuss such diverse topics as as her childhood acting career (her most famous role being Mara Chaffee in Village of the Damned), her famous family (father Jimmy Haun is best known as the left-handed guitarist in Air Supply and her grandfather is is singer Rouvaun, better known as ‘The Vocal Veruvius’) and her new hair colour (she is now brunette). Haun was both entertaining and completely comfortable in front of the audience, even taking off her killer red heels and curling up in her chair while chatting to her fans.
Michael Raymond-James
This was also Michael’s (Rene Lenier in Season 1) first convention, but you would never know it. We got to see a side of Michael that is completely unlike his role in True Blood.
His stories were hilarious and while he demonstrated his famous Cajun accent and how it evolved with the help of a dialect coach through the audition process, he also regaled the audience with funny onset stories, including one where he received a photo of naked crew members as his parting gift from the show. He also offered his regret at the tragic (on-screen) death of Sookie’s grandmother.
The poor man was suffering terribly from a hangover that resulted from too much partying after the Sydney Tru Blood 2 event, but he soldiered on gracefully after receiving a strong cup of coffee. He was happy to discuss his past acting credits, both on screen and stage. His future acting roles were also discussed, so make sure you keep your eye out for the movie entitled Road To Paloma, it sure sounds good. His short but definitely sweet role in The Walking Dead was also bought up as well as his penchant for bad-boy roles.
Charlaine Harris
The Q & A sessions were finished up with Charlaine Harris, the author who penned the original Southern Vampire Mystery books that inspired the HBO show, True Blood. Being a fan of the books and a writer myself, I was really looking forward to Charlaine’s session – I am so glad she delivered a Q & A that was funny as well as informative!
There we many questions about her books (the Sookie Stackhouse novels, as well as her other series), her feelings towards Alan Ball’s version of the Sookieverse and her writing career in general. It was lovely to hear how much she appreciates Alan Ball’s vision as well as how much she enjoys seeing the actors on True Blood bring her characters to life. She loved how close Chris Bauer is to her version of Andy Bellefleur and hinted at the fact that if she were to be able to pick any actor to play Niall (a character from her books, but not yet confirmed as a character to be included in True Blood), she would chose David Bowie (can anyone remember his role of the Goblin King in the movie The Labyrinth?)
After the Q & A sessions, all three actors were bought back onto the stage and a combined session then commenced. It was great fun to see the three of them interacting with each other! Apparently Michael Raymond-James had pinched Charlaine Harris’s socks the previous day to keep as a memento of the Sydney event.
The event was concluded with the drawing of a raffle and an autograph session. I was lucky enough to get book number four, Dead To The World (my fave in the series), signed by Charlaine Harris. The very next day after this event, a surprise signing was announced by Dymocks bookstore, and I was able to get a second book signed by the author, so I was very happy indeed!
Did anyone else here attend either of these events. Or did you go to one of the events Charlaine Harris attended in other states? Let me know in the comments below. And for a bit of fun – who wants to caption the photo below taken at the combined Q & A session in Melbourne?
Sources: Hub Productions
(Photo Credits: Lenore Mills)
Sookie Stackhouse Author Charlaine Harris Book Tour for “Deadlocked”
True Blood Author Charlaine Harris
As we all know, Charlaine Harris created the universe that Alan Ball warped into HBO‘s True Blood in her series of Sookie Stackhouse novels. Well to accompany her latest book, the 12th Sookie Stackhouse novel, Deadlocked, she’s doing a southern US 
tour. If you live in the area, don’t miss the chance to meet this incredible author!
Deadlocked Book Tour
May 1 – Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave, Coral Gables, FL 33134-5008
May 2, 6:00 PM – Vero Beach Book Center, 2145 Indian River Blvd, Vero Beach, FL 32960
May 3 – The Bookmark, 220 First Street, Neptune Beach, FL 32266
May 4, 7:00 PM – Barnes & Noble, 1812 Rittenberg Blvd., Charleston, SC 29407
May 5 – Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Cir, Lexington, KY 40503
May 6, 3:00 PM – Barnes & Noble, 3327 Pineville-Matthews Road, Charlotte, NC 28226
May 7 – Bookmarks, Hanes Auditorium at Salem College Fine Arts Center, Winston-Salem, NC
May 8 – That Bookstore in Blytheville, 316 W Main St, Blytheville, AR 72315
May 9, 7:00 PM – Barnes & Noble, 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, Ridgeland, MS 39157
May 10, 7:00 PM – Barnes & Noble, 2590 Citiplace Court, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
May 11 – Murder by the Book, 2342 Bissonnet St, Houston, TX 77005
May 12, 7:00 PM – Bookpeople, 603 North Lamar, Austin, TX 78703
These aren’t all of Ms Harris’s appearances this year though. If you want to find more dates, please check out her website!
Credit: charlaineharris.com