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After publishing two stand-alone mysteries, Harris decided to establish a series. She began the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden books with ''Real Murders'', which garnered an Agatha nomination. Harris's protagonist, a diminutive Georgia librarian whose life never turns out quite the way she planned, kept Harris busy for several books, but finally Harris (and Aurora) grew restless.

The result of this restlessness was the much edgier Shakespeare series -- set not in England, but in rural Arkansas. The heroine of the Shakespeare books is Lily Bard, a tough and taciturn woman whose life has been permanently reshaped by a terrible crime and its consequences. In ''Shakespeare's Landlord'', the first in the series, Lily is caught at a moment when the shell she's built around herself is just beginning to crack, and the books capture Lily's emotional re-entry into the world, while also being sound mysteries. The fifth Shakespeare book, ''Shakespeare's Counselor'', was printed in Fall 2001.

Harris's latest venture is known as the Southern Vampire Mysteries and is about a telepathic barmaid in southern Louisiana. The first book in the series, ''Dead Until Dark'', won the Anthony for best paperback mystery of 2001. Each book about Sookie Stackhouse (and her dealings with vampires and werewolves and other creatures of the night) has gathered more readers to enjoy the books' unique blend of mystery, humor, romance, and the supernatural. The Sookie books are also being read in Japan, Spain, Greece, and Great Britain. Her sixth book in the series, ''Definitely Dead'' will be published in 2006. In 2005, it was announced that Alan Ball (creator of the acclaimed HBO television series Six Feet Under) would undertake the writing and direction of a new HBO series based upon the Southern Vampire Mysteries. The series is expected to begin filming in 2006.

October 2005 marked the debut of Charlaine’s new series about a young woman named Harper Connelly, in ''Grave Sight''. Harper’s been struck by lightning and the experience has left her with a strange ability. She can find corpses. Harper and her ‘brother’ Tolliver Lang make their living from finding the dead.

In addition to her work as a writer, Harris is married and the mother of three teenagers. A former weight lifter and karate student, she is an avid reader and cinemaphile. She is a member of the vestry of St. James Episcopal Church.

Harris is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and the American Crime Writers League. She is a member of the board of Sisters in Crime, and alternates with Joan Hess as president of the Arkansas Mystery Writers Alliance.


BIBLIOGRAPHY



Aurora Teagarden Series


  • Real Murders. Walker, 1990, ISBN 0-8027-5769-3 Worldwide, 1992, ISBN 0-373-26104-7


  • A Bone to Pick. Walker, 1992, ISBN 0-8027-1245-2 Worldwide, 1994, ISBN 0-373-26136-5


  • Three Bedrooms, One Corpse. Scribners, 1994, ISBN 0-684-19643-3 Worldwide, 1995, ISBN 0-373-26177-2


  • The Julius House. Scribners, 1995, ISBN 0-684-19640-9 Worldwide, 1996, ISBN 0-373-26217-5


  • Dead Over Heels. Scribners, 1996, ISBN 0-684-80429-8 Worldwide, 1996, ISBN 0-373-26260-4


  • A Fool And His Honey. St. Martin's Press, 1999, ISBN 0-312-20306-3 Worldwide, 2001, ISBN 0-373-26384-8


  • Last Scene Alive. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002, ISBN 0-312-26246-9 Wordwide ISBN 0-373-26476-3


  • Poppy Done to Death. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003, ISBN 0-312-27764-4 Worldwide, 2004, ISBN: 0-373-26504-2



Lily Bard (Shakespeare) Series


  • Shakespeare's Landlord. St. Martin's Press, 1996, ISBN 0-312-14415-6 Prime Crime, 2005, ISBN 0-425-20686-6


  • Shakespeare's Champion. St. Martin's Press, 1997, ISBN 0-312-17005-X Dell, 1997, ISBN 0-440-22421-7


  • Shakespeare's Christmas. St. Martin's Press, 1998, ISBN 0-312-19330-0 Dell, 1998, ISBN 0-440-23499-9


  • Shakespeare's Trollop. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000, ISBN 0-312-26228-0 Berkley Prime Crime, ISBN 0-425-1969-9


  • Shakespeare's Counselor. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001, ISBN 0-312-27762-8 Prime Crime, 2005, ISBN 0-425-20114-7



Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire) Series




  • Living Dead in Dallas. Ace, March 2002, ISBN: 0-441-00923-9


  • Club Dead. Ace, May 2003, ISBN 0-441-01051-2


  • Dead to the World. Ace, May 2004, ISBN 0-441-01167-5, paperback, 2005, ISBN 0-441-01218-3


Sookie Stackhouse short story in:
  • Powers of Detection. Ace, Oct. 2004, ISBN 0-441-01197-7






  • Dead as a Doornail. Ace, May 2005, ISBN 0-441-01279-5

    • Recorded Books (audio book) ISBN 1-419-33730-0


  • Definitely Dead. Ace, May 2006, ISBN 0-441-01400-3

    • Recorded Books (audio book) ISBN 1-419-39326-X



Harper Connelly Series


  • Grave Sight. Berkley Prime Crime, October 2005, ISBN 0-425-20568-1



Non-series Books


  • Sweet and Deadly. Houghton Mifflin, 1981, ISBN 0-395-30532-2 Ballantine, 1981, ISBN 0-345-32101-4 Albatrosz Konyvek, 1981 (Hungarian title "Fajo Szivvel")

    • Robert Hale, 1981, ISBN 0-7091-9700-4


  • A Secret Rage. Houghton Mifflin, 1984, ISBN 0-395-35323-8 Ballantine, 1984, ISBN 0-345-32102-2

    • Severn House, 1984 ISBN 0-7278-1079-0


These two books are now available from Peanut Press (Electronic Books for Handheld Computers — Palm OS & Pocket PC PDAs).


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