Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area. She is the author of the Gunnie Rose series; the Midnight, Texas series; the Aurora Teagarden mysteries; the Lily Bard mysteries; the Harper Connelly mysteries; the Cemetery Girl mysteries; and the Sookie Stackhouse urban fantasy series, which is the basis for the HBO show True Blood. Harris now lives in Texas with her husband.