Last night (5/9/11) I had the awesome opportunity to meet Charlain Harris on her Dead Reckoning book tour! She was at the Bagdad Theater here in Portland. It was such an honor to meet her! The session mostly consisted of Q&A and then book signing.
My question to Charlain was about the Harper Connely series as it is actually my favorite of hers. She indicated that she does not forsee herself writing anymore of those books (too bad!!). Additionally, though the rumours of CBS picking up the story line for a series was true it isn't going to happen. I have mixed feelings about that since I'm really not a huge fan of True Blood.
Other things she mentioned--some we already knew--the Sookie series will end at book 13 (so only 2 more books to go). She also said that the inspiration for making "Bubba" (Elvis as a vampire) came from watching Men in Black! A very funny story!
It was a great evening and if you ever get a chance to attend her book signing I encourage you to go. She's a total sweetheart and I had a great time!
Did she talk about anything she would be writing after that? She has such a unique vision and doesn't get too descriptive (like Anne Rice) or too sexual (LK Hamilton) and they're just good stories!
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She did not have specifics for projects after Sookie but she did say that one of the things she was excited about was being freed up to pursue the other projects she has "in her head". Though she said that she did not see another Harper Connely book coming out she said she thought some of those characters may show up in other books like Lilly Bard ended up in Sookie. She also said there MAY be another Aurora Teagarden book. Have you read Dead Reckoning yet? I had read it last Tuesday when it dropped to my Kindle so when I was at the signing last night the majority of folks had not yet read it and were talking about so many things that get resolved in this book and it was sooo hard to keep my mouth SHUT.
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