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Prince Frederick, MD, August 12, 2009—Recorded Books’ unabridged audiobook collection of all nine titles in Charlaine Harris’ best-selling Southern Vampire Mystery series is required listening for the worldwide fans of HBO’s popular True Blood series, now in its second season. All nine novels in the series are available immediately in CD, audiocassette, Playaway digital formats, and digital downloads.
The New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Harris’ award-winning series offers an irresistible mixture of vampire romance, mystery, and Southern charm. The novels feature 25-year-old Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse, who is telepathic, and an alluring vampire named Bill.
Narrator Johanna Parker’s drawl is the perfect complement to Harris’ delightful storytelling in Dead Until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From Dead to Worse, and Dead and Gone.
Harris was born in Tunica, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta, and now lives in southern Arkansas. She attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. After publishing two stand-alone mysteries, Harris began the lighthearted Aurora Teagarden books with Real Murders, an Agatha Award nominee. Harris wrote several books in the series before the mid-1990s, when she began branching out into other works. In 1996, she released the first in the Shakespeare series, set in rural Arkansas. Harris then created the Southern Vampire Mysteries series, and the first book, Dead Until Dark, won the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Mystery in 2001. The series has been released in Japan, Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Argentina, Brazil, Great Britain, Ireland, and Sweden. All nine titles in the series are currently on The New York Times Best Sellers lists.
About Recorded Books: Recorded Books, LLC, a Haights Cross Communications company, produces and distributes unabridged audiobooks and other audio products to public and university libraries and schools on CD, cassette and Playaway digital player. Over 9,000 titles are available for adults, children, and young adults in English and Spanish languages narrated by professional, award-winning actors. Recorded Books also distributes music, educational lectures, independent films, and nonfiction films on DVD. Packaging is designed for high circulation. One-year warranty, cataloging, processing, and free MARC records are available. For more information, visit www.recordedbooks.com.
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