NRR: Can you share with us when you
knew you wanted to be a writer?
I always wanted to be a writer, from
the time I learned how to read.
NRR: Did you often begin a book and
then never finish it when you started writing? Can you remember what any of
those stories were about?
Ahhhh . . . no, I think I only did
that once. There’s one not-finished book. I showed it to my agent and he didn’t
like it at all, so I started work on something else. I do remember it, and I
probably have it somewhere.
NRR: How were you inspired to write
the Sookie Stackhouse series?
I wanted to write something
completely different for me, and I decided the story would be about a woman who
was dating a vampire.
NRR: Has writing the Sookie novels
been an easy path? Were there times when you had no idea where the characters
wanted to go and just had to hang on for the ride?
The characters all come from me.
There were many times when I was stymied about what might happen next, but
sooner or later I’d have an idea and off I’d go. Writing is never easy,
frankly. It can go faster or slower, but it’s never easy.
NRR: What is your guilty pleasure?
Expensive purses. A cheap purse can
hold things just as well as an expensive one, and I only let myself go up to a
certain limit, but I do enjoy buying them.
NRR: As many fans know the popular
HBO series True Blood is based off your Sookie Stackhouse series. Do you visit
the production set much?
They’re working, I’m working, so no;
not too much. I’ve been a couple of times, and of course I do some personal
appearance stuff with the cast.
NRR: Can you share with us a little
about Dead Reckoning?
We go in the attic. Readers have
asked me for years what was in the attic. Well, you’ll find out.
NRR: How many more books can we
expect to the Sookie Stackhouse series?
I have two more books to write in
the series.
NRR: What can fans expect to see
from you next?
*This year I have a Sookie in May,
the Sookie Companion in the fall, “Home Improvement; Undead Edition” in August
(an anthology co-edited with my friend Toni Kelner), and a short story in “Down
These Strange Streets.”
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