The Sookie Stackhouse Companion (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Sookie Stackhouse: Sookie Stackhouse, Blond, Waitress, Telepath. Sister to Jason Stackhouse, granddaughter of Adele Stackhouse. Falls in love with a vampire, especially after finding out she can't read his mind. And that leads her into the world of the supernatural and a world of adventure she couldn't have imagined before that night that the Vampire Bill walked into Merlotte's for a bottle of True Blood.
• Eric Northman: Vampire; Sheriff of Louisiana Area Five; Owner of Fangtasia vampire bar in Shreveport; Sookie's boyfriend & Husband (a marriage only recognized in the vampire world and a secret from her human friends); Was a Viking when he was human; Is very tall with long blond hair and blue eyes; Is about one thousand years old
• Jason Stackhouse: Sookie's brother; Bitten were-panther; Has blond hair
• Bill Compton: Vampire; Sookie's neighbor and ex-boyfriend; Sells a computerized compilation of all known vampires; Has dark hair and dark eyes
• Judith Vardamon: Vampire; Bill's new girlfriend; Is very much like Bill's first wife; Was made by Lorena to keep Bill Happy
• Tara Thornton: "Tara du Rone" - Sookie's best friend; JB du Rone's pregnant wife; Owner of Tara's Togs; In her late 20's
• Claude Crane: Sookie's Fae cousin; Romance novel cover model; Stripper; Owner of Hooligans Strip Club; Has dark hair; At least a century older than Sookie; Is currently living in Sookie's house
• Dermot Brigant: Sookie's Fae Great-Uncle; Half Fairy & Half Human; Has shoulder length blond hair to cover up his ears; Seven hundred years older than Sookie; Looks like Jason's twin; Is currently living in Sookie's house
• Sam Merlotte: Shapeshifter; Owner of Merlotte's Bar and Grill; Sookie's boss and best friend; A compact man who is immensely strong; Has messy strawberry blond hair and blue eyes
• Adele Stackhouse: Sookie's grandmother; Deceased
• Kennedy Keyes: Part-time substitute bartender at Merlotte's Bar; Was first runner-up to Miss Louisiana; Has thick and glossy chestnut hair; Served time for manslaughter
• Terry Bellefleur: Andy Bellefleur's cousin; Occasionally works at Merlottes; Suffers from Post Traumatic Stress due to a rough time in the war
• Bernadette Merlotte: "Bernie" - Shapeshifter; Sam's mother; Is five-six and very slim; Her strawberry blonde hair is now faded
• Mindy Ballinger: Sam's sister; Doke's wife; Mason & Bonnie's mother; Is plump and chatty
• Doke Ballinger: Mindy's husband; Mason & Bonnie's father; Sam's brother-in-law; Is thin and laconic
• Mason Ballinger: Mindy & Doke's son; Bonnie's brother; Sam's nephew; 5 years old
• Bonnie Ballinger: Mindy & Doke's daughter; Mason's sister; Sam's niece; 3 years old
• Jannalynn Hopper: Werewolf; Sam's girlfriend; Long Tooth Pack enforcer in Shreveport; A petite woman with dark brown hair
• Craig Merlotte: Sam's brother; Deidra's fiancé; 24 years old; A compact man with strawberry blond hair and blue eyes; Is like a more carefree clone of Sam
• Deidra Lisle: Craig's fiancée; 19 years old; Is very pretty with lightly tanned skin, big hazel eyes and reddish brown hair that falls to her waist; Is five-two and is all compact curves and femininity
• Don: Sam's stepfather; Shot Sam's mother when she revealed she is a shapeshifter
• Jim Collins: Bernie's right-hand neighbor; A nasty, balding man in his sixties
• Della Collins: Jim's deceased wife
• Joseph Velasquez: Vampire; Sheriff of Texas Area Six
• Stan Davis: Vampire; King of Texas; His normal guise is that of a nerd: taped glasses, short sleeved button up shirt, etc.
• Alcide Herveaux: Packmaster of the Long Tooth Were-wolf Pack based in Shreveport; Sookie's friend
• Cyndee: One of Eric's barmaids
• Victor Madden: Vampire; Eric's boss; Was the Louisiana proxy for Felipe and is now the regent of Louisiana
• John Quinn: Weretiger; Sookie's ex-boyfriend; Is tall and muscular with a shaved head and purple eyes; Works for Special Events, the supernatural subsidiary of Extreme(ly Elegant) Events
• Trish Pulaski: "Trish Graham" - Were-animal; Togo's girlfriend; Has a ranch outside Wright, Texas; Is in her fifties; Has thick and curly, solid gray hair and bright blue eyes in a tan face; Retired high school English teacher
• Togo Olympio: Were-animal; Trish's boyfriend; Some sort of exotic animal shifter; A huge, coal black man with his hair in short dreads; Speaks in clear and crisp English but with a heavy French accent
• Steve Newlin: Sarah's husband; One of the leaders of the radical religious underground in America; Founder of The Fellowship of the Sun Church
• Sarah Newlin: Steve's wife; One of the leaders of the radical religious underground in America
• Travis: A trucker; A Were not affiliated with a pack
• Sister Mendoza: A short brunette; Sam's good friend; A deputy at the Wright sheriff's department
• Rafe: A short, thick-bodied man with pale hair; Sam's good friend; A deputy at the Wright sheriff's department
• Bart Arrowsmith: Pastor at the Gethsemane Baptist Church; A middle-aged man with a big belly and graying black hair
• Nathan Arrowsmith: Bart's teenage son
• Mrs. Lisle: Deidra's mother; Is almost as pretty as Deidra, but with shorter hair and a few more pounds
• Mr. Lisle: Deidra's father
• Jared Lisle: Deidra's brother; Is in the army
• Angie Lisle: Deidra's sister; 17 years old
• Brenda Sue: Were; Biker Babe; A trauma nurse at a Texas hospital; Is nearly six feet tall and sports a blonde crew cut
• Porter Carpenter: Police Officer; A middle-aged man; Sam's old high school buddy
• Leonard: Wright resident; A gray-haired guy
• Tijgerin: "Tij" (Tie) - Were-tigress; A tall woman with tan skin, long brown hair and deep purple eyes; Is of Sumatran and Dutch descent; ~23 years old; European employee of Special Events
• Luna Garza: Shapeshifter; Sookie's friend; Lives in Dallas
• Denissa: Church singer
• Mary: Church singer

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Bon Temps, Louisiana
• Monroe, Louisiana
• Merlotte's Bar and Grill
• Wright, Texas
• Dallas, Texas
• Fort Worth, Texas
• Mooney, Texas
• Shreveport, Louisiana
• Waco, Texas
• Houston, Texas
• Los Colmillos County Animal Shelter: in Wright, Texas
• Gethsemane Baptist Church: in Wright, Texas
• Afghanistan
• Los Colmillos Police Department: in Wright, Texas
• Jackson, Mississippi
• Netherlands

Organizations edit see section history

• Bureau of Vampire Affairs: "BVA"
• Special Events: The supernatural branch of Extreme(ly Elegant) Events
• Extreme(ly Elegant) Events: "E(E)E" - National event-planning company; Is mostly vampire owned
• Long Tooth Pack: Alcide Herveaux's pack based in Shreveport
• Biker Babes: A group of Were biker chicks
• Fellowship of the Sun: "FotS"

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Table of Contents edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Dead in the Family, and followed by Dead Reckoning.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Charlaine Harris (Author)

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Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3558.A6427 S66 2011
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Urban
• Books › Romance › Vampires
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy › Series

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Charlaine Harris Official Website
• HBO: True Blood Official Website

Movie Connections edit see section history

• True Blood (IMDb): TV Series