25 years of Malice.

There's a new 25-year history of the Malice Domestic convention, Not Everyone's Cup of Tea, available from Wildside Press. I was a cofounder of the convention and wrote a piece on the Malice anthologies. There are photos and plenty of other goodies included, written by distinguished authors such as Rhys Bowen, Charlaine Harris, Carolyn Hart, Peter Lovesey, and Peter Robinson.

Charlaine Harris on writing.

At the Mercantile Library's Center for Fiction, Charlaine Harris talked about her approach to writing fiction, particularly regarding True Blood's Sookie Stackhouse and the initial resistance to selling the first book in the series, Dead until Dark. On keeping a series fresh, Harris noted, "There should be a constant stream of . . . exposing layers of the character."

Podcast: Charlaine Harris at the Free Library of Philadelphia.

In this May 5th podcast from the Free Library of Philadelphia, Charlaine Harris talks about Dead in the Family, her new Sookie Stackhouse novel.

Happy birthday, Charlaine Harris.

Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels with paranormal elements and the series featuring psychic Harper Connelly, turns 56 today. The Sookie TV series, called True Blood and starring Anna Paquin, has gone into production for HBO. Harris will be Malice Domestic's guest of honor in April.

The latest Harper Connelly novel is An Ice Cold Grave; the latest Sookie novel is All Together Dead. Sookie also appears in a new short story in Many Bloody Returns.

Photo credit: Caroline Grayshock.