NEED TO KNOW | A chat with Charlaine Harris, author behind "True Blood" | PBS
Duration: 08:45
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Need to Know #106
Broadcast Date: Jun. 11, 2010
Need to Know on PBS sits down with Charlaine Harris, the author behind the Sookie Stackhouse book series that inspired HBO's "True Blood." Harris talks about her choice of northern Louisiana as a setting for the story, vampires as a metaphor for gay rights, and her hometown's reaction to her novels.
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