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Author Profiles Series: Charlaine Harris
posted Sunday, 22 July 2007
| Author |
Charlaine Harris |
| Genre | Mystery |
| Recurring Story Elements | Rape, violence against women and children, sudden unexpected death of sympathetic characters, Southern settings. |
| Heroines are: | Outsiders, attractive but odd - threatening to some, tough and analytical, sometimes mouthy or blunt, aware of manners and social norms, observant, concerned with the cleanliness of their surroundings, sexually attractive to strong/powerful men, unpretentious, unimpressed by money, unconcerned with high fashion. |
| Heroes are: | Outsiders, but not as conflicted about it as Harris's heroines, morally ambiguous or flawed, laconic, protective. |
| Harris's world is: | A rather scary place. People are complex, somewhat secretive, and sometimes mean. Good can prevail, with great effort, but there is always a price to be paid. |
| Harris likes: | Karate and weight lifting, women who can defend themselves physically and emotionally, clean houses, good personal grooming, and paperback novels. |
| Harris dislikes: | Fundamentalist Christians (portrayed as emotional, suspicious, easily led sheed existing in a cramped pen they have no desire to break out of), men who find strong or intelligent women threatening. |
| Harris themes: | Society bullies, sometimes violently, towards conformity; deviate from the norm, and you put yourself in danger. |
| Favorite Charlaine Harris book |
Shakespeare's Landlord
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| Number of books read | 19 books |
| Biggest Glom | 6 books from May to August 2001 |
| Other grerp mentions | Sookie Stackhouse commentary, Grave Surprise review, Living Dead in Dallas review |
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