A tour of Bon Temps, Louisiana, provides a definitive guide to the family, friends, enemies, adventures, and lovers of clairvoyant waitress Sookie Stackhouse, heroine of the bestselling novels and HBO series "True Blood."

"Includes an all-new Sookie Stackhouse novella"--Jacket.

Preface: The world of Sookie Stackhouse / Charlaine Harris -- Bon Temps and its environs -- Small-town wedding / Charlaine Harris -- Life in Bon Temps / Victoria Koski -- The Sookie short stories and related material / Charlaine Harris -- Vampires, two-natured, and fairies, oh my!: Sookie discusses the creatures she's met / Charlaine Harris -- Sookie's family tree -- Sookie Stackhouse trivia: how much of a Sookie fan are you? / Beverly Battillo and Victoria Koski -- What's cookin' in Bon Temps: a selection of down-home Southern recipes -- Inside True blood: Alan Ball answers questions from the fans -- From mystery to mayhem: the works of Charlaine Harris ; Recollections around the duckpond: the fans of Charlaine Harris / Beverly Battillo -- Charlaine Harris answers questions from her fans -- A guide to the world of Sookie Stackhouse / Victoria Koski.