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Charlaine Harris. Photo by Sigrid Estrada.<\/p><\/div>\n

Charlaine Harris, author of the books that inspired the HBO se\u00adries \u201cTrue Blood,\u201d has donated several edited manuscripts to Archives and Special Collections at the Universi\u00adty of Mississippi\u2019s J.D. Williams Library.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough I\u2019ve lived in many wonder\u00adful places in the South, it only seemed right that my work found a home in Mississippi, my state of origin,\u201d Har\u00adris said. \u201cNo matter how many places I live, I was born and bred in the flat fields of the Mississippi Delta, and it\u2019s a part of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harris, a New York Times <\/em>best-sell\u00ading author, has released more than 30 novels in the urban fantasy genre. She began writing plays while attending Rhodes College in Memphis and was first published in 1981 with the novel Sweet and Deadly<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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In 2001, she released Dead Until Dark, <\/em>the first in the Sookie Stackhouse series. The series, whose main charac\u00adter is a telepathic waitress in northern Louisiana, was the in\u00adspiration for hit HBO vampire series \u201cTrue Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jennifer Ford, di\u00adrector of Special Collections, said she found one of Harris\u2019 manuscripts to be intriguing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the most interesting aspects of the collection is a typed, annotated manuscript, which was the first manu\u00adscript Charlaine sent out,\u201d Ford said. \u201cIt is titled, \u2018Dead Dog by the Side of the Road.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The donation is a great addition to the university\u2019s collection, said Chris Offutt, assistant professor of English, who has written two manuscripts for \u201cTrue Blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always great when a writer\u2019s original manuscripts are part of a spe\u00adcial collection,\u201d Offutt said. \u201cThey are then available to writers and scholars for careful scrutiny. The University of Mississippi is fortunate to have them. A big thanks to Charlaine for her generous gift.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ford said she is grateful to Harris for her unique donation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis donation is so important to Special Collections because it adds so much to our literary collections,\u201d Ford said. \u201cCharlaine is a major tal\u00adent whose work ethic is reflected in her collection.\u201d<\/p>\n

Go to http:\/\/www.olemiss.edu\/ depts\/general_library\/archives\/<\/a> for more information about Archives and Special Collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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