The road from novels to movies isn’t always smooth but some authors are pleased with the transistion their books have made to the screen.
Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels about a vampires and a waitress who can read minds have been made into the HBO series True Blood.
The series stars Oscar-winner Anna Paquin; executive producer is Alan Ball (Six Feet Under, American Beauty).
Paquin just won the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV drama series. True Blood also was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Alan and I have a deal,” said Harris during Bouchercon. “He doesn’t help me write my books and I don’t help him make the series.”
And she’s more than pleased with the arrangement.
From the beginning, “I was convinced that Alan understood the books and where I was coming from.” The series is “funny, violent and bloody,” just like the books, she said.
Harris has visited the set and one of her first Hollywood experiences was meeting a star of the series.
“The first actor I met was the dog that plays Sam.”
And the second actor?
The cat.
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