num_pages: 292
description: Sookie Stackhouse is just a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. Until the vampire of her dreams walks into her life-and one of her coworkers checks out....Maybe having a vampire for a boyfriend isn't such a bright idea.
language: English
title: Dead Until Dark
titlecomplete: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
characters: Bill Compton, Jason Stackhouse, Eric Northman, Pam Ravenscroft, Sam Merlotte, Sookie Stackhouse, Tara Thornton
genres: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal, Mystery, Romance
ratings_count: 532453
places: Louisiana, Bon Temps, Louisiana
series: Sookie Stackhouse
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best Paperback Original, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Compton Crook Award
publisher: Ace Books