Bargain @ $1.99 from Ace Books in Canada & the US (should be the same price in all the stores):
The Sookie Stackhouse Companion which is an official tie-in guide to Charlaine Harris' (
Wikipedia) popular Southern Vampire paranormal mystery series (
Wikipedia), with all sorts of supplementary info, an exclusive interview with the creator of the HBO TV show adaptation
True Blood, and a bonus novella (not yet reprinted in any of the shorts collections, according to ISFDB). Wikipedia says this won the 2011 Anthony Award for Best Critical Non-Fiction.
Explore the unconventional, otherworldly life of psychic waitress Sookie Stackhouse in this companion to the bestselling series that takes a closer look at Sookie and her family, friends, enemies, adventures, and—of course—the lovers who set her world on fire...
Visit Bon Temps, the small Louisiana town that Sookie calls home, with a detailed map created by Charlaine herself, and learn the characteristics of the supernaturals who live there: vampires, two-natured, and fae. Examine all the branches of Sookie’s family tree. And eavesdrop on the private conversations between rival vampires Eric and Bill.