Dead Until Dark

Dead Until Dark

Cover of Dead Until Dark
Author	Charlaine Harris
Cover artist	Lisa Desimini
Language	English
Series	The Southern Vampire Mysteries
Subject	Vampires
Genre	Fantasy, Mystery, Gothic, Romance
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	May 1, 2001
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover, Paperback) e-Book (Kindle) Audio Book (CD)
Pages	292(Hardcover)
ISBN	0-441-00853-4
OCLC	46875089
LC Class	CPB Box no. 1850 vol. 12
Followed by	Living Dead in Dallas

Dead Until Dark, published in 2001, is the first novel in Charlaine Harris' series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. It was adapted into True Blood's first season.

Like the rest of the series, Dead Until Dark is narrated by Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress from the small fictional Louisiana town of Bon Temps, not far from the non-fictional town of Shreveport. It is set during the early 2000s, approximately the same time as the book's publication.^{[citation needed]}