Characters in Dead Until Dark

Sookie Stackhouse

Telepathic waitress in Bon Temps, Louisiana.

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, One Word Answer, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From dead to worse, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family

Bill Compton

A vampire who becomes Sookie's first serious romantic interest.

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, One Word Answer, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, Dead reckoning

Eric Northman

Vampire sheriff of Area Five, introduced in this book.

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, All Together Dead, From dead to worse, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, Dead reckoning, Deadlocked

Sam Merlotte

Shapeshifter who owns Merlotte's Bar and Grill, where Sookie works.

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, The Sookie Stackhouse Companion, Dead reckoning

Jason Stackhouse

Sookie's brother, a road-crew worker in Bon Temps who becomes a suspect in the murders.

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, Dead reckoning, Deadlocked, Dead ever after

Adele Stackhouse

Sookie's grandmother, known as "Gran," who raised her in Bon Temps.

Tara Thornton

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead to the World, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, From dead to worse, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, Dead reckoning

Pam Ravenscroft

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, All Together Dead, Dead and Gone, Dead in the family, Dead reckoning, Deadlocked, Dead ever after