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, Many Bloody Returns, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding, All Together Dead, From dead to worse, Dead and Gone

Bill Compton

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

Also in Living dead in Dallas, Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, Definitely Dead, Deadlocked

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 in the family, Dead reckoning, Deadlocked

Sam Merlotte

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

Also in Dead as a Doornail, Dead reckoning, Dead ever after

Jason Stackhouse

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

Also in Dead as a Doornail

Adele Stackhouse

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