True Blood revolves around the character Sookie Stackhouse.
Sookie Stackhouse is a fictional character and protagonist of The Southern Vampire Mysteries book series , written by Charlaine Harris . True Blood is an American dark fantasy horror television series produced and created by Alan Ball and based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris . The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin ) , a telepathic waitress living in the rural town of Bon Temps , Louisiana , two years after the invention of a synthetic blood that has allowed vampires to `` come out of the coffin '' and allow their presence to be known to mankind .