About
HBO Networks True Blood
True Blood
is an
American
television series
based on the
Southern Vampire
Mysteries
books by
Charlaine Harris
and adapted for
television by
Alan Ball. The
series is produced
by
HBO in
association with
Ball's own
production company,
Your Face Goes Here
Entertainment.
The show details the fictional co-existence of vampires and humans in a small Louisiana town after Japanese-made synthetic blood – "TruBlood" – becomes available for purchase. Anna Paquin stars as Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress at a diner who falls in love with one of the vampires, Bill Compton (portrayed by Stephen Moyer).
