Tickets are available to see Charlaine Harris, New York Times best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series of books on which the hit HBO series True Blood is based, when she comes to campus April 1.

Admission is free but you must have a ticket to see her in Reynolds Performance Hall. Tickets are available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the Reynolds box office. There is a limit of two tickets per person and you must present your UCA identification to get them. You can reserve tickets by calling the box office at 450-3265.

Harris, who lives in south Arkansas, gained national recognition with the Sookie Stackhouse series of books. The books have been published internationally and the HBO series based on the books begins its third season this year.

The books are about a telepathic barmaid who befriends vampires and werewolves in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps. Eventually, she falls in love with one of the vampires. The first book in the series, Dead Until Dark, won the prestigious Anthony Award for best paperback mystery of 2001.

Harris has written other successful books series. Her first was a series called Real Murders about a Georgia librarian. She followed that with the Lily Bard series set in Shakespeare, Ark.

Harris will give a lecture at 7:30 p.m., April 1, then sign copies of her books.