The author behind the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which True Blood is based on, has announced she’ll be writing an entirely new series in graphic novel format!

USA Today reports:

Charlaine Harris’s mega hit series about Louisiana barmaid Sookie Stackhouse will end with book 13 which will be released in May 2013. (HBO’s True Blood is based on the series.)

But Harris is already busy with a followup new project, an original graphic novel trilogy. The first book, Cemetery Girl, will be published by Ace Books in 2013. The trilogy is a collaboration between Harris, dark fantasy writer Christopher Golden, and illustrator Don Kramer. Cemetery Girl will combine fantasy and paranormal mystery to tell the story of a teenaged girl with amnesia who has grown up living alone in amid the gravestones.

As the series unfolds, the truth of who the girl is and how she came to be there will be gradually revealed both to the reader and to the character herself. It will be Harris’s first venture into the world of graphic novels.

Cemetery Girl sounds interesting, and the graphic novel aspect for Harris particularly piqued our interest. We’ll keep you updated on the book’s publication!