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Anne Rice (1) [1941–2021]

This page covers the author of Interview with the Vampire.

For other authors named Anne Rice, see the disambiguation page.

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Anne Rice was born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1964 and master's degree in English and creative writing in 1972 from San Francisco State University. She published her first short story in 1965 called October 4, 1948. Her first book, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976. It was made into a film starring Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Cruise in 1994. She wrote various series in the same genre including the rest of the Vampire Chronicles, the Mayfair Witches books, and The Wolf Gift Chronicles. Her novel, Feast of All Saints, became a Showtime mini-series in 2001. Her other works include Cry to Heaven, Servant of the Bones, and Violin. In 1998, Rice returned to the Catholic Church and for some time only wrote for Christ or about Christ. These works include Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, and Called Out of Darkness. Anne Rice died on December 11, 2021 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Interview with the Vampire… (more)
Interview with the Vampire 21,707 copies, 313 reviews
The Vampire Lestat 12,951 copies, 125 reviews
The Queen of the Damned 11,057 copies, 89 reviews
The Witching Hour 9,064 copies, 112 reviews
The Tale of the Body Thief 8,512 copies, 58 reviews
Memnoch the Devil 8,025 copies, 65 reviews
The Vampire Armand 6,691 copies, 50 reviews
Lasher 6,608 copies, 43 reviews
Taltos 5,709 copies, 30 reviews
Merrick 5,280 copies, 30 reviews
Pandora 5,186 copies, 44 reviews
Blood and Gold 4,814 copies, 38 reviews
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned 4,736 copies, 50 reviews
Blackwood Farm 4,491 copies, 43 reviews
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty 4,361 copies, 105 reviews
Servant of the Bones 4,093 copies, 26 reviews
Vittorio the Vampire 3,945 copies, 28 reviews
Blood Canticle 3,670 copies, 22 reviews
Violin 3,160 copies, 20 reviews
Cry to Heaven 3,046 copies, 43 reviews
Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt 2,946 copies, 64 reviews
Beauty's Punishment 2,834 copies, 24 reviews
Beauty's Release 2,618 copies, 21 reviews
The Feast of All Saints 2,402 copies, 26 reviews
Exit to Eden 1,748 copies, 27 reviews
Belinda 1,542 copies, 21 reviews
The Wolf Gift 1,340 copies, 78 reviews
Prince Lestat 1,331 copies, 42 reviews
Angel Time 1,195 copies, 32 reviews
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana 1,073 copies, 32 reviews
The Sleeping Beauty novels (Author; Pseudonym) 1,056 copies, 14 reviews
The Wolves of Midwinter 591 copies, 13 reviews
Of Love and Evil 551 copies, 12 reviews
Beauty's Kingdom 326 copies, 8 reviews
Lasher v. 1 8 copies
1998 7 copies
Anne Rice Single Novels 1 copy, 1 review
The Ultimate Dracula (Contributor) 468 copies, 2 reviews
American Gothic Tales (Contributor) 426 copies, 5 reviews
The Witches' Companion (Contributor) 304 copies, 2 reviews
By Blood We Live (Contributor) 289 copies, 7 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women (Contributor) 275 copies, 4 reviews
Flesh and the Word: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor) 188 copies, 1 review
Vampires, Wine, and Roses (Contributor) 148 copies, 2 reviews
Vampire Stories (Contributor) 137 copies
Deep Down: The New Sensual Writing by Women (Contributor; Contributor) 114 copies
Flesh and the Word 2: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor) 108 copies, 2 reviews
Into the Mummy's Tomb (Contributor) 105 copies
The Best American Erotica 1993 (Contributor) 98 copies
Flesh and the Word 3: An Anthology of Erotic Writing (Contributor; Contributor) 97 copies
Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (Contributor) 84 copies, 2 reviews
The Vampire Omnibus (Contributor) 75 copies, 2 reviews
The Ultimate Zombie (Contributor) 70 copies
Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film (Contributor) 59 copies
Anne Rice Reader (Contributor) 49 copies
The Vampire Hunter's Casebook (Contributor) 36 copies
Vampires in Love: Stories with a Bite (Contributor) 28 copies, 1 review
Exit to Eden [1994 film] (Original book) 18 copies
Horror by Lamplight (Contributor) 17 copies
The Longing for Fear (Inspiration) 15 copies
The Last Sunrise (Inspiration) 13 copies
The Feast of All Saints [2001 film] (Original story) 8 copies
Back to Life (Inspiration) 7 copies
In Despair (Inspiration) 5 copies
Fear #16 (Interview) 1 copy
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Howard Allen Frances O'Brien was born on 04 October 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was the second of four daughters of Irish Catholic parents, Katherine "Kay" Allen and Howard O'Brien. In 1961, she married Stan Rice, who passed away in 2002. They had two children, Christopher (1978) and Michele (1966-1972).

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