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Birthday:
1941-10-04
Place of birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Anne Rice

Overview

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life in the city before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She was raised in an observant Catholic family but became an agnostic as a young adult. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire (1976), while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, she published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus. Several years later she distanced herself from organized Christianity, while remaining devoted to Jesus. She later considered herself a secular humanist.

Rice's books have sold over 100 million copies, making her one of the best-selling authors of modern times. While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she gained a better reception with critics in the 1980s. Her writing style and the literary content of her works have been analyzed by literary commentators. She was married to poet and painter Stan Rice for 41 years, from 1961 until his death from brain cancer in 2002 at age 60. She and Stan had two children, Michele, who died of leukemia at age five, and Christopher, who is also an author.

Rice also wrote books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001) and Servant of the Bones, which formed the basis of a 2011 comic book miniseries. Several books from The Vampire Chronicles have been adapted as comics and manga by various publishers. She authored erotic fiction under the pen names Anne Rampling and A. N. Roquelaure, including Exit to Eden, which was later adapted into a 1994 film.

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Known for

Acting
2020 A Place Among the Dead Actor AR 58
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2011 The Future of Fear Actor Self N/A
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2010 The Real Vampire Files Actor Self N/A
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2006 Biography - Anne Rice: Vampires, Witches and Bestsellers Actor Self N/A
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2000 In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire Actor Self 59
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1994 Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire Actor Narrator N/A
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Writing
2025 Anne Rice's Talamasca: The Secret Order Writing Book N/A
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2023 Mayfair Witches Writing Novel 72
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2022 Interview with the Vampire Writing Novel 73
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2016 The Young Messiah Writing Novel 59
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2002 Queen of the Damned Writing Novel 60
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2001 Feast of All Saints Writing Novel 58
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2001 Earth Angels Writing Writer 59
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1998 Rag and Bone Writing Story 58
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1998 Rag and Bone Writing Writer 58
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1994 Interview with the Vampire Writing Screenplay 72
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1994 Interview with the Vampire Writing Novel 72
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1994 Exit to Eden Writing Novel 55
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Cry to Heaven Writing Novel N/A
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Production
2023 Mayfair Witches Production Executive Producer 72
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2022 Interview with the Vampire Production Executive Producer 73
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1998 Rag and Bone Production Executive Producer 58
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