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Anne Rice


Born
in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
October 04, 1941

Died
December 11, 2021

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Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien) was a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematic focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.

Anne Rice passed on December 11, 2021 due to complications from a stroke. She was eighty years old at the time of her death.

She uses the pseudonym Anne Rampling for adult-themed fiction (i.e., erotica) and A.N. Roquelaure for fiction featuring sexually explicit
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Weather is becoming ever more a mystery. It's chilly this morning in the California desert. There is snow on the nearby mountains. I can't recall it ever being this cold in late April. How bizarre.

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Published on July 29, 2010 17:53
Average rating: 3.92 · 2,387,819 ratings · 84,252 reviews · 495 distinct worksSimilar authors
Interview with the Vampire ...

4.02 avg rating — 650,418 ratings — published 1976 — 295 editions
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vam...

4.11 avg rating — 216,895 ratings — published 1985 — 16 editions
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The Queen of the Damned (Th...

3.93 avg rating — 161,924 ratings — published 1988 — 180 editions
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The Witching Hour (Lives of...

4.10 avg rating — 124,353 ratings — published 1990 — 130 editions
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The Tale of the Body Thief ...

3.77 avg rating — 92,106 ratings — published 1992 — 115 editions
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Memnoch the Devil (The Vamp...

3.76 avg rating — 86,608 ratings — published 1995 — 136 editions
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The Vampire Armand (The Vam...

3.80 avg rating — 73,807 ratings — published 1998 — 128 editions
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Lasher (Lives of the Mayfai...

3.88 avg rating — 65,699 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Taltos (Lives of the Mayfai...

3.82 avg rating — 56,675 ratings — published 1994 — 104 editions
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The Mummy (Ramses the Damne...

3.86 avg rating — 48,799 ratings — published 1989
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Interview with the Vampire The Vampire Lestat The Queen of the Damned The Tale of the Body Thief Memnoch the Devil The Vampire Armand Merrick
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Quotes by Anne Rice  (?)
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“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat

“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written — behind your silence and your suffering.”
Anne Rice

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