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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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Genre
Horror, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, John Milton, Ernest Hemingway, Willia ...more


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 ...more

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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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Average rating: 3.92 · 2,381,283 ratings · 83,741 reviews · 492 distinct works • Similar authors
Interview with the Vampire ...
4.02 avg rating — 647,565 ratings — published 1976 — 4 editions
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vam...
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The Queen of the Damned (Th...
3.93 avg rating — 161,519 ratings — published 1988 — 180 editions
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The Witching Hour (Lives of...
4.10 avg rating — 124,080 ratings — published 1990 — 130 editions
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Memnoch the Devil (The Vamp...
3.76 avg rating — 86,410 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions
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The Vampire Armand (The Vam...
3.80 avg rating — 73,658 ratings — published 1998 — 128 editions
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Lasher (Lives of the Mayfai...
3.88 avg rating — 65,572 ratings — published 1993 — 109 editions
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Taltos (Lives of the Mayfai...
3.82 avg rating — 56,562 ratings — published 1994 — 104 editions
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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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The Mummy The Passion of Cleopatra The Reign of Osiris
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The Wolf Gift The Wolves of Midwinter
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“None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.”
― Anne Rice, The Vampire Lestat
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“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
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“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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Fantasy was the winning genre. Please vote for the book you would like to read in February. Last day to vote will be Friday, January 24.
(Reminder: Books over 600 pages will have extended read-a-longs and we will put the length to a vote--either 6 or 8 weeks. See this thread: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...)

Outlander (Historical Fantasy) Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon Diana Gabaldon
 
  9 votes, 50.0%

Divergent (Dystopian) Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth Veronica Roth
 
  3 votes, 16.7%

Wicked (Fantasy) Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire Gregory Maguire
 
  2 votes, 11.1%

The Pawn of Prophecy (High Fantasy) Pawn of Prophecy (The Belgariad, #1) by David Eddings David Eddings
 
  2 votes, 11.1%

The Once and Future King (Arthurian) The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-4) by T.H. White T.H. White
 
  1 vote, 5.6%

The House of the Spirits (Magical Realism) The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende Isabel Allende
 
  1 vote, 5.6%

Angel Time (paranormal fantasy) Angel Time (The Songs of the Seraphim, #1) by Anne Rice Anne Rice
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Orlando (Fantasy-classic) Orlando by Virginia Woolf Virginia Woolf
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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