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Anne Rice

Born

in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States

October 04, 1941

Died

December 11, 2021

Website

http://www.annerice.com

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Genre

Horror, Historical Fiction, Romance

Influences

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

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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 ...more

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	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 667,348 ratings — published 1976 — 101 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 222,268 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) 3.93 avg rating — 164,978 ratings — published 1988 — 159 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 126,780 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4) 3.77 avg rating — 93,601 ratings — published 1992 — 116 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5) 3.76 avg rating — 87,851 ratings — published 1995 — 133 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6) 3.80 avg rating — 74,921 ratings — published 1998 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2) 3.88 avg rating — 66,575 ratings — published 1993 — 114 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #3) 3.82 avg rating — 57,400 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mummy (Ramses the Damned #1) 3.86 avg rating — 49,278 ratings — published 1989 — 110 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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