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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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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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Interview with the Vampire ...
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The Vampire Lestat (The Vam...
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The Queen of the Damned (Th...
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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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  7 votes, 16.3%

Slave to Sensation (Psy-Changeling, #1) by Nalini Singh Slave to Sensation by Nalini Singh
 
  5 votes, 11.6%

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Some Girls Bite (Chicagoland Vampires, #1) by Chloe Neill Some Girls Bite by Chloe Neill
 
  4 votes, 9.3%

Darkfever (Fever #1) by Karen Marie Moning Darkfever by Karen Marie Moning
 
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Captured (The Captive, #1) by Erica Stevens Captured by Erica Stevens
 
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Book of Shadows (Sweep, #1) by Cate Tiernan Book of Shadows by Cate Tiernan
 
  2 votes, 4.7%

Moon Called (Mercy Thompson, #1) by Patricia Briggs Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
 
  2 votes, 4.7%

 
  2 votes, 4.7%

Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
 
  2 votes, 4.7%

Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder
 
  1 vote, 2.3%

Kindling the Moon (Arcadia Bell, #1) by Jenn Bennett Kindling the Moon by Jenn Bennett
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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