Anne Rice (1) (1941–2021)
Author of Interview with the Vampire
For other authors named Anne Rice, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Anne Rice was born Howard Allen O'Brien on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received a bachelor's degree in political science in 1964 and master's degree in English and creative writing in 1972 from San Francisco State University. She published her first short story in 1965 called show more October 4, 1948. Her first book, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976. It was made into a film starring Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, and Tom Cruise in 1994. She wrote various series in the same genre including the rest of the Vampire Chronicles, the Mayfair Witches books, and The Wolf Gift Chronicles. Her novel, Feast of All Saints, became a Showtime mini-series in 2001. Her other works include Cry to Heaven, Servant of the Bones, and Violin. In 1998, Rice returned to the Catholic Church and for some time only wrote for Christ or about Christ. These works include Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, and Called Out of Darkness. Anne Rice died on December 11, 2021 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Anne Rice
Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief (1989) 1,561 copies
Anne Rice's The Master of Rampling Gate: A Graphic Tale of Unspeakable Horror by the Author of 'The Vampire Lestat' (1765) 78 copies
Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil… (1990) 26 copies
Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the… (2002) 20 copies
Exit to Eden / Feast of All Saints / Interview With the Vampire / Lasher / Merrick / The Mummy / Pandora / Queen of the… (1996) 13 copies
Interview with Anne Rice: A Conversation between Anne Rice and Michael Riley (1997) — Author — 7 copies
1998 7 copies
Vittorio the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Armand / Queen of the Damned /… (1999) 6 copies
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories 5 copies
The Vampire Armand/Merrick/Blood & Gold/Blackwood Farm/Blood Canticle (Vampire Chronicles 6-10) 3 copies
The Gift of Cancer 2 copies
Interview mit einem Vampir - Claudias Story (Neuedition): Wunderbar illustrierte Comic-Adaption des Topseller-Romans… (2023) 2 copies
História do Ladrão do Corpo 1 copy
O Vampiro Lestat - Volume I 1 copy
Box especial Cronicas Vampirescas – Anne Rice - 3 livros capa dura e brindes (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2019) 1 copy
Innovation comics Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat & Queen of the Damned 1 copy
La Momia O Ramss El Maldito 1 copy
El Ladrn De Cuerpos 1 copy
Anne Rice: Birth of the Vampire (VHS) Interview with the Vampire (Book) — Author — 1 copy
Night of the Wolf 1 copy
The Silver Wolf 1 copy
The Sand Canyon Review 1 copy
LASHER/CRY TO HEAVEN/PANDORA/THE FEAST OF ALL THE SAINTS/THE MUMMY/MENNOCH THE DEVIL/THE TALE OF THE BODY… — Author — 1 copy
Anne Rice Single Novels 1 copy
Collector's Set (5-Paperback Books): Taltos, The Tale Of The Body Thief, Queen Of The Damned, The Vampire Lestat,… (1990) 1 copy
Chrystus Pan: Droga z Kany 1 copy
Entrevista con el vampiro [Interview with the Vampire]: Crónicas Vampíricas 1 [Vampire Chronicles, Book 1] (2021) 1 copy
Συνέντευξη με το βαμπίρ 1 copy
Associated Works
The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles (1993) — Collaborator — 669 copies
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributor — 187 copies
Lovers & Other Monsters: A Collection of Amorous Tales of Fantasy, Old and New (1992) — Contributor — 57 copies
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (2011) — Contributor — 38 copies
Hallowed halls of greater New Orleans : historic churches, cathedrals, and sanctuaries (2013) — Foreword — 6 copies
Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (#1-12 collected) — Inspiration — 5 copies
Anne Rice's The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned [graphic novel adaptation] (1990) — Inspiration — 2 copies
Anne Rice's The Queen of the Damned #3 [comic book issue] — Author — 2 copies
Fear #16 — Interview — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Rice, Howard Allan Frances O'Brien
- Other names
- Rampling, Anne
Roquelaure, A.N.
Rice, Anne O'Brien - Birthdate
- 1941-10-04
- Date of death
- 2021-12-11
- Burial location
- Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Place of death
- Rancho Mirage, California, USA
- Cause of death
- stroke
- Places of residence
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
La Jolla, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Richardson, Texas, USA
Denton, Texas, USA
California desert, USA - Education
- Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
San Francisco State University (BA|1964|MA|1972 | Creative Writing)
North Texas State College, Texas - Occupations
- writer
insurance claims controller - Relationships
- Borchardt, Alice (sibling)
Rice, Stan (spouse)
Rice, Christopher (offspring) - Awards and honors
- World Horror Convention Grand Master Award (1994)
Bram Stoker Award (2003)
ThrillerMaster Award (2013) - Agent
- William Loverd
- Short biography
- Howard Allen Frances O'Brien was born on 04 October 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was the second of four daughters of Irish Catholic parents, Katherine "Kay" Allen and Howard O'Brien. In 1961, she married Stan Rice, who passed away in 2002. They had two children, Christopher (1978) and Michele (1966-1972).
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Statistics
- Works
- 156
- Also by
- 80
- Members
- 172,625
- Popularity
- #31
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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- Languages
- 29
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- 7
Except for the descriptions, this book was boring. I didn't learn much about Vittorio as a person. Also, I'm not sure how old he's supposed to be. 16? Sometimes he refers to himself as a boy, as do others. Sometimes as a youth. He says he's not considered a man yet and his beard hasn't come in. I thought there were rules about not turning someone so young. I just found that talk about his age inconsistent.… (more)