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Anne Rice

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Anne Rice

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Also known as Anne O'Brien, A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rampling, Howard Allen O'Brien, Howard Allen Frances O'Brien

American writer

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Anne Rice was an American writer best known for her bestselling vampire novels, particularly "The Vampire Chronicles" series starting with "Interview with the Vampire." Her imaginative and atmospheric approach to Gothic fiction helped revitalize popular interest in vampire stories and established her as a major figure in horror and fantasy literature.

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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire (1994). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early…

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  • Anne Rice, An All Saints' Day Celebration Event — Archival footage2025
  • A Place Among the Dead — AR2020
  • The Future of Fear — Self2011
  • The Real Vampire Files — Self2010
  • The Colbert Report2005
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self2005
  • The Tony Danza Show — Self2004
  • In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire — Self2000
  • SexTV1998
  • The View — Self1997

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Instance of
human
Given name
Frances
Family name
O'Brien
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
New Orleans
Place of death
Rancho Mirage
Spouse
Stan Rice
Child
Christopher Rice
Sibling
Alice Borchardt
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Catholicism
Award
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
Notable work
Interview with the Vampire
Genre
fantasy
Official website
www.annerice.com
Image
Anne Rice.jpg
Number of children
2
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end of work period
2021-12-11
name in native language
Anne Rice
pseudonym
A. N. Roquelaure
Commons category
Anne Rice
date of birth
1941-10-04
topic's main category
Category:Anne Rice
medical condition
type-1 diabetes
described at URL
www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/books/anne-rice-dead.html
start of work period
1976-00-00
birth name
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
married name
Rice
social media followers
195518
date of death
2021-12-11
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
stroke
writing language
English language
member of
Writers Guild of America West
nominated for
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
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Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of Gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction. She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles. She later adapted the first volume in the series into a commercially successful eponymous film, Interview with the Vampire (1994).

Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life in the city before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco and Berkeley, California. She was raised in an observant Catholic family but became an agnostic as a young adult.

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