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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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- 4 October 1941
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- 11 December 2021
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Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941) is a best-selling American author of gothic and later religious themed books. Best known for her Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematical 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Anne+Rice">Read more on L
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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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