Anne Rice

Anne Rice

Anne Rice is a best-selling author whose books have sold nearly 100 million copies. She is a contemporary Gothic novelist who recently converted to the Christian inspirational genre.¹ Her collection titled The Vampire Chronicles produced two movies, Interview with the Vampire starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and introducing Kirsten Dunst and Queen of the Damned starring Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah.

Fast Facts

Born: October 4, 1941²
Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana
Birth name: Howard Allen O'Brien²
Modeled vampire child, Claudia, after her daughter
Also used the pseudonyms A.N. Roquelaure and Anne Rampling
Son Christopher Rice is a popular contemporary author
Husband was the poet and artist Stan Rice
No longer works with editors
Is newly devout Catholic¹
Wrote the Sleeping Beauty erotica series
Penned Exit to Eden, which was made into a feature film³

Quotes

"Well, my birth name is Howard Allen because apparently my mother thought it was a good idea to name me Howard. My father's name was Howard, she wanted to name me after Howard, and she thought it was a very interesting thing to do."

"A writer can’t know everything about what she writes. It’s impossible. You reach deep down and you bring up what feels absolutely authentic to you as you move along with the book but you don’t know everything about it. You can’t."

"Once I returned to the Church and began to see the universe as a place that really did incorporate redemption and really tried to understand the implications of there being a God, my identification with the vampires as outcasts, as outsiders and lost souls began to totally wane. It no longer worked for me. I had done it. It had led me to this point."

"I promised that from now on I would write only for the Lord."

Categories

English | Authors and Writers

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BookPage: How the New Tales Begin
Amazon.com: Reviews Written by Anne Obrien Rice
CNN: Anne Rice Come to Jesus (October 31, 2008)

Anne Rice Background and Profiles

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Anne Rice Study Guides and Literary Criticism

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Storymind.com: Fried Rice: The Tale of The Vampire Chronicles (1995)
Random House: Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt Reading Group Guide
Amazon.com: Customer Review: Anne Rice Defends Herself Against Criticism

Anne Rice Books and Merchandise

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Anne Rice Photos

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Anne Rice Videos

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YouTube: Interview with the Vampire Film Trailer (Time: 02:51)
YouTube: Interview with the Vampire Film Excerpt-Last Sunrise (Time: 03:56)
YouTube: Queen of the Damned Film Excerpt-The Violin Solo (Time: 02:35)
YouTube: Queen of the Damned Music Video: "Forsaken" (Time: 03:37)
YouTube: Breakfast with the Arts: Lestat (Time: 10:15)

Anne Rice Fan Sites, Blogs and Message Boards

Official Fan Site: Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat Fan Club
Fan Site: The Anne Rice Fan Listing
Fan Site: Anne Rice and New Orleans
MySpace Group: Anne Rice Fan Club
Google Blog Search: Anne Rice
Live Journal: Community for Anne Rice Fans

Anne Rice Personal Timeline

October 4, 1941: Born Howard Allen O'Brien, New Orleans, Louisiana
1956: Her mother dies
1961: Marries poet Stan Rice
1966: Daughter Michelle is born
1972: Daughter dies after two year bout with leukemia
1978: Son Christopher born
1998: Goes into a diabetic coma and discovers she has Type 1 diabetes
2002: Stan Rice dies
2003: Undergoes Gastric-bypass surgery
2004: Leaves New Orleans
2005: Announces her choice to become a Christian Writer

Anne Rice Publications Timeline

1976-2004: The Vampire Chronicles
1979: The Feast of All Saints
1983-85: Sleeping Beauty Trilogy
1989: The Mummy
1990-1994: The Mayfair Witches Trilogy
1997: Violin
1999-2004: The New Tales of the Vampires
2005: Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
2008: Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana

Anne Rice Adaptations

The majority of the following links are to IMDb, which has pop-ups
1994: Exit to Eden | Interview with the Vampire
1997: Rag to Bone
2001: Earth Angels | Feast of All Saints
2002: Queen of the Damned
2006: Lestat The Musical
2009: Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt In Production

Related Pages on Mahalo

Interview with the Vampire | Queen of the Damned | Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt | Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana | Vampires | Catholicism | Witchcraft | Demons | New Orleans | Christopher Rice

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