Anne Rice

Anne Rice

Anne Rice is a best-selling author of the mainstream gothic fiction that revolves around alluring topics of vampirism, the supernatural and occult demonology. Born Howard Allen O’Brien on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, Anne was named after her father, Howard O’Brien, and mother, Katherine Allen O’Brien. When Anne started grade school a nun asked Anne her name and being self-conscious of her real name she blurted out the fist name that came to mind, Anne. Anne grew up in an “Irish Channel” neighborhood of New Orleans. The neighborhood borders the wealthy Garden District of the city. Anne often mentions taking strolls by the neighborhood’s luxurious homes, and being self-conscious of her standing as an outsider.
When her mother died from alcoholism the family moved to Texas, where she Anne met her husband and poet, Stan Rice. The happy couple then wed in 1961. Anne then started college at Texas Woman’s University. She later relocated to California, where the couple put down roots in San Francisco. She transferred to San Francisco State University, where she earned her bachelors’ degree in political science and a Master of Arts in creative writing. Anne and her husband then had a daughter Michele, who was born on September 21, 1966 but tragically died of leukemia on August 5, 1972. Anne and her husband later had a son Christopher Rice, now a novelist. After Michele’s ill-fated death both Anne and her husband spent the next year in a drunken haze. Luckily Anne found comfort in writing. She wrote her debut novel, Interview with the Vampire in just five short weeks. In way that book saved her from the dark path that she was traveling down.
She was always transfixed with vampires. She thinks of them as a vessel in which allows her to explore her own views on life, religion, good and evil. She believes that vampires are a metaphor for her and many others because of their affluence, powers and greed. Lestat, the main character in her vampire...

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