Anne Rice
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born
October 04, 1941
gender
female
place of birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States
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Horror, Historical Fiction, Religion & Spirituality
about this author
Anne Rice is a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, 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.
She uses the psuedonym Anne Rampling for adult-themed fiction (i.e., erotica) and A.N. Roquelaure for fiction featuring sexually explicit sado-masochism.
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Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.82 — 29,304 ratings — published 1976 71 editions |
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The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles, #3) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.64 — 16,607 ratings — published 1988 43 editions |
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The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #1) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.97 — 10,036 ratings — published 1990 29 editions |
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The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles, #4) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.45 — 10,867 ratings — published 1992 36 editions |
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Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.53 — 9,446 ratings — published 1999 30 editions |
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The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, #6) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.53 — 8,298 ratings — published 1998 33 editions |
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Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #2) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.60 — 7,708 ratings — published 1990 27 editions |
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Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches, #3) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.63 — 6,742 ratings — published 1994 28 editions |
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Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles, #7) by Anne Rice avg rating 3.55 — 5,398 ratings — published 2000 25 editions |
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The Mummy by Anne Rice avg rating 3.61 — 5,284 ratings — published 1989 23 editions |
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November 2008,
Anne Rice
"The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world. I feel a great surge of energy when I acknowledge that there is a world beyond this one. In my early novels I made up stories about forces that I sensed. Now I write about faith in something in which I completely believe. " ...More
"The supernatural world has always been more real to me than the real world. I feel a great surge of energy when I acknowledge that there is a world beyond this one. In my early novels I made up stories about forces that I sensed. Now I write about faith in something in which I completely believe. " ...More
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"None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are."
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)
"Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult."
— Anne Rice (Interview With the Vampire)
— Anne Rice (Interview With the Vampire)
"The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead."
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)
— Anne Rice (The Vampire Lestat)
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