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Anne Rice

アン・ライス

An Raīsu

Aliases: Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Pen Names: Anne Rampling（Pen name for erotic novels）, A. N. Roquelaure（Pen name for Sleeping Beauty Quartet）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1941-10-04 （New Orleans）
Died
2021-12-11 （Rancho Mirage, California） age 80
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Religion
Catholic (former) Baptized in 1953 （Baptismal Name: Howard Allen Frances Alphonsus Liguori O'Brien）
Residence History
New Orleans, Louisiana → Richardson, Texas → San Francisco, California → Berkeley, California → New Orleans, Louisiana (again) → Rancho Mirage, California

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1976-2021
Influenced By
Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, John Milton, Ernest Hemingway, William Shakespeare, Brontë sisters, Jean-Paul Sartre, Henry James, Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard, Stephen King
Influenced
Modern vampire fiction authors
Nominations
British Fantasy Award 1977 (Interview with the Vampire), World Fantasy Award 1986 (The Vampire Lestat)

Education

San Francisco State University
Faculty of Political Science / Political Science
Degree: BA
Period: 1960s
Year of Graduation: 1964
Country: United States
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
San Francisco State University
Creative Writing
Degree: MA
Period: 1970-1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United States
Master of Arts in Creative Writing
Texas Woman's University
Unknown
Period: 1959
Country: United States
Attended one year, dropped out
University of North Texas
Unknown
Period: 1960
Country: United States
Attended one year, dropped out

Awards

Locus Award
1991
Work: The Witching Hour
Category: Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel
Organization: Locus Magazine
Result: Won
World Horror Convention Grand Master Award
1994
Organization: World Horror Convention
Result: Won
Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement
2004
Organization: Horror Writers Association
Result: Won
Goodreads Choice Awards
2014
Work: Prince Lestat
Category: Horror
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Won
Lord Ruthven Award
2017
Work: Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
Category: Fiction
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Interview with the Vampire

1976 Gothic horror

Louis recounts his life as a vampire and his relationship with Lestat.

ImmortalityIsolationMorality
Adaptations
  • [Film] Interview with the Vampire / Neil Jordan (1994)
Translations
  • Yoake no Vampire

Bibliography

  • Anne Rice bibliography (Wikipedia)

Adaptations

  • Interview with the Vampire (1994 film)
  • Queen of the Damned (2002 film)
  • AMC Interview with the Vampire (2022 TV)

Translations of Works

  • Multiple comic and manga adaptations

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Florid, lurid and lyricalSensuous detailPhilosophical
Recurring Motifs
VampiresTorments of immortalityNew Orleans settings

Health

  • Alcoholism
    青年期-1979
    Worsened after daughter's death, quit in 1979
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
    1973-1974
    Developed while writing first novel, required therapy
  • Type 1 diabetes
    1998-2021
    Diabetic coma in 1998, insulin-dependent
  • Stroke
    2021
    Cause of death

Legacy

Revolutionized gothic literature with The Vampire Chronicles, over 100 million copies sold.

Archives

  • Powell's Books (part of library collection)

In Popular Culture

  • AMC Immortal Universe TV series

Quotes

  • Well, my birth name is Howard Allen because apparently my mother thought it was a good idea to name me Howard.
    Source: Autobiographical statement
  • Today I quit being a Christian.
    Source: Facebook post (2010)

Trivia

  • Born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, changed to Anne on first day of school.
  • Daughter Michele died of leukemia at age 5, inspiring Interview with the Vampire.
  • Wrote erotica under pseudonyms.
  • Devoted fan of New Orleans.