Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotica. She is perhaps best known for her popular and influential series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles in 1994, and Queen of the Damned in 2002.
Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She was raised in an observant Roman Catholic family, but became an atheist as a young adult. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, Rice published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus. Several years later she distanced herself from organized Christianity, citing disagreement with the Church's stances on social issues but pledging that faith in God remained "central to [her] life."
Rice's books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most
Speculative Fiction Novels (30)
Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #13) 2018 | horror |
Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra (Ramses the Damned #2) 2017 | horror |
Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis (The Vampire Chronicles #12) 2016 | horror |
Beauty's Kingdom (The Sleeping Beauty Quartet #4) 2015 | fantasy, romance |
Prince Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #11) 2014 | horror |
The Wolves of Midwinter (The Wolf Gift Chronicles #2) 2013 | horror |
The Wolf Gift (The Wolf Gift Chronicles #1) 2012 | horror |
Of Love and Evil (Songs of the Seraphim #2) 2010 | fantasy |
Angel Time (Songs of the Seraphim #1) 2009 | fantasy |
Blood Canticle (The Vampire Chronicles #10) 2003 | horror |
Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles #9) 2002 | horror |
Blood and Gold (The Vampire Chronicles #8) 2001 | horror |
Merrick (The Vampire Chronicles #7) 2000 | horror |
Vittorio the Vampire (New Tales of the Vampires) 1999 | horror |
The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles #6) 1998 | horror |
Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires) 1998 | horror |
Violin 1997 | horror |
Servant of the Bones 1996 | horror |
Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles #5) 1995 | horror |
Taltos (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #3) 1994 | fantasy, horror |
Lasher (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #2) 1993 | fantasy, horror |
The Tale of the Body Thief (The Vampire Chronicles #4) 1992 | horror |
The Witching Hour (Lives of the Mayfair Witches #1) 1990 | fantasy, horror |
The Mummy or Ramses the Damned (Ramses the Damned #1) 1989 | horror |
The Queen of the Damned (The Vampire Chronicles #3) 1988 | horror |
Beauty's Release (The Sleeping Beauty Quartet #3) 1985 | fantasy, romance |
The Vampire Lestat (The Vampire Chronicles #2) 1985 | horror |
Beauty's Punishment (The Sleeping Beauty Quartet #2) 1984 | fantasy, romance |
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (The Sleeping Beauty Quartet #1) 1983 | fantasy, romance |
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles #1) 1976 | horror |
Others non-spefi books (4)
The Road to Cana (Christ the Lord #2) 2008 | mainstream |
Out of Egypt (Christ the Lord #1) 2005 | mainstream |
Cry to Heaven 1982 | mainstream |
The Feast of All Saints 1979 | mainstream |