Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941) is an author of horror/fantasy stories, often about vampires, mummies and witches. Her works have been a major influence on the Goth youth subculture, and she has published several works with sado-masochistic themes. She was married to poet Stan Rice and is the mother of novelist Christopher Rice.
She was born in New Orleans. This city forms the background against which most of her stories take place. She completed her first book, Interview with the Vampire, in 1973 and published it in 1976. In 1994, Neil Jordan directs a motion picture by the same name based on the story, starring Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as Louis and Antonio Banderas as Armand.
The Vampire Chronicles:
- Interview with the Vampire (1976)
- The Vampire Lestat (1985)
- The Queen of the Damned (1988)
- The Tale of the Body Thief (1992) introduces David Talbot
- Memnoch The Devil (1995)
- The Vampire Armand (1998)
- Merrick (2000)
- Blood and Gold (2001)
- Blackwood Farm (2002)
New Tales of the Vampires (Other vampire tales which are not within the main sequence):
Lives of the Mayfair Witches:
Other books by Anne Rice:
Work written under the pseudonym Anne Rampling:
Work written under the pseudonym A. N. Roquelaure (for info on all three books, see The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty)
- The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
- Beauty's Punishment
- Beauty's Release