Rice, Anne (1941–)
Rice, Anne (1941–)
American novelist. Name variations: (pseudonym) A.N. Roquelaure; Anne Rampling. Born Howard Allen O'Brien, Oct 4, 1941, in New Orleans, LA; sister of Alice Borchardt; San Francisco State University, MA, 1971; m. Stan Rice (poet and painter), 1961; children: Michele (b. 1966, died of leukemia at age 5); Christopher (b. 1978, novelist).
Published her 1st novel, Interview with the Vampire (1976), which launched her bestselling "Vampire Chronicles," followed by The Vampire Lestat (1985), Queen of the Damned (1988), The Tale of the Body Thief (1992), The Vampire Armand (1998), Blackwood Farm (2002) and Blood Canticle (2003); wrote the "Lives of the Mayfair Witches" series, including The Witching Hour and Taltos (1994); also wrote The Feast of All Saints (1980), Cry to Heaven (1982), The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (1989) and Servant of the Bones (1996); as A.N. Roquelaure, published the Beauty Series; as Anne Rampling, published such works as Exit to Eden (1985) and Belinda (1986).