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Anne Rice
Life Time
4 October 1941 - 11 December 2021
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Anne Rice was born on October 4, 1941. Her mother named her after her father, Howard Allen O’Brien. Her mother was a bohemian, brilliant, but still slightly crazy. In addition, she believed that by naming the girl, gives her daughter a peculiar advantage. Already in 1947, the writer herself christened a name that became known to the world. After the death of his mother in 1956, Anne's father remarried, and in 1958 they moved to Richardson. The girl was against moving, however, it was there, attending
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Anne Rice was born on October 4, 1941. Her mother named her after her father, Howard Allen O’Brien. Her mother was a bohemian, brilliant, but still slightly crazy. In addition, she believed that by naming the girl, gives her daughter a peculiar advantage. Already in 1947, the writer herself christened a name that became known to the world. After the death of his mother in 1956, Anne's father remarried, and in 1958 they moved to Richardson. The girl was against moving, however, it was there, attending journalism classes, she met her future husband Stan Rice. In 1961, they married and began living in San Francisco.
After graduating from the University of San Francisco in 1964, Anne received a diploma in political science and literary skill. A year later, her first story was published in Transfer magazine. 1966 marked the birth of his daughter Michelle. In 1970, she was diagnosed with leukemia. The death of her daughter in 1972 was taken very hard by her parents, and for the next few years their lives were accompanied by alcohol consumption. By that time, the work “Interview with the Vampire” was already written in the form of a story, and already in 1973, Anne turned it into a novel in 5 weeks, dedicating it to her daughter. Already the first edition brought a tangible income of 700 thousand dollars. And another 150 thousand she received from the Studio “Paramount” for the right to film for 10 years.
In 1978, their son Christopher was born. Anne continues writing, releasing books not only under her own name, but also under the pseudonyms A.N. Rocklore, Anna Rampling. The most popular are her series of books about vampires and witches Mayfair.
In 1998 it became clear: Anne has diabetes, which caused a coma. After defeating the disease, doctors found a brain tumor in his husband, and in 2002 he died. Shortly before that, the writer began working on the final book from the cycle about vampires “Bloody Hymn”. And in 2005, the world saw her work “Jesus”. Return from Egypt, which is different from her previous books.