Anne Rice

Anne Rice Biography

Anne Rice was born on October 4th, 1941. Anne passed away December 11th, 2021 at 80 years old. Anne Rice was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Rice attended San Francisco State University where she received a B.A. in Political Science.

Anne Rice was the author of the The Vampire Chronicles series which consists of 13 novels. The The Vampire Chronicles series started in 1976 with the novel Interview with the Vampire. The most recently released novel in the The Vampire Chronicles series was Blood Communion which was released in 2018. There are no upcoming novels for the The Vampire Chronicles series.

Anne Rice Awards & Accolades

Anne Rice has won multiple awards including: The Bram Stoker Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2003, and the International Thriller Writers Award, Thrillermaster, in 2013.

Rice's book, Prince Lestat won the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2014.

Anne Rice books have also been nominated for multiple awards, Interview with the Vampire was nominated for the British Fantasy Award, Best Horror Novel (the August Derleth Award), in 1977. The Vampire Lestat was nominated for the World Fantasy Award, Novel, in 1986. The Queen of the Damned was nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Novel, in 1988. The Wolves of Midwinter was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2013. Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2017. Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2018.

Anne Rice: TV/Movies Based on Books

Rice has multiple books that have been adapted for the screen: The Feast of All Saints was made into a miniseries for Showtime in 2001. The adaptation starred James Earl Jones, Eartha Kitt, Pam Grier, and Gloria Reuben.

Interview with the Vampire was adapted into a television series in 2022 by the AMC Network. The show was created by Rolin Jones and features Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt, Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy, and Bailey Bass as Claudia. The series was well received by cirtics and was quickly renewed for a second season.

Lives of the Mayfair Witches was also adapted by the AMC Network for premiere in 2023. The new series is written and executive produced by Esta Spalding and Michelle Ashford. The case of the show features Alexandra Daddario as Rowan Mayfair, Harry Hamlin as Cortland Mayfair, Tongayi Chirisa as Ciprien Grieve, and Jack Huston as Lasher.

The two series of books do share a universe so Anne Rice finds it fitting that they should be under the same roof at a network to possibly explore down the road.

Interview with the Vampire was adapted into a film in 1994 by director Neil Jordan. The movie had an all-star cast with Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst as Claudia. Dunst was considered a breakout star for the film and earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The film also received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score. It was considered a box office success.

Queen of the Damned was adapted into a film in 2002. However, Tom Cruise did not return in the role of Lestat. The film instead starred Stuart Townsend as Lestat and Aaliyah as Akasha. The movie was not much of a success and Anne Rice was unhappy with the film stating that she believed they mutilated her work.

The Young Messiah is a 2016 film based on Rice's novel Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt.

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Edgar A.

1 year ago

Of all the novels on this book list The Vampire Chronicles have been my favorite Anne Rice novels.

Once I read the origin story of Vampires that begins in ancient Egypt, I was hooked. I have since read the rest of the series and found them very enjoyable. What I like about Rice and her series is that she takes an empathetic view in the treatment of dysfunctional vampires rather than portraying them as all evil.

The Vampire Chronicles follow the life and times of Lestat de Lioncourt who was once a French nobleman that during the 18th century had been turned into a vampire.

Apart from the novels I also loved the blockbuster Interview with the Vampire film adaptation that starred popular Hollywood names including Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas and Tom Cruise. The Queen of the Damned that starred Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend was not as great but it was still watchable.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

During my vampire diaries phase, my friends kept pushing me to read ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ an idea I scoffed at because the novel was published in 1976, and vampires had come a very long way.

Anne Rice was a new name to me, and I quickly placed her in the same category as all the other older, stuffier horror writers my friends loved. But you know what?

I was completely wrong. I read ‘Interview with the Vampire’ because someone bought it for me, and it would have been a waste of money to ignore the book. Louis and Lestat have a surprisingly modern sheen.

Someone told me that Anne Rice kickstarted the current wave of sexy, misunderstood vampires. I don’t know if that is true, but I believe it, and I cannot wait to explore her bibliography.

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