Name:
Howard Allen Frances O'Brien
Known As:
Anne Rice
Occupation:
Author
Nationality:
American
Gender:
Female
Sunrise:
October 4, 1941
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Sunset:
December 11, 2021
Rancho Mirage, California, USA
Resting Place:
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, U.S.
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O’Brien) was a best-selling American author of gothic, supernatural, historical, erotica, and later religious themed books. Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, her prevailing thematic focus is on love, death, immortality, existentialism, and the human condition. She was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years until his death in 2002. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, making her one of the most widely read authors in modern history.
Anne Rice passed on December 11, 2021 due to complications from a stroke. She was eighty years old at the time of her death.
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