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Anne Rice
Anne Rice was born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien on 4 October 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the second of four daughters of Irish Catholic parents Katherine "Kay" Allen O'Brien and Howard O'Brien. She married poet Stan Rice in 1961; he died in 2002. They had two children, Christopher (b. 1978) and Michele (1966-1972). Rice published her debut novel, Interview with the Vampire, in 1976, launching what became The Vampire Chronicles. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies worldwide, making...