What is Anne Rice?
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox writer | name = Anne Rice | image = Anne Rice.jpg | caption = Anne Rice in 2006 | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|10|4}} | birth_place = [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] | birth_name = Howard Allen Frances O'Brien | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|11|1941|10|4}} | death_place =[[Rancho Mirage, California]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[San Francisco State University]] | occupation = Novelist | pseudonym = {{nowrap|Anne Rampling, A. N. Roquelaure}} | genre = [[Gothic fiction]], [[Horror fiction|horror]], [[Erotica]], [[Christian fiction]], [[Fantasy novel|Fantasy]] | nationality = American | spouse = [[Stan Rice]] <small>(m. 1961–2002, his death)</small> | children = {{Plainlist | * Michele Rice <small>(1966-1972)</small> * [[Christopher Rice]] <small>(born 1978)</small> }} | relatives = [[Alice Borchardt]] (sister) | website = {{url|http://www.annerice.com/}} }} '''Anne Rice''' (born '''Howard Allen O'Brien''', October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an [[Americans|American]] [[author]] of [[horror]]/[[fantasy]] [[novel]]s. ''Interview with the [[Vampire]]'' and ''The Queen of the Damned'' are among her best-known works. She wrote four series, including ''The Vampire Chronicles'' and ''[[Christ]] the Lord''. Rice was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]] to [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Roman Catholic]] parents. One of her sisters was novelist [[Alice Borchardt]] (1939–2007). Rice was [[marriage|married]] to [[poet]] [[Stan Rice]] (1942–2002) from 1961 his death. They had a daughter, Michele (1966–1972) and a son, novelist [[Christopher Rice|Christopher]] (born 1978). Rice died on December 11, 2021, of complications from a stroke. She was 80.<ref name=Seattle-Times-obituary>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/anne-rice-author-of-gothic-novels-dead-at-80/|title = Anne Rice, author of gothic novels, dead at 80|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date = December 12, 2021 | access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> ==References== {{reflis