Anne Rice Dies: ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Author Was 80
Anne Rice Dies: ‘Interview With The Vampire’ Author Was 80
American writer Anne Rice, whose Interview With The Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died at the age of 80. Her son Christopher Rice, also an author, announced the news via Anne Rice’…
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American writer Anne Rice, whose Interview With The Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died at the age of 80.
Her son Christopher Rice, also an author, announced the news via Anne Rice’s public Facebook page, writing that she had died following complications from a stroke.
“The immensity of our family’s grief cannot be overstated,” he wrote. “As my mother, her support for me was unconditional — she taught me to embrace my dreams, reject conformity and challenge the dark voices of fear and self-doubt.”
Born in New Orleans, Rice initially struggled to find popularity, with her debut novel Interview with the Vampire receiving mixed reviews upon its release in 1976. The book, penned while she was grieving the loss of her daughter to leukaemia, has since been reappraised as a key text in the modern vampire genre and spawned 11 sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles.
