The literary world is mourning the loss of famed author Anne Rice, the mind behind Interview With the Vampire. The gothic fiction writer died on Saturday, Dec. 11, two months after she celebrated her 80th birthday. Anne's son, Christopher, also an author, announced his mother's passing. "It breaks my heart to bring you this sad news," he wrote on Anne's social media accounts. "Earlier tonight, Anne passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke. She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her husband Stan, died." Anne's husband and Christopher's father, poet and painter Stan Rice, died from brain cancer at age 60...
- 12/12/2021
- E! Online
Anne Rice, the American writer whose Interview with the Vampire sold more than 150 million copies, has died. She was 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 on October 4, 1941, 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 leukemia, since has been reappraised as a key text in the modern vampire genre and spawned 11 sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles.
Rice penned...
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 on October 4, 1941, 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 leukemia, since has been reappraised as a key text in the modern vampire genre and spawned 11 sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles.
Rice penned...
- 12/12/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Last summer we learned that Christopher Rice would be releasing The Heavens Rise, his first supernatural novel, this year, and now we have more details on the story's synopsis, artwork, and release date.
Christopher, son of author Anne Rice and her late husband, poet Stan Rice, who is already a bestselling writer with five novels (mostly thrillers) to his credit, posted the following synopsis and excerpt on the website for his Internet comedy variety series The Dinner Party Show:
Synopsis:
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice returns to New Orleans in this supernatural novel featuring a group of teenagers who find themselves with mysterious and dangerous powers.
Deep in the swamps outside of New Orleans, Niquette Delongpre and her family uncover a well on their property—a well that has roots all the way down into the soils of the Mississippi River. A well that brings ancient things to...
Christopher, son of author Anne Rice and her late husband, poet Stan Rice, who is already a bestselling writer with five novels (mostly thrillers) to his credit, posted the following synopsis and excerpt on the website for his Internet comedy variety series The Dinner Party Show:
Synopsis:
New York Times bestselling author Christopher Rice returns to New Orleans in this supernatural novel featuring a group of teenagers who find themselves with mysterious and dangerous powers.
Deep in the swamps outside of New Orleans, Niquette Delongpre and her family uncover a well on their property—a well that has roots all the way down into the soils of the Mississippi River. A well that brings ancient things to...
- 4/18/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Christopher Rice, Jane Espenson, David Gerrold, Phil Jimenez, and Wendy Pini lead a stellar lineup of guests and speakers to Bent-Con 2012, the pop-culture con for gay fans of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Comics, Games, Movies, and Books!
Now in its third year, Bent-Con promotes, encourages, celebrates and appreciates Lgbt and Lgbt-friendly contributions to the comic-book, gaming, Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror mediums of artists, writers, creators, publishers, directors, actors, producers and fans, be they works targeted directly to Lgbt audiences or the larger realm of underground and mainstream pop-culture as a whole.
(But it’s just easier to think of it like a Comic-Con, only gayer!)
Headlining guests include:
Christopher Rice: Already the author of four Nyt best-selling novels, Christopher has been an openly queer author since the publication of his first novel, A Density of Souls. Christopher will be reflecting on his already impressive career, as well as previewing his new novel,...
Now in its third year, Bent-Con promotes, encourages, celebrates and appreciates Lgbt and Lgbt-friendly contributions to the comic-book, gaming, Science Fiction Fantasy and Horror mediums of artists, writers, creators, publishers, directors, actors, producers and fans, be they works targeted directly to Lgbt audiences or the larger realm of underground and mainstream pop-culture as a whole.
(But it’s just easier to think of it like a Comic-Con, only gayer!)
Headlining guests include:
Christopher Rice: Already the author of four Nyt best-selling novels, Christopher has been an openly queer author since the publication of his first novel, A Density of Souls. Christopher will be reflecting on his already impressive career, as well as previewing his new novel,...
- 9/14/2012
- by The DoorQus Maximus
- doorQ.com
Christopher Rice, son of Anne Rice and her late husband, poet Stan Rice, is a best-selling author in his own right with five novels (mostly thrillers) to his credit; and now he's about to follow in his mom's footsteps with the release of his first supernatural story.
Rice posted the following announcement on his Facebook page a little earlier today:
I'm thrilled to break the news that Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, will publish my first supernatural novel, The Heavens Rise. This deal will reunite me with some of the Simon & Schuster folks I've had the pleasure of working with in the past, particularly the gang that made the mass-market edition of my second novel, The Snow Garden, such a success. For those of you who've been following me for a while, you already know The Heavens Rise is not only my first foray into the supernatural but...
Rice posted the following announcement on his Facebook page a little earlier today:
I'm thrilled to break the news that Gallery Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, will publish my first supernatural novel, The Heavens Rise. This deal will reunite me with some of the Simon & Schuster folks I've had the pleasure of working with in the past, particularly the gang that made the mass-market edition of my second novel, The Snow Garden, such a success. For those of you who've been following me for a while, you already know The Heavens Rise is not only my first foray into the supernatural but...
- 8/1/2012
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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