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 Rice, Anne
October 4, 1941. She was born Howard Allen O'Brien at Mercy Hospital in New Orleans.
| What was her major at San Francisco State College? | Anne Rice
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| Which novel did she dedicate to herself? | Anne Rice
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'Belinda'. 'Belinda' was written under the name Ann Rampling. She got the name from actress Charlotte Rampling because she loved her looks and poise.
2. One is a black portable typewriter that she took to college in 1958, and the othr is an IBM electric on which she wrote 'Interview With the Vampire'.
| What Gothic writers did she read to prepare for 'The Witching Hour'? | Anne Rice
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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James.
| What is Rice's favorite animal, which she uses in her vampire novels? | Anne Rice
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Dog. Her own dog, Mojo was used in 'Tale of the Body Thief'.
| 'Interview With The Vampire' began as a short story. How many years later did Rice publish it as a novel? | Anne Rice
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6. It was finally published in 1976.
Christopher. Christopher Rice was born March 11, 1978.
| How old was she when she moved to Texas? | Anne Rice
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16. She moved to Richardson, Texas when she was 16.
| How many houses have Rice and her husband owned? | Anne Rice
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10. One each in Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and Sonoma County, {California;} one in Seven Points, {Texas;} one in Destin, {Florida;} and four in New Orleans--on Phillip, First, and Amelia Streets, and St. Elizabeth's Orphanage.
| Which vampire film most strongly influenced Rice's childhood ideas about vampires? | Anne Rice
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'Dracula's Daughter'. She saw it as a child and it is still her favorite scary movie.
| Which of Rice's characters is often said to be based on her daughter Michelle? | Anne Rice
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Claudia. Her daughter Michelle died of leukemia as a child.
| In the original version of 'Interview with the Vampire' does Claudia die? | Anne Rice
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No. She goes off with some vampire boys who like to bedevil people.
| Which of her novels did Rice perceive as a structural failure? | Anne Rice
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'The Vampire Lestat'. But her fans didn't think so!
| Is the human skull in Rice's office real? | Anne Rice
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No. It looks real, but she is too superstitious to have a real skull so close to her!
| Which of her characters experiences the stigmata? | Anne Rice
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Gretchen. Raised Catholic, and feeling a deep affinity with the saints, Rice hoped one day to experience the stigmata.
| What does Rice like to snack on when she is writing? | Anne Rice
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Brie cheese and macadamia nuts. When celebrating book or movie sales, she eats Symphony Bars.
| When did Anne marry her husband Stan? | Anne Rice
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October 14, 1961. They met in journalism class in Richardson, Texas when Stan Rice sat down beside her.
| Rice wrote 'Interview with the Vampire' in five months? | Anne Rice
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f. She wrote it in five weeks.
| Does Anne Rice write under any pseudonyms? | Anne Rice
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Yes. Under A.N. Roquelaure she wrote 'The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty', 'Beauty's Punishment', and 'Beauty's Release'. She wrote "Belinda" under the name Ann Rampling.
| Which New Orleans cemetery did Rice often walk through and play in as a child? | Anne Rice
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Lafayette Cemetery. Lestat hides his valuables here.
| A seven-foot statue of what movie monster stands in Rice's office? | Anne Rice
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Pumpkinhead. Not what you'd expect.
| Whom did she originally want to play Lestat in any film that was made of her vampire novels? | Anne Rice
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Rutger Hauer. She decided this while watching 'Blade Runner'.
| Anne Rice's husband Stan is a poet and what else? | Anne Rice
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Artist. Rice uses her husband's poetry in some of her novels.
| What character does Rice often describe as her 'alter ego'? | Anne Rice
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Lestat. It is often said that an author's main character is based on themself.
Stan and Christopher. Stan Rice is a poet, and Christopher is an author as well.
October 4, 1941. Though that seems like quite a long time ago, she's still going strong.
Howard O'Brien . Her mother, Katherine O'Brien, gave her a man's name because she thought it would make her stronger. Her birth name was Howard O'Brien, same as her father. She quickly began calling herself Anne in the first grade.
No. Anne and Stan Rice had a daughter, Michele, who died of leukaemia at a very young age. Shortly after Anne became a full time writer.
Yes. She rejected it at age 18, not being able to accept the close-minded teachings on sex and death.
5 months. She'd already written the short story, and with some tweaking, she morphed it into the best selling novel it is today.
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