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[[Image:072706-ar.jpg|right|thumb| Anne Rice]]

[[Image:072706-ar.jpg|right|thumb| Anne Rice]]

'''Anne Rice''' (born '''Howard Allen O'Brien'''; October 4. 1941) is best known for writing ''Interview With the Vampire'', the first of a number of books on vampires; she also had a series on witches and under different pen names wrote books with pornographic themes. Rice, who was an avowed [[atheist]], sold 100 million books worldwide, had many fans fascinated by the journeys into dark themes.

'''Anne Rice''' (October 4. 1941 - December 11, 2021) was best known for writing ''Interview With the Vampire'', the first of a number of books on vampires; she also had a series on witches and under different pen names wrote books with pornographic themes. Rice, who was an avowed [[atheist]], sold 100 million books worldwide, had many fans fascinated by the journeys into dark themes.

   

   

In 2002 Anne Rice startled her readers when she announced her return to the Catholic faith of her youth after decades of atheism.  She fulfilled her contract for a last vampire novel and has since taken up the cause of writing novels about Jesus.  Her novel ''Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt'', completed in 2005, is the first of a trilogy that she has planned.<ref>[http://www.annerice.com/Called-Editions.html ''Annerice.com, The Official Site'']</ref>  She has stated that she will not write any more of the dark novels she was known for.     

In 2002 Anne Rice startled her readers when she announced her return to the Catholic faith of her youth after decades of atheism.  She fulfilled her contract for a last vampire novel and has since taken up the cause of writing novels about Jesus.  Her novel ''Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt'', completed in 2005, is the first of a trilogy that she has planned.<ref>[http://www.annerice.com/Called-Editions.html ''Annerice.com, The Official Site'']</ref>  She has stated that she will not write any more of the dark novels she was known for.