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

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

'''Anne Rice''' was born October 4, 1941 and inexplicably given a boy's name (Howard Allen O’Brien). 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 was an avowed atheist.  Rice, who sold 100 million books worldwide, had many fans fascinated by the journeys into dark themes.

'''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.

   

   

: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 taking 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 plans.<ref>http://www.annerice.com/Called-Editions.html</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.     

==Life==

==Life==

In the 1990s, Rice found herself being pulled back to [[God]]. For her, atheism had not been a true expression of logic and reason but an emptiness, even a torment.

In the 1990s, Rice found herself being pulled back to [[God]]. For her, atheism had not been a true expression of logic and reason but an emptiness, even a torment.

"It’s a more strenuous path than the religious path, because you’re then going to say that there is no God, there is no reason (for anything), that people on Earth are the only (way) to provide any meaning. That’s a rough road to travel.

<blockquote>"It’s a more strenuous path than the religious path, because you’re then going to say that there is no God, there is no reason (for anything), that people on Earth are the only (way) to provide any meaning. That’s a rough road to travel.</blockquote>

"When you lose a child, you're telling yourself as an atheist, 'I'm never going to see that child again in any form.' That's a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough."<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child] Kansas City Star</ref>

<blockquote>"When you lose a child, you're telling yourself as an atheist, 'I'm never going to see that child again in any form.' That's a hell of a lot harder than a religion, which gives you the consolation that you will see that child again in heaven. It’s hard being an atheist. It’s tough."<ref>[http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/story/834109.html "Anne Rice returns to the religion she knew as a child", ''Kansas City Star'']</ref></blockquote>

==Books==

==Books==

==Criticism==

==Criticism==

Goth fans are disappointed by her conversion. While many Catholics applaud her renewed interest in Christ, many still denounce her liberal views. She is noted as a [[Hillary Clinton]] supporter. While she is horrified at the practice of [[abortion]], she defends it cannot be eliminated outright. <ref>[http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/070820 Anne Rice and Hillary] Renew America, August 20, 2007</ref> Her son Christopher Rice is a [[homosexual]] and she doesn't agree with church teaching on the subject.

Many within her fan base were disappointed by her conversion to Catholicism. While many Catholics applaud her renewed interest in Christ, many still denounce her liberal views. She is noted as a [[Hillary Clinton]] supporter. While she is horrified at the practice of [[abortion]], she defends it cannot be eliminated outright. <ref>[http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/abbott/070820 Anne Rice and Hillary] Renew America, August 20, 2007</ref> Her son Christopher Rice is a [[homosexual]] and she doesn't agree with church teaching on the subject.

While she is an atheist convert to Christ, her wants and her beliefs contradict Christianity. She would post to her Facebook account,

While she is an atheist convert to Christ, her wants and her beliefs contradict Christianity. She would post to her Facebook account,