History Creator / AnneRice

Anne Rice (October 4, 1941 — December 11, 2021) was an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'', and ''Literature/ExitToEden.''

-->--'''Anne Rice'''

* RaisedCatholic: Anne Rice was raised in a strict Irish Catholic household where they went to Mass every day, and when she was a teenager, Anne thought kissing a boy would send her straight to hell. Unsurprisingly, she left the faith when she married her husband, Stan. Most of her novels until the mid-90's contained a hardline atheist/Anti-Theist message, until she spontaneously regained her Catholic faith in 1998. After writing a trilogy of novels about the Life of Christ, she again abruptly renounced her faith in 2010. What her exact beliefs were afterwards [[FlipFlopOfGod tended to change from interview to interview]].
** This reflects itself in her works, especially in the long-running ''Vampire Chronicles''. She went from Lestat openly appreciating men's looks to very shockingly being very straight in the span of maybe two books. She finally seems to have settled on EveryoneIsBi.

* OurMonstersAreDifferent: The obvious OurVampiresAreDifferent, but also {{witch|Species}}es, [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghosts]] and {{mumm|y}}ies. Despite what one would expect from a person with such prodigious historical knowledge, Rice invented her mythos whole cloth to suit her own narrative purposes, and barely acknowledged the original superstitions and stories. In ensuing years, the rest of the genre [[FollowTheLeader followed suit]].

Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941—December 11, 2021) was an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

* FanWorkBan: Not that it stops many. She has been somewhat [[https://fanlore.org/wiki/Where_has_Anne_Rice_fanfiction_gone%3F hostile]] towards fanfic authors in the past. In more recent years, she softened her position and gone on to say that she "ignores" fanfiction.

* RaisedCatholic: Anne Rice was raised in a strict Irish Catholic household where they went to Mass every day, and when she was a teenager, Anne thought kissing a boy would send her straight to hell. Unsurprisingly, she left the faith when she married her husband, Stan. Most of her novels until the mid-90's contained a hardline atheist/Anti-Theist message, until she spontaneously regained her Catholic faith in 1998. After writing a trilogy of novels about the Life of Christ, she again abruptly renounced her faith in 2010. What her exact beliefs were afterwards [[FlipFlopOfGod tendsed to change from interview to interview]].

* RaisedCatholic: Anne Rice was raised in a strict Irish Catholic household where they went to Mass every day, and when she was a teenager, Anne thought kissing a boy would send her straight to hell. Unsurprisingly, she left the faith when she married her husband, Stan. Most of her novels until the mid-90's contained a hardline atheist/Anti-Theist message, until she spontaneously regained her Catholic faith in 1998. After writing a trilogy of novels about the Life of Christ, she again abruptly renounced her faith in 2010. What her exact beliefs are now [[FlipFlopOfGod tends to change from interview to interview]].

Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941-December 11, 2021) was an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941) is an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

* BeigeProse: "The Story of Baby Jenks and the Fang Gang" in ''Queen of the Damned'' employs this to [[ShockingSwerve jarring]] and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment hilarious]] effect; if there's ''anyone'' less likely to use Beige Prose, it's [[PurpleProse Anne Rice]].

In 1976, Rice published the influential ''Interview with the Vampire'', which became the first in the popular ''[[Literature/TheVampireChronicles Vampire Chronicles]]'' series, followed by ''The Vampire Lestat'' in 1985. Around the same time, she published a [[ConvenientlyCommonKink BDSM trilogy]] and started another horror trilogy, ''The LivesOfTheMayfairWitches'', set in the same universe as ''The Vampire Chronicles''. [[FlipFlopOfGod A few Religious Conversions later]], she moved on to write new series' on the Life of Jesus, Angels, and Werewolves, as well as a few stand-alones (''Cry to Heaven'', ''Servant of the Bones'', etc.).

Her son, Creator/ChristopherRice, is quite popular himself.

* PurpleProse: Like Creator/HPLovecraft before her, a [[TropesAreNotBad well-done example]].

* PacingProblems: A consequence of her intensely detailed prose. It can lead to greater immersion, though.

* FanWorkBan: Not that it stops many...She has gone on to say that she "ignores" fanfiction.

* YourVampiresSuck: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. Typical aversions to silver, garlic and Crucifixes are condemned, as are abilities like turning into mist, bats, etc. though Louis openly admits he'd not be against turning into mist.

* BeigeProse: "The Story of Baby Jenks and the Fang Gang" in ''Queen of the Damned'' employs this to [[ShockingSwerve jarring]] and [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment hilarious]] effect; if there's ''anyone'' less likely to use Beige Prose, it's [[PurpleProse Anne Rice]]

* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'', and ''Literature/ExitToEden''.
** ''Film/TheYoungMessiah'' is based on ''Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt''.

* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Common in her Atheist Days, obviously less so one she became born-again. Where she'll go after renouncing religion again is anybody's guess.

* DearNegativeReader: Did this after negative reaction to ''Blood Canticle''.

Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, a.k.a. Anne Rice (born October 4, 1941) is an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

'''Howard Allen Frances O'Brien''', a.k.a. '''Anne Rice''' (born October 4, 1941) is an American horror/erotica/religious fiction writer.

In 1976, Rice published the influential ''Interview with the Vampire'', which became the first in the popular ''[[TheVampireChronicles Vampire Chronicles]]'' series, followed by ''The Vampire Lestat'' in 1985. Around the same time, she published a [[ConvenientlyCommonKink BDSM trilogy]] and started another horror trilogy, ''The LivesOfTheMayfairWitches'', set in the same universe as ''The Vampire Chronicles''. [[FlipFlopOfGod A few Religious Conversions later]], she moved on to write new series' on the Life of Jesus, Angels, and Werewolves, as well as a few stand-alones (''Cry to Heaven'', ''Servant of the Bones'', etc.).

* YourVampiresSuck: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]]. Typical aversions to silver, garlic and Crucifixes are condemned, as are abilities like turning into mist, bats, etc.

* FanWorkBan: Not that it stops many...

Her son, ChristopherRice, is quite popular himself.

** Appropriate, for a section meant as an {{Homage}} / AffectionateParody to ''TheLostBoys''.