Born Howard Allen O'Brien, October 4, 1941, in New Orleans, LA; name changed, c. 1947; daughter of Howard (a postal worker, novelist, and sculptor) and Katherine (Allen) O'Brien; married Stan Rice (a poet and painter), October 14, 1961 (died, December, 2002); children: Michele (deceased), Christopher. Education: Attended Texas Woman's University, 1959-60; San Francisco State College (now University), B.A., 1964, M.A., 1971; graduate study at University of California at Berkeley, 1969-70. Religion: Roman Catholic. Avocational Interests: Traveling, ancient Greek history, archaeology, social history since the beginning of recorded time, old movies on television, attending boxing matches. Memberships: Authors Guild, Authors League of America. Addresses: Home: Rancho Mirage, CA. Agent: Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 445 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. E-mail: anneobrienrice@mac.com.

NOVELS

• The Feast of All Saints, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1980.
• Cry to Heaven, Knopf (New York, NY), 1982.
• The Mummy: or, Ramses the Damned, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1989.
• Servant of the Bones, Knopf (New York, NY), 1996.
• Violin, Knopf (New York, NY), 1997.
• Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Knopf (New York, NY), 2005.
• Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, Knopf (New York, NY), 2008.
• Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim, Knopf (New York, NY), 2009.

• Interview with the Vampire (also see below), Knopf (New York, NY), 1976.
• The Vampire Lestat (also see below), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Queen of the Damned (also see below), Knopf (New York, NY), 1988.
• Vampire Chronicles (contains Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, and The Queen of the Damned), Ballantine (New York, NY), 1989.
• The Tale of the Body Thief, Knopf (New York, NY), 1992.
• Memnoch the Devil, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995.
• Pandora: New Tales of the Vampires, Random House (New York, NY), 1998.
• The Vampire Armand, Knopf (New York, NY), 1998.
• Vittorio the Vampire, Knopf (New York, NY), 1999.
• Merrick, Knopf (New York, NY), 2000.
• Blood and Gold, Knopf (New York, NY), 2001.
• Blackwood Farm, Knopf (New York, NY), 2002.
• Blood Canticle, Knopf (New York, NY), 2003.

• The Witching Hour, Knopf (New York, NY), 1990.
• Lasher, Knopf (New York, NY), 1993.
• Taltos, Knopf (New York, NY), 1994.

• The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Dutton (New York, NY), 1983.
• Beauty's Punishment, Dutton (New York, NY), 1984.
• Beauty's Release: The Continued Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty, Dutton (New York, NY), 1985.
• The Sleeping Beauty Novels (contains The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, and Beauty's Release: The Continued Erotic Adventures of Sleeping Beauty), New American Library (New York, NY), 1991.

• Exit to Eden, Arbor House (New York, NY), 1985.
• Belinda, Arbor House (New York, NY), 1986.

• Interview with the Vampire (screenplay; adapted from the novel of the same title), Geffen Pictures, 1994.
• (Author of introduction) Alice Borchardt, Devoted, Dutton (New York, NY), 1995.
• (Author of foreword) Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories, Schocken (New York, NY), 1995.
• (Author of introduction) Kelly Klein, Underworld, Knopf (New York, NY), 1995.
• (Author of introduction) Alice Borchardt, Beguiled, Dutton (New York, NY), 1997.
• (With James D. Parriott) Rag and Bone (television film), Columbia TriStar Television, 1997.
• The Anne Rice Reader, edited by Katherine Ramsland, Ballantine (New York, NY), 1997.
• Called out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession (memoir), Knopf (New York, NY), 2008.