Rice may be best known for her first novel, 'Interview with the Vampire,' that was published in 1976 and went on to become one of the best-selling novels of all time.
"Dearest People of Page. This is Anne’s son Christopher and it breaks my heart to bring you this sad news. Earlier tonight, Anne passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke. She left us almost nineteen years to the day my father, her husband Stan, died," the post said."The immensity of our family’s grief cannot be overstated."
Rice continued her saga of the Vampire Lestat in a series of books, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles. She also is also the author of other popular novels, including"The Witching Hour,""Servant of the Bones,""Merrick,""Blackwood Farm,""Blood Canticle,""Violin" and"Cry to Heaven." Rice was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years, until his death in 2002. The couple had two children, a daughter, Michele, who died of leukemia at five years old in 1972; and a son, Christopher Rice, who also is a best-selling author. Together they wrote the historical-horror novels"Ramses the Damned: The Passion of Cleopatra: and its sequel,"Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris.
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