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And here is our favorite author...
...and her life.
TIMELINE
Contributed By Laurie M. Salopek, this timeline is from Anne Rice's official site. Some of it, more so at the end, are my additions.
1941 - Howard Allen O'Brien (Anne Rice) is born on October 4 in New Orleans
1957 - Her family moves from New Orleans to Richardson, Texas. There she meets her husband -to-be, Stan Rice, in high school.
1959 - Anne graduates from High School
1961 - She marries Stan Rice
1962 - The Rices move to San Francisco.
1966 - Michele is born.
1967 - The Rices move to Berkeley.
1972 - Michele dies of leukemia before her sixth birthday
1973 - Anne writes 'Interview With The Vampire'. The book is written in 5 weeks.
1974 - Anne meets literary agent Phyllis Seidel at a writer's conference; Seidel subsequently sells the novel to Knopf.
1976 - The novel is published to mixed reviews.
1978 - Christopher is born.
1979 - 'The Feast of All Saints' is published.
1982 - 'Cry to Heaven' is published and her short story, 'Master of Rampling Gate,' is published in Redbook magazine.
1983 - 'The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty,'is published under the pen name A. N. Roquelaure
1984 - 'Beauty's Punishment,' is published under the pen name A. N. Roquelaure
1985 - 'Exit to Eden,' is published under the pen name Anne Rampling.
'Beauty's Release,' is published under the pen name A. N. Roquelaure 'The Vampire Lestat,' is published.
1986 - 'Belinda,' is published under the pen name Anne Rampling.
1988 - 'The Queen of the Damned,' is published.
1988 - The Rices move to New Orleans. 'The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned,' is published.
1990 - 'The Witching Hour,' is published. The first book about Anne Rice, 'Prism of the Night' by Katherine Ramsland, is published.
1992 - 'The Tale of the Body Thief,' is published.
1993 - 'Lasher,' is published.
1994 - 'Taltos' is published. The motion picture, 'Exit to Eden,' is released in October. The motion picture, 'Interview With The Vampire,' is released in November.
1995 - 'Memnoch the Devil,' is published Anne Rice hosts the Memnoch Ball, under the auspices of The Vampire Lestat Fan Club.
1996 - 'The Servant of the Bones,' is published.
1997 - 'Violin' is published.
1998 - 'Pandora' is published.
1998 - 'Armand' is published.
1999 - 'Vittorio, the Vampire' is published.
2000 - 'Merrick' is published.
2001 - 'Blood and Gold' is published.
2002 - 'Blackwood Farm' to be published. Anne Plans to sell St. Elizabeth's. The motion picture 'Queen of the Damned,' is released in February.
