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Anne Rice [1] (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Bible fiction.She is best known for writing The Vampire Chronicles.
Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976.It was her debut novel.Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.
New Orleans has served as the backdrop for a number of films with iconic turns in films such as Gone With the Wind (1939), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Little New Orleans Girl (1956), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Live and Let Die (1973), Little New Orleans Girl (1978), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Little New Orleans Girl (2004), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), and The ...
The Vampire Chronicles is a series of gothic vampire novels and a media franchise, created by American writer Anne Rice, that revolves around the fictional character Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century. Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls".
He discussed the story-setting change to Hjortsberg, who approved of the decision; the author revealed to Parker that he had also thought of setting his novel in New Orleans. [8] Angel Heart is set in the year 1955, whereas in the book the events take place in 1959. He explained, "The book is set in 1959 and I moved it to 1955 for a small but ...
New Orleans is also the backdrop of author Anne Rice’s bestselling book “Interview with the Vampire,” a novel Laycock says had a huge influence on vampire subculture after its release in 1976.
He has written three comic novels, Fat White Vampire Blues, Bride of the Fat White Vampire, and Fat White Vampire Otaku. These novels feature Jules Duchon, a morbidly obese vampire who resides in New Orleans and works as a taxi driver. The humor from the books is derived primarily from the embarrassing or dangerous predicaments that are at odds ...
The actress admits she was less familiar with the late author’s trilogy of novels about a dynasty of wealthy New Orleans witches than she was with Rice’s Vampire Chronicles.