![]() ![]() Joseph’s by her father in an action Rice considered a betrayal due to it being a “medieval, awful” place.ĭorothy’s father remarried again in 1957 to Dorothy Van Bever. ![]() Her mother passed away in 1956 from complications from alcoholism and Anne and her three sisters were sent to St. Alphonsus she changed her name to Anne because she thought it was pretty when asked by a nun. They lived with her maternal grandmother for some time and remained in the house for a few years after she passed away.Īnne’s birth name was Howard, but while attending the Catholic school St. Anne grew up in New Orleans, where she dealt with the adversity of being poor as well as the alcoholism of her mother. Her father was a veteran of World War II and had a book published posthumously, The Impulsive Imp. Anne Rice was born the second of four daughters to her Irish Catholic parents, mother Katherine Allen O’Brien and father Howard O’Brien. She married painter and poet Stan Rice in 1961 and had two children with him. She spent much of her early life growing up in New Orleans before moving to Texas and later San Francisco. Anne Rice was born Howard Allen Frances O’Brien on October 4, 1941.Īnne sadly passed on December 11th, 2021. ![]() Her books have sold over 100 million copies world wide. She was most well known for her series of novels about vampires entitled “The Vampire Chronicles” which feature famous character Lestat. Anne Rice was an American author of Gothic and Christian fiction. ![]()
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