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Anne Rice, author of ‘Interview with the Vampire,’ dead at 80
Growing up in New Orleans, I had the opportunity to meet Anne Rice (briefly) several times. I had at least two of her vampire novels autographed, and once attended one of her public Halloween parties - I was dressed as a priest, but some folk thought I was security because I had an ear piece, listening to a football game.
Anyway, I was a fan of some of her early writing, but was kind turned off by her, in my view childish, behavior when a local businessman purchased a run down property she'd included in one of her books, with the intention to develop it.
Still, she did some interesting stuff, and was otherwise a pretty decent person. Rest in Peace.
I would not be me without her Claiming of Sleeping Beauty series. Thank you, ma'am. Rest peacefully.
I have fond memories of some of her earlier works, which influenced some of my earlier characters. Rest in peace.
Too bad. But maybe now she find some peace.
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Always sad to hear about an author I liked to read passing. May she rest in peace.
I read Interview in 1981 when it was a stand alone novel; before she became popular with Lestat.
In my opinion, Queen of the Damned was the final vampire novel.
I also like The Mummy, just wish it hadn't taken so long for the sequel to come out. Unfortunately, I had lost interest in her stories by then.