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December 11 has dawned with a black ribbon in the world of literature. And it is that one of the best known authors internationally, Anne Rice has passed away due to a stroke. His own son has been the one who has released the sad news:
"It breaks my heart to inform you that early tonight Anne passed away due to complications resulting from a stroke," her son Christopher explained on social media. He was 80 years old. The author will be buried in the family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans in a private ceremony. There will be Lestat, and Louis, and Pandora, and, as always, Stan who wrote: «Put your mouth on mine. Abandon yourself to the lightning and the burning, because fear are dream scenes of what happens after death.
Anne Rice, the queen of vampires
Anne Rice photo source: elperiodico
Did you know that Anne Rice was not actually her real name? She was born in New Orleans in 1941 and his name was Howard Allen O'Brien. However, since she was little she wanted to be called Anne. He also had a true adoration and passion for vampires and witches.
About his personal life not much is known beyond that In 1961, at the age of 20, she married the poet and painter Stan Rice With whom he was 41 years, until he died on December 11, 2002 (yes, the same day and month that Anne Rice has died).
As a result of the marriage, two children were born, Michelle, who unfortunately died at the age of five due to leukemia; and Christopher Rice, who followed in his mother's footsteps and has been the one who has communicated her death.
Her facet as a writer
On a literary level, Anne Rice has not written her books only under this "pseudonym", but many more are known as Anne Rampling or AN Roquelaure (this one specifically for adult themes).
The first book that catapulted the author to success was Interview with the Vampire, written in 1973, although it was published three years later, in 1976. Such was the success that they ended up releasing a film based on the book that made vampires fashionable. This was the first book in a saga, The Vampire Chronicles, and the first three were adapted, although with a larger time gap between the first and last.
This first book, and the many that they saw later, since it is said that he has written more than 30 novels and as many stories and books with other pseudonyms did not go unnoticed. In fact, it is said that many fans camped outside her home to see her and / or talk to her when she went out, especially when she went to mass.
It is true that, in recent years, she has not written much, nor has much been said about her, in addition to that there is that little encounter she had regarding negative reviews in which the words she used and the way she was addressed to his readers was not the most successful.
But the truth is that the talent he had is undoubted, not only to tell stories where vampires were the protagonists of the pages and plots, but he could also achieve the same with many other characters.
Anne Rice's best books
Whether you knew Anne Rice before, or recently discovered the author, there is no doubt that, Among his many books, there are some that we must highlight for the success they had in their time when they came out as per the very positive comments from readers. After all, they are the ones who made Anne Rice the best-known writer on the paranormal subject.
Do you want to know what those books are?
Interview with the Vampire
We start with Interview with the vampire, the first of the saga The Vampire Diaries, because at the time it came out it was a boom. To the point of make vampires fashionable at that time, and again when the movie came out.
In it we find a vampire who decides to give an interview to a journalist in which he wants to tell his whole life, from before he became a vampire until that moment when he was telling his story.
The mummy or Ramses the accursed
This book is one in which "vampires" do not appear and that may shock you a bit compared to what Anne Rice uses to us. But the truth is that it is one of the best of the author, so much so that, once you get to a certain part, you cannot stop reading the book until it is finished.
In this case, Although the book seems to be about ancient Egypt, the truth is that the plot does not take place there, but in London and in the middle of the XNUMXth century.. One of the romantic novels with such an original plot that you shouldn't lose sight of it.
The Tetralogy of Sleeping Beauty
In this case, you will not be able to find these books by their name, but by their pseudonym, AN Roquelaure. It consists of: The abduction of Sleeping Beauty; The Punishment of Sleeping Beauty; The release of Sleeping Beauty; and The Kingdom of Sleeping Beauty.
It is a erotic tetralogy, hence he did not publish it under his usual name. But so well narrated and told that it keeps you in suspense and it is one of the best novels that it has.
Straddling BDSM and lustful sex, the author created a continuation of a children's story. Only, in this case, it has nothing to do with it.
Belinda
This is one of the self-concluding novels that, like the previous one, he published under another pseudonym. And in this one you can see another "facet" of the author, where she tells a story where sex was taboo and the characters are very addictive.
It is the story of a a children's illustrator and a young woman, barely a teenager, that ends up catching the heart of the first. To the point that the relationship they begin to have is so abnormal that it exceeds the limits.
And there are many more novels by Anne Rice, but this is our little tribute. Which ones would you recommend? Which ones have marked you?