This is the chronology of the main events in Anne Rice's life. Some of this information is taken from Conversations with Anne Rice which is an interview with Anne Rice in a book format.


1941 Born October 4 in New Orleans
1956 Her mother, Katherine O' Brien, dies
1957 Her father, Howard O' Brien, remarries and moves the family to Richardson, Texas, a suburb in Dallas. 
Meets Stan Rice at Richardson High School.
1959 Graduates from high school and enters Texas Women's University in Denton
1960 Moves to San Francisco
1961 Returns to Texas and marries Stan Rice on October 14
1962 Returns to San Francisco with Stan
1964 Graduates from San Francisco State Library with a B.A in Political Science
1966 Daughter Michele is born on September 21
1969 Moves to Berkeley. 
Writes a short story called "Interview with the Vampire"
1970 Michele is diagnosed with leukemia
1972 Michele dies on August 5
1973 Writes Interview with the Vampire as a novel
1974 Attends Squaw Valley writers' conference where she meets agent Phyllis Seidel, who agree to represent Interview with the Vampire and sells it to editor Vicky Wilson at Knopf
1976 Interview with the Vampire  is published
1978 Son Christopher born on March 11
1979 The Feast of All Saints is published by Simon & Schuster
1980 Moves back to San Francisco to a Victorian house in the Castro District
1982 Cry to Heaven is published by Knopf
1983 The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by "A. N. Roquelaure" is published by Dutton
1984 Beauty's punishment the second Roquelaure, is published by Dutton
1985 Exit to Eden by "Anne Rampling" is published by Arbor house under editor John Dodds's Belvedere Books imprint. 
Beauty's release, the third Roquelaure, is published by Dutton. 
The Vampire Lestat is published by Knopf
1986 Belinda, the second Rampling, is published by John Dodds at Arbor House. John Dodds dies of cancer
1988 The Queen of the Damned is published by Knopf. 
Returns to New Orleans and buy a house on Philip St.
1989 Moves back to New Orleans permanently and buys a house in the Garden District.
The Mummy: Or Ramses the Damned is published by Ballantine Books, and by Chatto & Windus
1990 The Witching Hour is published by Knopf
1991 Her father, Howard O'Brien, dies at the age seventy-four. 
The Witching Hour is published by Chatto & Windus
1992 The Tale of the Body Thief is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus
1993 Lasher is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus. 
Writes screenplay for Interview with the Vampire under a contract with David Geffen
1994 Taltos is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus. 
Film of Interview with the Vampire is released in the USA
1995 Memnoch the Devil is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus. 
Writes screenplay for The Witching Hour for David Geffen
1996 Servant of the Bones is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus


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