Anne Rice Anne Rice’s life experiences and intellectual inquisitiveness provide her with constant inspiration for her writing. She was brought up in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was the second of four daughters in her family. She was born Howard Ellen O’Brien. Her mother thought that Howard was a suiting name that would bring her good fortune. On her first day of school her teacher asked her for her name and she responded with …showed first 75 words of 300 total…

…showed last 75 words of 300 total…and named her Michelle. They loved her very much but tragedy struck when they found out that she had leukemia. She ended up dying causing Anne and Stan to go into an amazing drunken stupor. This is when Anne wrote, “Interview With the Vampire.” Eventually they realized that all the alcohol they were consuming wasn’t doing anything for them. Now they are still in New Orleans, with a son, and writing and living happily