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Anne Rice - Chronology

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 of Dallas.
Meets Stan Rice at Richardson High School.

1959 - Graduates from high school and enters Texas Women's University in Denton.

1960 - Move 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 University 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 agrees to represent Interview with the Vampire and sells it to editor Vicky Wilson at Knopf.

1976 - Interview is published.

1978 - Son Christopher is 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' 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 buys 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 Ballentine Books, and by Chatto & Windus.

1990 - The Witching Hour is published by Knopf.

1991 - Her father, Howard O'Brien, dies at 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.

1997 - 'Violin' is published.

1998 - 'Pandora' is published.

1998 - 'Armand' is published.

1999 - 'Vittorio, the Vampire' is published.

2000 - 'Merrick' is published.

2001 - 'Blood and Gold' is published

2002 - 'Blackwood Farm' is published

2003 - 'Blood Canticle' is published

2005 - 'Christ The Lord: Out Of Egypt' is published

2008 - 'Christ The Lord: Road To Cana' is published