Anne Rice Net Worth

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien on October 4, 1941), is an American author of metaphysical gothic fiction, Christian literature and erotica. She is perhaps best known for her popular and influential series of novels, The Vampire Chronicles, revolving around the central character of Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles in 1994, and Queen of the Damned in 2002.
In addition to her vampire novels, Rice has authored books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001), Cry to Heaven, and Violin. Several of her books bring together characters and situations from The Vampire Chronicles with those of her other supernatural series Lives of the Mayfair Witches. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to her Roman Catholic faith, Rice published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus. Her books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most popular authors in recent American history. She has also authored erotic fiction under the pseudonyms Anne Rampling and A. N. Roquelaure.
Rice was married to poet and painter Stan Rice for 41 years from 1961 until his death from brain cancer in 2002 at age 60. She and Stan had two children, Michele, who died of leukemia at age five, and Christopher, who is also an author.
Born on October 4, 1941 in New Orleans, Rice was the second of four daughters of Irish Catholic parents, Howard O'Brien and Katherine "Kay" Allen O'Brien. Her father, a Naval veteran of World War II and lifelong resident of New Orleans, worked as a Personnel Executive for the U.S. Postal Service and authored one novel, The Impulsive Imp, which was published posthumously. Rice's older sister, Alice Borchardt, later became a noted author of fantasy and horror fiction.
Rice spent most of her childhood and teen