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1941 ~ Born October 4th 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 ~ Moves to San Fransico

1961 ~ Returns to Texas and marries Stan Rice on October 14th

1962 ~ Returns to San Fransico with Stan

1964 ~ Graduates from San Fransico State University with a B.A in Political Science.

1966 ~ Daughter Michele is Born on September 21st

1969 ~ Moves to Berkeley. Writes a short story called "Interview with the Vampire"

1970 ~ Michele is diagnosed with leukemia

1972 ~ Michele dies on August 5th

1973 ~ Writes "Interview with the Vampire" as a novel

1974 ~ Attends Squaw Valley writers' conference where she meets agent Phylis Seidel, who agrees to represent "Interview with the Vampire" and sells it to editor Vicky Wilson at Knopf.

1976 ~ "Intervire with the Vampire" published

1978 ~ Son Christopher born on March 11th

1979 ~ "Feast of all Saints" is published by Simon & Schuster

1980 ~ Moves back to San Fransico to a Victorian house in the Castro District.

1982 ~ "Cry to Heaven" is published by Knopf

1983 ~ "The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty" under the name A.N Roquelaure is published by Dutton

1984 ~ "Beauty's Punishment" the second Roquelaure is published by Dutton

1985 ~ "Exit to Eden" under the name Anne Rampling is published by Arbor House under editor John Dodd's Belvedere Books imprint.

"Beauty's Release" the third Roquelaure is published by Dutton.

"The Vampire Lestat" is published by Knopf.

1986 ~ "Belinder" 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 Ballantine 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 publishedby Knopf and Chatto & Windus.

Writes Screen play 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 screen play for "The Witching Hour" for David Greffen

1996 ~ "Servent of the Bones" is published by Knopf, and by Chatto & Windus.

Chronology is extracted from "Interview with Anne Rice" by Micheal Riley (1996)

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