13 December 2021
Author Anne Rice died of complications from a stroke on Sunday, December 11. She was 80.
Rice first came to prominence in 1976 when her debut novel, Interview with a Vampire became a huge bestseller. In its review from March 1976, PW called the book "extraordinary," "macabre," "eerie," and "spellbinding," and noted it "as compelling as it is outrageous."
On literary snobbery
‘I always quote Kurt Vonnegut. He said in the early part of his career he was dismissed as a science fiction writer and that critics tend to put genre books, including sci-fi, in the bottom drawer of their desk... It's true. I get the New York Times every Sunday. In 37 novels, I've never had a stand-alone review. I'm always in the crime round-up. Read more