Anne Rice on her return to vampires

Guest host Piya Chattopadhyay chats with internationally celebrated author Anne Rice in Studio Q about her long-awaited return to The Vampire Chronicles, with her latest book "Prince Lestat".

Q is your daily dose of arts, culture and entertainment.

[enosrhodd]

I start crying when she speaks of her actual engagement with her FB audience...I've spoken to her 5 times with VERY specific questions and she was so precise with her answers I knew IMMEDIATELY it was her! That's what makes me cry...remembering how humbled and honored and appreciated I felt...WHAT A BLESSING SHE WILL AKEAYS BE ❤

[brenotorres]

Anne Rice is fantastic. Such a brilliant, open-minded and inspiring woman. I just love her - love her way to think about the world, about human conditions, love her writing, her kindness... I love all about her. <3

[gigidodson]

God I LOVE this woman! She is just the best writer, I have ALL of her books. Ive been reading her since the 70s.
I find her just fascinating. She never bores.

[tiffanybritthooker]

I love how she really does talk to you on FB ! It is awesome that she cares what we think. When she is not posting she will let you know that her assistant is there to answer your questions! I like him as well . Her books are great as always! She is a really down to earth person !

[sebastianrivera]

I just want to give credit to Piya Chattopadhyay for such a great and wonderful interview!

[dianabecker]

I was 11 when I read Interview with a vampire and I loved it.It was the first vampire book a read.Thats how I get in contact with the whole vampire mythology.Still love it all.

[dlc]

Love you Anne Rice, can't wait to read your new novel, my favorite of the series is Memnoch the Devil, and I have been waiting to get back into your great literature!

[KevinsKontentKorner]

I greatly admire Anne Rice. She has excelled in multiple genres. Witches, Vampires, Werewolves, Mummys, and even at least one ghost story. Not to mention she's great at historical fiction (Cry to Heaven and The Feast of All Saints are really good books) and she's written spiritual/religious type books. And, though I am not a fan of this, she's written some erotic fiction as well. What can't Anne Rice do?

[amakaagu]

She is so relatable and down to earth.

[phyllissnook]

As far as I am concerned, no matter what vampire series I read or watch, this woman embodies what it is to be a VAMPIRE in every sense of the word! I am so proud to be one of her favorite readers.

[BG-mjwp]

Beautiful human being and author. Her passion for life, art, history, philosophy, and ideas continues to inspire me. I wish I could know and be friends with her. One of my favorite people.

[jameshenderson]

Anne Rice is the Queen of the Vampyrs.

[lindadaheim]

John Bon Jovi! This is brilliant. Yes, the Leszat I imagined really looks a good bit like J B J.

[michaelhanson]

Anne Leaves
by Michael H. Hanson ©2021

Anne Rice has left the world today,
she’s shed her flesh to go astray
and wander across all her dreams
where wolf, and witch, and vampire play.

Perhaps she flies with grand Lestat
searching for what he always sought
in moonlit skies of New Orleans
like some bloodthirsty astronaut.

Maybe she strides across Egypt,
now hand in hand in Ramses’ grip
walking across raw ancient sands,
embracing immortal courtship.

Perchance she fights with mojo dark
in psychic duels in Armstrong Park
with Taltos giants by her side
battling Talamasca’s hierarch.

She never craved Armand’s dark gift
nor Pharoah’s elixir’s bright tryst,
rejecting harsh orthodoxy,
embracing god’s forgiving kiss 
uniting with Michele and Chris.

Tears fall like rain in New Orleans,
La Jolla holds its heart and grieves
and all across Rancho Mirage
the wild birds cry on feathered sleeves.

RIP Anne Rice (Born Howard Allen Frances O’Brien)
1941 - 2021

[mare]

I really thought I could only read nonfiction easily until I read The Vampire Lestat which remains my favorite work of fiction until this day or night I should say🌙💫

[francescabattaglia]

Anne io ti amo, e sempre ti amerò! Tu hai arrichito la mia vita, e di questo te ne sarò sempre debitrice.

[mare]

I’m sad when I remember she’s not writing anymore...to think we’ll never hear from Lestat again! 💔

[mare]

I wish I would’ve known about the page and her responsiveness and I wish I would’ve known about her open house in New Orleans. I really missed out. I hope she lives on and he’s having a fabulous time and if Lestat exists on his own in any way I wonder if he could be channeled through another writer; we would know if it was him or not.

[frankstoeffler]

I had almost forgotten about Anne but I heard this song called Penny Lane. LeStat is a successful writer and likes Beatles songs. Louis lives a quiet life in MS near family/friends not far from New Orleans.

[treystephens]

I wish she would write about someone other then Lestat.