Question: Who was Anne Rice passed, who passed away recently?
a) Women astronaut
b) Fiction author
c) Child rights activist
d) Woman selected for Artemis Moon Mission
Answer: (b)
Related Facts:-
- On 11 December 2021; American gothic-fiction author Anne Rice passed away at the age of 80.
- Rice’s biggest success was her first novel, “Interview with the Vampire,” which was published in 1976 and introduced the character of the vampire Lestat.
- Lestat became the central character in the 13-book Chronicles series, the most recent of which was published in 2018.
- Rice said in a talk at Southern Illinois University in 2010,”I had an idea of Lestat as the man of action, the man who could do things that I couldn’t do.”
- She was born in New Orleans on 4 October 1941.
- Her other creations are Pandora, Violin, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, The Witching Hour etc.
- Rice’s books have marketed over 100 million copies, earning her one of the best-selling writers of modern times.
Links:-
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/12/12/entertainment/anne-rice-obit/index.html