** Hey, Brat Queen, how did you get all this Anne Rice info. anyway?

Over the years that I've been an Anne Rice fan I've read all of her books to the point where I've pretty much memorized them, numerous articles about Anne or from Anne (such as her newsletter), seen Anne give a talk and spoken with Anne on several occasions. All of the information in this FAQ comes from this. When I say "Anne says/said" I'm referring to the articles, talk, phone message and times I've spoken with her.

(Note: I'm not claiming that Anne and I are best friends, when I say I've spoken to her I mean that on a few occasions I've been lucky enough to ask her some of the questions that appear in this FAQ.)

I've paraphrased most of what Anne has said since I cannot remember the exact quotes verbatim. If any of the quotes or paraphrasing are incorrect, I apologize and will correct them as soon as the error is brought to my attention.

Please note that often when I quote from Anne's newsletter or phone transcripts I will cut out parts which do not directly relate to the immediate question. This is indicated by a "...". I point this out so it will be understood that I'm not trying to hide information, only to make the answers more concise.

Also bear in mind that in her newsletter Anne tends to switch into all caps for no apparent reason and to go back and forth between referring to herself as "I" and as "we." I have no idea why she does either of these things so I just leave the quotes as she writes them since that's the way she likes it.

Please feel free to e-mail me with your questions and I'll answer them to the best of my ability (or I'll admit that you stumped me and offer another avenue of information). If I'm e-mailed a question often enough I'll include it in the FAQ.

Since I have agreed to maintain the FAQ, your questions and info will be answered and/or added to the FAQ much more quickly by e-mailing me at RueRoyale@Yahoo.com

If anything I wrote in this FAQ is incorrect, even if it's just a spelling error, please bring it to my attention. I'll correct it immediately and even include your name in the credits.

Again, please send it to me instead, thanks!

Certainly! You can tell me information that I was unable to include, you can offer new information that I didn't know about or you can offer me suggestions for quotes for me to put at the end of the FAQ (I change the endquotes with every new version of the FAQ). All of the above will get your name in the credits and all the fame that goes along with it.

Keep in mind, however, that this is the Anne Rice FAQ so the information that goes in here has to somehow relate directly back to her, or to information about the FAQ. What that means is that sometimes information that people ask me to include might not be put in here because it was too far removed (rumors about who will star in upcoming VampChron movies would be a good example of this). Please don't take that as a snub, it's just my way of making sure that when people see the name of this FAQ, they'll know what they're getting.

Also, since a lot of people have been mailing me about this lately, please do not insist that because Anne has said in CS or on her phone that she is working on something (such as a new VampChron) that it is the last word on the subject. CS and the phone message (the latter of which is quoted in this FAQ) are the same places where she said she wasn't going to work with Lestat anymore so the fact that she's saying something different only indicates that any information she gives out that way is liable to change. Anne is a human being who's allowed to change her mind. I'm just trying to make it easier for everyone by only putting things in this FAQ which are known to be true, not possibilities for the future.

Don't let that keep you from mailing me with information, I do appreciate and need the help, just don't expect everything to end up here and please understand why it didn't if that's the choice that was made.

I maintain The Brat Queen's policies in this regard.

I give permission for this FAQ to be quoted and distributed only if the parts used are quoted in their entirety (ie. questions and answers) and it is made clear that I am the one who said these things originally. I say this so that something of Anne's that I paraphrased will not be taken out of context and regarded as the Gospel truth of what Anne believes. You may not distribute this FAQ for your own monetary gain. You may also not quote from this FAQ in any article, news show or paper without contacting me first. By 'contacting me' I mean in order to get my permission.

If you are going to quote something from the FAQ (for example, in an Internet newsgroup in order to answer one of the questions) but not the entire FAQ, please include the information that you are quoting what The Brat Queen said in the Anne Rice FAQ.

If you are going to use a copy of this FAQ in a WWW site, please let me know so I can include the name of the site in the FAQ and so that I can have an idea of who is using my FAQ for their own sites (if you don't want me to list your site in the FAQ, that's fine, but please tell me that you are planning on putting a copy of my FAQ on your site in the first place).

Do not add your own information to this FAQ. If you wish to add something, e-mail me with that suggestion and, if it's relevant, I'll add it in myself and put your name in the credits.

Ditto.

Here they are:

This FAQ was written in its entirety by The Brat Queen

Christopher Harrington and Diane provided invaluable help with their suggestions, information and proofreading.

These Talamasca Scholars get my thanks for the sections that they contributed to the FAQ: Cheryl Suzuki, Ian Wellock and Kathryn McGinley, Mishian,Stephanie Buday, Britton Trice, Roger Ebert, Anne Rice (who contributed via her newsletter and phone machine) Katherine Ramsland and Anne's publisher (who asked to remain nameless).

Thanks also to these Child Prodigies of Darkness for sending me their comments, information, corrections and, most importantly, for not making fun of my bad spelling: Ralf Muschall, Susan Kretschmer, Tandi Graff, Kerry Brooke Holmes, Thomas Christian Martinez, Keiko, Cynthia Hoffman, Liisa Elliott, Frank Yao, Laura Tahja,Barbara Kermeen, Matt Azzara, Sam Volchenboum, William Hsu, Jennifer Williams, Thomas Gramstad, Angela B., Julie Anne Butler, R. Julia F. Rudden , Mike T. Ely, Margot Moulton, MA Kribble, Michelle H., Alexa, maria trzcinski, RubyEuropa, Laura Forgey, Candy, Gail Pamphion, Maya Joshi, and Jellocat.

Credit for the label of "The Bleeding Edge of Technology" goes to Lisa Hall and friend.

A special thanks goes to Neil (who knows who she is) for getting me hooked on Anne in the first place.

Once again, unless otherwise stated, all opinions expressed belong to me and my other personalities only. Any problems that result from them are solely our responsibility even though we'll be tempted to blame the others for them.

Again, everthing in this font color and this font type is my own, The Brat Queen is not responsible for my comments.

I want to add to the credits the following:

Father of Lies

The New Orleans Times-Picayune

Rough Guides by Penguin Publishing

Lalo Martins for movie/book and death/dead blood questions.

And my undying thanks to Laura Troise.