Interview With The Vampire Mass Market Paperback – October 12, 1985 by Anne Rice 
Book 1 of 13: Vampire Chronicles
 
Interview with the Vampire is a debut gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter. Rice composed the novel shortly after the death of her young daughter Michelle, who served as an inspiration for the child-vampire character Claudia
 
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