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Rice Plans Another Vampire Book

Interview author had vowed to concentrate on Christian writing

By Lucas Laursen, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 25, 2008 12:50 PM CST

(Newser) – When atheist and chronicler of the undead Anne Rice embraced Christianity in 2005, she seemed to seal the coffin on her Vampire Chronicles. But she's backtracking on her vow to write only about the Lord and not Lestat. "I have one more book that I would really like to write," Rice tells Time. "It will be a story that I need to tell."

"I don't see it as a violation of my promise, because I won't be writing about vampires in the same way," Rice says. There’s still time for her to change her mind again: She plans to write at least one more volume of her series on Jesus Christ before returning to her bestselling tales from the crypt.

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Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles. Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles. In an interview with Time published Feb. 24, 2008, Rice announced she would write another vampire book. (Getty Images)

Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles. In an interview with Time published Feb. 24, 2008, Rice announced she would write another vampire book. (Getty Images)

After single-handedly shaping many of the modern conventions of the archetype, genre mainstay Ann Rice says she has one more vampire novel in her. (Shutterstock.com)

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The first edition cover for Rice's "Interview With The Vampire." After thoroughly making the genre her own, Ann Rice says she has one more vampire novel to write. (Alfred A. Knopf)

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